The Hive: Or, A Collection of Thoughts on Civil, Moral, Sentimental and Religious Subjects: Selected from the Writings of Near One Hundred of the Best Authors of Different Nations; But Chiefly from the English Writers. Intended as a Repository of Sententious, Ingenious, and Pertinent Sayings, in Verse and Prose ...Oliver D. Cooke, 1810 - 216 頁 |
搜尋書籍內容
第 1 到 5 筆結果,共 41 筆
第 16 頁
... persons are otherwise of great virtue . No beauty hath any charms equal to the in- ward beauty of the mind . A gracefulness in the manners is much more engaging than that of the person ; the former every one has the power to attain to ...
... persons are otherwise of great virtue . No beauty hath any charms equal to the in- ward beauty of the mind . A gracefulness in the manners is much more engaging than that of the person ; the former every one has the power to attain to ...
第 17 頁
... person , is but too frequently attended with a deficiency in the understanding . Beauty alone in vain its charms dispense , ' The charms of beauty are the charms of sense . Beauty without the graces of the mind , will have no power over ...
... person , is but too frequently attended with a deficiency in the understanding . Beauty alone in vain its charms dispense , ' The charms of beauty are the charms of sense . Beauty without the graces of the mind , will have no power over ...
第 22 頁
... persons will find in that neglected collection of writings , what will be useful for both these ends , and an agreeableness of style very dis tinguishing . Would you see history in all her simplicity , and all her force ; most ...
... persons will find in that neglected collection of writings , what will be useful for both these ends , and an agreeableness of style very dis tinguishing . Would you see history in all her simplicity , and all her force ; most ...
第 36 頁
... person , -and whose tears flowed in secret , and while their eyes and voices were taught to enliven the sinking heart with the appearance of cheer fulness . He who looks upon the misfortunes of oth- ers with 36 THE HIVE .
... person , -and whose tears flowed in secret , and while their eyes and voices were taught to enliven the sinking heart with the appearance of cheer fulness . He who looks upon the misfortunes of oth- ers with 36 THE HIVE .
第 38 頁
... persons are more empty than those who are full of themselves . Conversation can only subsist in good com- pany to ... person alone is fit for conversation , who is free of the extremes of pride and of meau- 2 ness ; never unseasonably ...
... persons are more empty than those who are full of themselves . Conversation can only subsist in good com- pany to ... person alone is fit for conversation , who is free of the extremes of pride and of meau- 2 ness ; never unseasonably ...
常見字詞
actions affections affliction amiable beauty blasphemies blessing body charity charms chastity cheerful conscience contemplation conversation creature dangerous death delight desire distress dition duty endeavor enemy envy esteem ev'ry evil excellent favor fear feel five crowns folly fool fortune friendship give glory grace greatest happiness hath heart heaven honest honor hope human nature impudence injury innocence Jupiter kind knowledge libertine live look mankind married couple merit mind misery misfortune modesty ness never noble obliged ornament ourselves pain passions perfection person pise pleasing pleasure plebian Plutarch poor poverty praise prayers pride proper quire reason religion render repentance rich says secret seldom sense sensibility sincere sion Socrates sorrow soul speak spirit sure sweet taste Telemachus temper thee thing thou thought tion Titles of honor true true courage truly truth usury vice virtue virtuous wealth wisdom wise worth
熱門章節
第 30 頁 - Ah! little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, power, and affluence surround — They who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth, And wanton, often cruel, riot waste — Ah! little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain...
第 118 頁 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
第 31 頁 - How many drink the cup Of baleful grief, or eat the bitter bread Of misery. Sore pierced by wintry winds, How many shrink into the sordid hut Of cheerless poverty.
第 173 頁 - OF all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.
第 66 頁 - ... the body of it. Education, after the same manner, when it works upon a noble mind, draws out to view every latent virtue and perfection, which without such helps are never able to make their appearance.
第 195 頁 - True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise ; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self ; and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions...
第 200 頁 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
第 42 頁 - INQUIRIES after happiness, and rules for attaining it, are not so necessary and useful to mankind as the arts of consolation, and supporting one's self under affliction. The utmost we can hope for in this world is contentment ; if we aim at any thing higher, we shall meet with nothing but grief and disappointment. A man should direct all his studies and endeavours at making himself easy now, and happy hereafter.
第 30 頁 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain. How many sink in the devouring flood, Or more devouring flame. How many bleed, By shameful variance betwixt man and man. How many pine in want, and dungeon glooms ; Shut from the common air, and common use Of their own limbs.
第 194 頁 - That calm and elegant satisfaction which the vulgar call melancholy is the true and proper delight of men of knowledge and virtue.