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, Том 2Vernor and Hood, 1799 |
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... continually prompts him to pursue the high felicity of which he feels his nature capable , and of which the Creator has permitted him to form a faint idea . " In every human heart there lies reclin'd " Some atom pregnant with ethereal ...
... continually prompts him to pursue the high felicity of which he feels his nature capable , and of which the Creator has permitted him to form a faint idea . " In every human heart there lies reclin'd " Some atom pregnant with ethereal ...
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... continually to totter , and always ready to over- whelm them in its ruins . Their intention is fedulously called to every quarter ; and , in order to prop up the unsubstantial fabric , they bend with mean fubmiffion to the pride of ...
... continually to totter , and always ready to over- whelm them in its ruins . Their intention is fedulously called to every quarter ; and , in order to prop up the unsubstantial fabric , they bend with mean fubmiffion to the pride of ...
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... continually for Retirement , as the only means of recruiting their fatigued fpirits , and procu- ring a comfortable repofe . Scenes of tranquil- lity can alone afford them any idea of enjoy- ment . A refined sense of duty , indeed ...
... continually for Retirement , as the only means of recruiting their fatigued fpirits , and procu- ring a comfortable repofe . Scenes of tranquil- lity can alone afford them any idea of enjoy- ment . A refined sense of duty , indeed ...
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... . The most charming object lofes a portion of its power to delight by being continually beheld . Alternate Society and Solitude are neceffary to the full en- joyment joyment both of the pleasures of the world and the 32 OF THE MOTIVES.
... . The most charming object lofes a portion of its power to delight by being continually beheld . Alternate Society and Solitude are neceffary to the full en- joyment joyment both of the pleasures of the world and the 32 OF THE MOTIVES.
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... continually cafting on his mean and degenerate contemporaries , is filenced by his death . He is re- membered only in the character of his works ; and his fame increases with the fucceffive generations which his sentiments and opinions ...
... continually cafting on his mean and degenerate contemporaries , is filenced by his death . He is re- membered only in the character of his works ; and his fame increases with the fucceffive generations which his sentiments and opinions ...
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ABELARD againſt almoſt amuſements becauſe beſt bofom cauſe celebrated character circumſtances cloſe courſe defire delight deſcribed deſcription deſtroy difordered difpofition DIOCLESIAN eaſe effects ELOISA endeavour enjoy enjoyment exerciſe faid fame fancy fays feek feelings feems fenfe fenfibilities fentiments fhall fhould fighs filent firſt focial fociety folitary fome foon forrow foul fource fpecies frequently friends friendſhip fubject fuch fufferings fure furrounded greateſt happineſs heart HERACLITUS higheſt himſelf houſe human increaſe indulgence intercourſe intereft itſelf joys lefs mankind melancholy ment mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary notis obfervation occafion paffed paffions perfons PETRARCH philofopher PLATO pleaſe pleaſures poffeffed preſent preſerve purpoſe purſued purſuits PYRRHUS racter raiſed rational reaſon refignation religion reſpect retirement retreat ſcenes ſcience ſenſe ſeverity ſhe ſhould Solitude ſome ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſtudy ſuch Syphax temper themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tranquillity underſtanding uſeful vices virtue virtuous whofe whoſe wiſdom
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Страница 24 - But little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth; for a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal where there is no love.
Страница 45 - He buried there, in solitude and silence, his grandeur, his ambition, together with all those vast projects which, during half a century, had alarmed and agitated Europe ; filling every kingdom in it, by turns, with the terror of his arms, and the dread of being subjected to his power.
Страница 176 - ... this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Страница 146 - In time, some particular train of ideas fixes the attention; all other intellectual gratifications are rejected ; the mind, in weariness or leisure, recurs constantly to the favourite conception, and feasts on the luscious falsehood whenever she is offended with the bitterness of truth.
Страница 176 - In form and moving how express and admirable ! In action how like an angel! In apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world! The paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me, — no, nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so.
Страница 20 - Guilt is the source of sorrow ! 'tis the fiend, The avenging fiend, that follows us behind, With whips and stings. The blest know none of this, But rest in everlasting peace of mind, And find the height of all their heaven is goodness.
Страница 172 - The powers of man; we feel within ourselves His energy divine; he tells the heart, He meant, he made us to behold and love What he beholds and loves, the general orb Of life and being; to be great like him, Beneficent and active.
Страница 66 - ... modesty, and without even the slightest tincture of malignity, so frequently- the disagreeable source of what is called wit in other men. It never was the meaning of his raillery to mortify ; and therefore, far from offending, it seldom failed to please and delight even those who were the objects of it.
Страница 112 - The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast : Theirs buxom health, of rosy hue ; Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer of vigour born ; The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light, That fly th
Страница 24 - For it is most true that a natural and secret hatred and aversation towards society in any man hath somewhat of the savage beast; but it is most untrue that it should have any character at all of the divine nature except it proceed, not out of a pleasure in solitude, but out of a love and desire to sequester a man's self for a higher conversation, such as is found to have been falsely and...