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...Lincoln & Gleason, printers, Printed for and sold by Oliver D. Cooke, 1803 - 216 Seiten |
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... fortune without vain glo- ry , that can be familiar without meanness , and reserved without pride , has something in it great , particulariy pleasing and truly admi- rable . Nothing would be more unhappy , ( said De- metrius , ) than a ...
... fortune without vain glo- ry , that can be familiar without meanness , and reserved without pride , has something in it great , particulariy pleasing and truly admi- rable . Nothing would be more unhappy , ( said De- metrius , ) than a ...
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... fortunes , often prove a happy source of fu ture felicity ; this consideration should enable us to support affliction with calmness and fortitude . ANGER . AN angry man , who suppresses his passions , thinks worse than he speaks , and ...
... fortunes , often prove a happy source of fu ture felicity ; this consideration should enable us to support affliction with calmness and fortitude . ANGER . AN angry man , who suppresses his passions , thinks worse than he speaks , and ...
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... fortune . Great marks are soonest hit . The most laudable ambition is , to be wise , and the greatest wisdom to be good . We may be as ambitious as we please , so we aspire to the best things . Many thro ' pride or ambition ruin their ...
... fortune . Great marks are soonest hit . The most laudable ambition is , to be wise , and the greatest wisdom to be good . We may be as ambitious as we please , so we aspire to the best things . Many thro ' pride or ambition ruin their ...
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... fortune , to lay aside a certain | proportion of his income for pious and charita- ble uses ; he will then always give easily and cheerfully . It was well said of him that called a good office that was done harshly , " a stony piece of ...
... fortune , to lay aside a certain | proportion of his income for pious and charita- ble uses ; he will then always give easily and cheerfully . It was well said of him that called a good office that was done harshly , " a stony piece of ...
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... fortunes , the dangers and calamities , to which the life of man is subject ! By holding up such a glass before it , it forces the mind to see and reflect upon the vanity , the perish- ing condition , and uncertain tenure of every thing ...
... fortunes , the dangers and calamities , to which the life of man is subject ! By holding up such a glass before it , it forces the mind to see and reflect upon the vanity , the perish- ing condition , and uncertain tenure of every thing ...
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actions affections affliction amiable beauty blasphemies blessing body charity charms cheerful conscience contemplation conversation creature dangerous death delight devo distress dition duty endeavor enemy envy esteem ev'ry evil excellent favor fear feel five crowns folly fool fortune friendship give glory grace greatest grief happiness hath heart heaven honest honor hope human nature injury innocence Jupiter kind knowledge live look mankind MARRIAGE 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 quadrupeds quire reason refined religion render repentance rich says secret sense sensibility society Socrates sorrow soul spirit sure sweet sweetest things taste tears Telemachus temper thee thing thou tion Titles of honor true truly truth usury vice virtue virtuous wealth wisdom wise worth
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Seite 62 - Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Seite 118 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Seite 33 - With friendship, peace, and contemplation join'd, How many, rack'd with honest passions, droop In deep retir'd distress. How many stand Around the death-bed of their dearest friends, And point the parting anguish. Thought fond man Of these, and all the thousand nameless ills, That one incessant struggle render life, One scene of toil, of suffering, and of fate...
Seite 44 - 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.
Seite 200 - 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.
Seite 189 - This my long sufferance and my day of grace They who neglect and scorn shall never taste , But hard be harden'd, blind be blinded more, That they may stumble on, and deeper fall ; And none but such from mercy I exclude.
Seite 32 - 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.
Seite 139 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.
Seite 33 - E'en in the vale, where Wisdom loves to dwell, With friendship, peace, and contemplation join'd, How many, rack'd with honest passions, droop In deep retir'd distress. How many stand Around the death-bed of their dearest friends, And point the parting anguish. Thought fond Man Of these, and all the thousand nameless ills That one incessant struggle render life One scene of toil, of...
Seite 78 - Nor every friend unrotten at the core ; First, on thy friend, deliberate with thyself: Pause, ponder, sift ; not eager in the choice, Nor jealous of the chosen ; fixing, fix : Judge before friendship, then confide till death. Well, for thy friend ; but nobler far for thee : How gallant danger for earth's highest prize ! A friend is worth all hazards we can run. " Poor is the friendless master of a world : " A world in purchase for a friend is gain.