Essays and TalesCassell, 1901 - 192 頁 |
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第 41 頁
... endeavour to gain themselves the reputation of wits and humorists , by such mon- strous conceits as almost qualify them for Bedlam ; not considering that humour should always lie under the check of reason , and that it requires the ...
... endeavour to gain themselves the reputation of wits and humorists , by such mon- strous conceits as almost qualify them for Bedlam ; not considering that humour should always lie under the check of reason , and that it requires the ...
第 45 頁
... endeavour to ridicule both friends and foes indifferently . For , having but small talents , he must be merry where he can , not where he should . Fourthly , Being entirely void of reason , he pursues no point either of morality or ...
... endeavour to ridicule both friends and foes indifferently . For , having but small talents , he must be merry where he can , not where he should . Fourthly , Being entirely void of reason , he pursues no point either of morality or ...
第 59 頁
... endeavour to do in a manner suitable to it , that I may not incur the censure which a famous critic be- stows upon one who had written a treatise upon " the sublime , " in a low grovelling style . I intend to lay aside a whole week for ...
... endeavour to do in a manner suitable to it , that I may not incur the censure which a famous critic be- stows upon one who had written a treatise upon " the sublime , " in a low grovelling style . I intend to lay aside a whole week for ...
第 84 頁
... endeavour rather to fill the mind with great concep- tions than to divert it with such as are new and surprising , have seldom anything in them that can be called wit . Mr. Locke's account of wit , with this short explanation ...
... endeavour rather to fill the mind with great concep- tions than to divert it with such as are new and surprising , have seldom anything in them that can be called wit . Mr. Locke's account of wit , with this short explanation ...
第 131 頁
... endeavour after a more general conversation with such as are able to entertain and improve those with whom they converse , which are qualifications that seldom go asunder . There are many other useful amusements of life which one would ...
... endeavour after a more general conversation with such as are able to entertain and improve those with whom they converse , which are qualifications that seldom go asunder . There are many other useful amusements of life which one would ...
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第 155 頁 - ... insomuch that I could discover nothing in it ; but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them. I could see persons dressed in glorious habits, with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and...
第 152 頁 - But tell me further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon...
第 154 頁 - I here fetched a deep sigh; Alas, said I, man was made in vain! How is he given away to misery and mortality! tortured in life, and swallowed up in death! The Genius, being moved with compassion towards me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect; Look no more...
第 155 頁 - These are the mansions of good men after death, who, according to the degree and kinds of virtue in which they excelled, are distributed among these several islands, which abound with pleasures of different kinds and degrees, suitable to the relishes and perfections of those who are settled in them ; every island is a paradise accommodated to its respective inhabitants. Are not these...
第 152 頁 - ... is the vale of misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is part of the great tide of eternity. What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other? What thou seest, said he, is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine now, said he, this sea that is thus bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me...
第 181 頁 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
第 191 頁 - Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
第 153 頁 - I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. " The genius, seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. 'Take thine eyes off the bridge,' said he, 'and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend.' Upon looking up, 'What...
第 112 頁 - With that, there came an arrow keen Out of an English bow, Which struck Earl Douglas to the heart, A deep and deadly blow ; Who never spake more words than these, " Fight on, my merry men all ; For why, my life is at an end, Lord Percy sees my fall.
第 154 頁 - Look no more, said he, on Man in the first Stage of his Existence, in his setting out for Eternity; but cast thine Eye on that thick Mist into which the Tide bears the several Generations of Mortals that fall into it.