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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... object of our courfe . Thofe who fearch for happiness in a vague , defultory , and indifcriminate intercourse with the world ; who imagine the palace of Plea- fure fure to be furrounded by the gay , unthinking , 4 INTRODUCTION .
... object of our courfe . Thofe who fearch for happiness in a vague , defultory , and indifcriminate intercourse with the world ; who imagine the palace of Plea- fure fure to be furrounded by the gay , unthinking , 4 INTRODUCTION .
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... object that promises to supply the direful vacancy of his mind , he ex- hausts its remaining strength ; enlarges the wound he is so anxiously endeavouring to heal ; and , by too eagerly grafping at the phantom Pleasure , lofes , perhaps ...
... object that promises to supply the direful vacancy of his mind , he ex- hausts its remaining strength ; enlarges the wound he is so anxiously endeavouring to heal ; and , by too eagerly grafping at the phantom Pleasure , lofes , perhaps ...
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... . But the ftudy of the law was his principal object , and in which he attained to an uncommon degree of excellence . He died on the 14th of November , 1716 . own capacious and excurfive mind , when those of the 12 INTRODUCTION .
... . But the ftudy of the law was his principal object , and in which he attained to an uncommon degree of excellence . He died on the 14th of November , 1716 . own capacious and excurfive mind , when those of the 12 INTRODUCTION .
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... home . Men , eager for the enjoyment of worldly pleasures , feldom attain the object they pursue . Diffatisfied with the enjoyments of the moment , they they long for fome absent delight , which feems to 16 INTRODUCTION .
... home . Men , eager for the enjoyment of worldly pleasures , feldom attain the object they pursue . Diffatisfied with the enjoyments of the moment , they they long for fome absent delight , which feems to 16 INTRODUCTION .
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... objects ; or he must be afraid of the intrufion of fome unpleafing ideas , and perhaps is ftruggling to escape from the remembrance of a lofs , the fear of a calamity , or fome other thought of greater hor- rors . Thofe whom forrow ...
... objects ; or he must be afraid of the intrufion of fome unpleafing ideas , and perhaps is ftruggling to escape from the remembrance of a lofs , the fear of a calamity , or fome other thought of greater hor- rors . Thofe whom forrow ...
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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...