Select British Classics, 第 6 卷J. Conrad, 1803 |
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第 4 頁
... causes and effects , to trace things from their origin to their period , and compare means with ends , may discover the weakness of human schemes ; detect the fallacies by which mortals are deluded ; show the insufficiency of wealth ...
... causes and effects , to trace things from their origin to their period , and compare means with ends , may discover the weakness of human schemes ; detect the fallacies by which mortals are deluded ; show the insufficiency of wealth ...
第 7 頁
... caused , and now cannot repair . Of the same kind are the emotions which the death of an emulator or competitor produces . Whoever had qualities to alarm our jealousy , had excellence to de- serve our fondness ; and to whatever ardour ...
... caused , and now cannot repair . Of the same kind are the emotions which the death of an emulator or competitor produces . Whoever had qualities to alarm our jealousy , had excellence to de- serve our fondness ; and to whatever ardour ...
第 24 頁
... cause has called forth , a single convert was ever made ; that even one man has refused to be rich , when to be rich was in his power , from the conviction of the greater happiness of a narrow fortune ; or disburdened him- self of ...
... cause has called forth , a single convert was ever made ; that even one man has refused to be rich , when to be rich was in his power , from the conviction of the greater happiness of a narrow fortune ; or disburdened him- self of ...
第 35 頁
... causes still terminating their influence in the same effects , though sometimes ac- celerated , sometimes retarded , or perplexed by mul- tiplied combinations . We are all prompted by the same motives , all deceived by the same ...
... causes still terminating their influence in the same effects , though sometimes ac- celerated , sometimes retarded , or perplexed by mul- tiplied combinations . We are all prompted by the same motives , all deceived by the same ...
第 44 頁
... cause till I am certain of the effect ; and therefore I desire to be informed , whether you have yet heard the great name of Mr. Frolic . If he is cele- brated by other tongues than his own , I shall willingly propagate his praise ; but ...
... cause till I am certain of the effect ; and therefore I desire to be informed , whether you have yet heard the great name of Mr. Frolic . If he is cele- brated by other tongues than his own , I shall willingly propagate his praise ; but ...
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acquaintance admiration amusements ance appearance attention beauty censure common considered contempt corruption danger daugh delight Demochares desire diligence DRYDEN duty effect endeavour enquiry envy equally Eumenes excellence expect expence eyes Falsehood fancy favour fear felicity flatter folly fortune frequently friendship Gabba gaiety give gratifications happiness heart hexameter Homer honour hope hopes and fears hour human imagination incited inclined innu Jupiter justly kind knowledge labour ladies learning lence less libertine lives look mankind ments Milton mind misery nature necessary neglect neral ness never numbers nursling observed once opinion ourselves OVID pain passed passions perhaps perpetual pleased pleasure praise precepts racter Rambler reason regard rest retire riches rience rieties SATURDAY scarcely seldom sometimes soon sophism sound stancy suffer syllables tenderness thing thought thousand tion Truth TUESDAY tural vanity verse virtue vowels wisdom wish
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第 210 頁 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
第 210 頁 - At once on the eastern cliff of Paradise He lights, and to his proper shape returns A seraph wing'd : six wings he wore, to shade His lineaments divine : the pair that clad Each shoulder broad came mantling o'er his breast With regal ornament ; the middle pair Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold And colours dipp'd in heaven ; the third his feet Shadow'd from either heel with feather'd mail, Sky-tinctured grain. Like Maia's son he stood, And shook...
第 201 頁 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar.
第 62 頁 - ... every moment drawing nearer to safety or to destruction. At length, not fear, but labour, began to overcome him ; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down, in resignation to his fate, when he beheld, through the brambles, the glimmer of a taper. He advanced towards the light, and, finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called humbly at the door, and obtained admission. The old man set before him such provisions as he had collected...
第 225 頁 - THE reader is indebted for this day's entertainment to an author from whom the age has received greater favours, who has enlarged the knowledge of human nature, and taught the passions to move at the command of virtue.
第 62 頁 - Here the heart softens and vigilance subsides ; we are then willing to inquire whether another advance cannot be made, and whether we may not, at least, turn our eyes upon the gardens of pleasure. We approach them with scruple...
第 59 頁 - He did not, however, forget whither he was travelling, but found a narrow way, bordered with flowers, which appeared to have the same direction with the main road, and was pleased that, by this happy experiment, he had found means to unite pleasure with business, and to gain the rewards of diligence without suffering its fatigues.
第 166 頁 - Ordain'd by thee; and this delicious place For us too large, where thy abundance wants Partakers, and uncropt falls to the ground. But thou hast promis'd from us two a race To fill the earth, who shall with us extol Thy goodness infinite, both when we wake, And when we seek, as now, thy gift of sleep.
第 137 頁 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
第 37 頁 - ... more knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants, than from a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral.