The literary miscellany: or, Selections and extracts, classical and scientific with originals, in prose and verse. Conduct; &c, 第 9 卷1812 |
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... passion re- maining for the splendor which was grown familiar to me , and for servility and confinement I entertain- ed an utter aversion . I officiated , however , for a few weeks in my post , wondering still more and more how I could ...
... passion re- maining for the splendor which was grown familiar to me , and for servility and confinement I entertain- ed an utter aversion . I officiated , however , for a few weeks in my post , wondering still more and more how I could ...
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... passions , like dull steeds , being the least apt to endanger or misguide them yet such is the fatality ! Men of genius are often expected to act with most discretion , on ac- count of that very fancy which is their greatest im ...
... passions , like dull steeds , being the least apt to endanger or misguide them yet such is the fatality ! Men of genius are often expected to act with most discretion , on ac- count of that very fancy which is their greatest im ...
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... passions either acute or chronical , have impressed their object upon the brain ; and this in so lively a manner , as to leave the visionary no room to doubt of their real presence . How senses . difficult then must it be to undeceive a ...
... passions either acute or chronical , have impressed their object upon the brain ; and this in so lively a manner , as to leave the visionary no room to doubt of their real presence . How senses . difficult then must it be to undeceive a ...
第 32 頁
... passion of grief for a departed friend , of horror for a murdered enemy , of remorse for a wronged testator , of love for ... passions , when bearing relation to a person deceased , have often , I fancy , with concur- rent circumstances ...
... passion of grief for a departed friend , of horror for a murdered enemy , of remorse for a wronged testator , of love for ... passions , when bearing relation to a person deceased , have often , I fancy , with concur- rent circumstances ...
第 33 頁
... passions , which are the consequence ; or else have allowedly felt some perturbation at the time . Some few instances may be supposed , where the ca- price of imagination , so very remarkable in dreams , may have presented fantasms to ...
... passions , which are the consequence ; or else have allowedly felt some perturbation at the time . Some few instances may be supposed , where the ca- price of imagination , so very remarkable in dreams , may have presented fantasms to ...
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第 2 頁 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.
第 1 頁 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure? — I will tell thee, my Friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an Hour.
第 19 頁 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain...
第 13 頁 - ... the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality ; that is, 45 waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.
第 40 頁 - We have had some experience of it — several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces; they were instructed in all your sciences, but when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods, unable to bear either cold or hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy, spoke our language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, nor counsellors; they were totally good...
第 3 頁 - What maintains one Vice, would bring up two Children. "You may think perhaps, that a little Tea, or a little Punch now and then, Diet a little more costly, Clothes a little finer, and a little Entertainment now and then, can be no great Matter; but remember what Poor Richard says, Many a Little makes a Mickle; and farther, Beware of little Expenses; A small Leak will sink a great Ship; and again.
第 40 頁 - We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it; and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care of their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.