Solitude. Or the Effect of Occasional Retirement on the Mind, the Heart, General Society, in Exile, in Old Age, and on the Bed of Death: In which the Question is Considered, Whether it is Easier to Live Virtuously in Society, Or in Solitude, Հատոր 1Vernor and Hood, 1800 |
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... perform fome glorious action , and retained the power to accomplish it ; who , in the midft of feasting , dancing , and affemblies , feel an inclina- tion to escape from their unfatisfactory delights ; SOLITUDE will afford you a fafe ...
... perform fome glorious action , and retained the power to accomplish it ; who , in the midft of feasting , dancing , and affemblies , feel an inclina- tion to escape from their unfatisfactory delights ; SOLITUDE will afford you a fafe ...
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... perform : he , therefore , who wishes to discharge them ho- nourably , will vigilantly seize the earliest oppor- tunity , if he do not wish that any part of the pas- fing moments fhould be torn like a useless page from the book of life ...
... perform : he , therefore , who wishes to discharge them ho- nourably , will vigilantly seize the earliest oppor- tunity , if he do not wish that any part of the pas- fing moments fhould be torn like a useless page from the book of life ...
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... perform without delay . " Carpe " diem , " fays HORACE ; and this recommenda- tion will extend with equal propriety to every hour of our lives . " Seek not , LEUCONOE , vainly to defcry " What term the gods to fleeting life have given ...
... perform without delay . " Carpe " diem , " fays HORACE ; and this recommenda- tion will extend with equal propriety to every hour of our lives . " Seek not , LEUCONOE , vainly to defcry " What term the gods to fleeting life have given ...
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... perform . " If , " fays PE- TRARCH , " you feel any inclination to ferve God , " in which confifts the highest felicities of our na- " ture ; if you are disposed to elevate the mind by " the study of letters , which , next to religion ...
... perform . " If , " fays PE- TRARCH , " you feel any inclination to ferve God , " in which confifts the highest felicities of our na- " ture ; if you are disposed to elevate the mind by " the study of letters , which , next to religion ...
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... perform great and good actions for the benefit of mankind . Princes cannot live the lives of monks : ftatesmen are no longer fought for in monafteries and convents ; generals are no longer chosen from the members of the church ...
... perform great and good actions for the benefit of mankind . Princes cannot live the lives of monks : ftatesmen are no longer fought for in monafteries and convents ; generals are no longer chosen from the members of the church ...
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afford againſt almoſt amidſt Avignon baniſh beautiful becauſe bofom breaſt buſineſs cauſe celebrated character charms Cicero courſe defire delight diffipation difpofition diſcover eaſe elegant enjoy enjoyment exiſtence fafe faid fame fays feel felicity fenfe fenfibility fentiments fhades fhall filent firſt fituation fociety folitary fome foon forrow foul frequently friends friendſhip ftill fubject fublime fuch fuffered furrounded greateſt greatneſs happineſs happy heart higheſt himſelf human increaſe inſpired intercourſe intereſts itſelf lefs leiſure live mankind ment mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary noble obfervation object occafionally Octavo ourſelves paffed paffion paſs perfon Petrarch philofopher pleaſing pleaſures Plutarch poffefs preſent purſued purſuits racters raiſe reaſon refidence refign render repoſe reſpecting retirement rural ſcene ſeek ſenſe ſhe ſhould ſmiles Solitude ſpirit ſpring ſtate ſtill ſtudy ſuch Swifferland taſte themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion tranquillity underſtanding uſeful vifit virtue virtuous whofe whoſe wiſh youth Zimmerman
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Էջ 165 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
Էջ 166 - Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years, slide soft away In health of body; peace of mind; Quiet by day ; Sound sleep by night; study and ease Together mix'd; sweet recreation, And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
Էջ 278 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafening clamour in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes...
Էջ 278 - Canst thou, O partial sleep! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king ? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Էջ 23 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Էջ 38 - Here too dwells simple truth ; plain innocence ; Unsullied beauty ; sound unbroken youth, Patient of labour, with a little pleas'd ; Health, ever blooming ; unambitious toil ; Calm contemplation, and poetic ease.
Էջ 273 - Know ye not then, said Satan fill'd with scorn, Know ye not me ? ye knew me once no mate For you, there sitting where ye durst not soar; Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, The lowest of your throng; or if ye know, Why ask ye, and superfluous begin Your message, like to end as much in vain ? To whom thus Zephon, answering scorn with scorn.
Էջ 303 - And comfort those who come to bring relief: We gaze, and as we gaze, wealth, fame, decay, And all the world's vain glories fade away.
Էջ 309 - He is the happy man, whose life e'en now Shows somewhat of that happier life to come ; Who, doom'd to an obscure but tranquil state, Is pleased with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed to sojourn while he must Below the skies, but having there his home.
Էջ 276 - A man who can be satisfied with such a supper has no need of gold ; and I think it more glorious to conquer the owners of it than to have it myself.