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 Seiten |
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... reason to say with JOB , - " when he hath tried me , I shall come forth as pure gold . " Let a man live ( says Mr. Steele ) but two or three years without affliction , and he is A ? almost good for nothing , he cannot pray , nor THE ...
... reason to say with JOB , - " when he hath tried me , I shall come forth as pure gold . " Let a man live ( says Mr. Steele ) but two or three years without affliction , and he is A ? almost good for nothing , he cannot pray , nor THE ...
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... from piety , vigor from action , health from the body , light from the reason , and repose from the conscience . Resignation to the divine will is a noble , and needful lesson . Yet there is a gloomy pleasure in being de- jected THE HIVE.
... from piety , vigor from action , health from the body , light from the reason , and repose from the conscience . Resignation to the divine will is a noble , and needful lesson . Yet there is a gloomy pleasure in being de- jected THE HIVE.
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... Reason is given us , by him who breathed in us , our immortal part , that in all our ac- tions we should govern ourselves by advice of it . We must forget the good we do , for fear of upbraiding , and religion bids us forget inju- ries ...
... Reason is given us , by him who breathed in us , our immortal part , that in all our ac- tions we should govern ourselves by advice of it . We must forget the good we do , for fear of upbraiding , and religion bids us forget inju- ries ...
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... distinguishing honors of hu- man nature ; and what philosopher will be such an enemy to society , as to assert the con- trary ? One should not destroy an insect , one should not quarrel with a deg , without a reason suffi- THE HIVE . 35.
... distinguishing honors of hu- man nature ; and what philosopher will be such an enemy to society , as to assert the con- trary ? One should not destroy an insect , one should not quarrel with a deg , without a reason suffi- THE HIVE . 35.
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... reason suffi- cient to vindicate one through all the courts of morality . Compassion was not impressed upon the hu- man heart , only to adorn the fair face with tears , and to give an agreeable languor to the eyes - it was designed to ...
... reason suffi- cient to vindicate one through all the courts of morality . Compassion was not impressed upon the hu- man heart , only to adorn the fair face with tears , and to give an agreeable languor to the eyes - it was designed to ...
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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
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 30 - 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...
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 31 - 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.
Seite 173 - 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.
Seite 66 - ... 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.
Seite 195 - 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...
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 42 - 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 30 - 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 194 - That calm and elegant satisfaction which the vulgar call melancholy is the true and proper delight of men of knowledge and virtue.