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... affection ; while a sorrow that is even and temperate goes on to its period with expec- tation and the distances of a just time . The Ephesian woman that the soldier told of in Petro- nius was the talk of all the town , and the rarest ...
... affection ; while a sorrow that is even and temperate goes on to its period with expec- tation and the distances of a just time . The Ephesian woman that the soldier told of in Petro- nius was the talk of all the town , and the rarest ...
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... affections to tie two hearts together by a little thread of red and white and they can love no longer but until the next ague comes ; and they are fond of each other but at the chance of fancy , or the small- pox , or child - bearing ...
... affections to tie two hearts together by a little thread of red and white and they can love no longer but until the next ague comes ; and they are fond of each other but at the chance of fancy , or the small- pox , or child - bearing ...
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... affections loose and easy by an habitual aversation . Some men are more vexed with a fly than with a wound ; and when the gnats disturb our sleep , and the reason is disquieted , but not perfectly awakened , it is often seen that he is ...
... affections loose and easy by an habitual aversation . Some men are more vexed with a fly than with a wound ; and when the gnats disturb our sleep , and the reason is disquieted , but not perfectly awakened , it is often seen that he is ...
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... affections , and may become amiable by its own excellency and its apparent blessing ; and that vice may be as natural an enemy to a man as a wolf to the lamb , and as darkness to light ; destructive of its being , and a contradiction of ...
... affections , and may become amiable by its own excellency and its apparent blessing ; and that vice may be as natural an enemy to a man as a wolf to the lamb , and as darkness to light ; destructive of its being , and a contradiction of ...
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... affections . A good man is a friend to all the world ; and he is not truly charitable that does not wish well , and do good to all mankind in what he can . But though we must pray for all men , yet we say special litanies for brave ...
... affections . A good man is a friend to all the world ; and he is not truly charitable that does not wish well , and do good to all mankind in what he can . But though we must pray for all men , yet we say special litanies for brave ...
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Common terms and phrases
actions affections Anatomy of Melancholy appetite Aristotle beasts beauty behold Bishop Bishop of Lincoln blessing body Caliph caprina charity Christ christian church cloud creatures death delight desire discourse divine doth duty earth Ecclesiastical Polity evil excellent eyes fancy father fear felicity fool friendship glory God's Goodwin sands grace grave hand happy hath hear heart heaven honour innocent Israel judgment king of Burgundy knowledge labour lady Ann Clifford laws learning light live look Lord Bacon love Thee,-when man's marriage memory mercy mind nature ness never noble noise observe passions peace perfect person piety pleasure poor prayers prosperity reason religion satiety says Serm Sermon servant shew sick Skipton sorrow soul spirit tempest thee thereof things thou thoughts tion tongue TROILUS AND CRESSIDA truth unto virtue weary wherein wisdom wise worthy
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Page 333 - Two voices are there; one is of the Sea, One of the Mountains; each a mighty Voice: In both from age to age Thou didst rejoice, They were thy chosen Music, Liberty!
Page 299 - But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge. For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of...
Page 338 - Do not all charms fly At the mere touch of cold philosophy? There was an awful rainbow once in heaven: We know her woof, her texture; she is given In the dull catalogue of common things. Philosophy will clip an Angel's wings, Conquer all mysteries by rule and line, Empty the haunted air, and gnomed mine — Unweave a rainbow, as it erewhile made The tender-person'd Lamia melt into a shade.
Page 286 - Good and evil we know in the field of this world grow up together almost inseparably ; and the knowledge of good is so involved and interwoven with the knowledge of evil...
Page 270 - A jest's prosperity lies in the ear • Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it : then, if sickly ears, Deaf 'd with the clamours of their own dear groans.
Page 153 - tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Page 290 - I trust hereby to make it manifest with what small willingness I endure to interrupt the pursuit of no less hopes than these, and leave a calm and pleasing solitariness, fed with cheerful and confident thoughts, to embark in a troubled sea of noises and hoarse disputes, put from beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies...
Page 312 - But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring : for good thoughts (though God accept them, yet) towards men are little better than good dreams except they be put in act ; and that cannot be without power and place, as the vantage and commanding ground.
Page 271 - Yet nature is made better by no mean But nature makes that mean : so, over that art Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes. You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race : this is an art Which does mend nature, change it rather, but The art itself is nature.
Page 293 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...