The cynosure, select passages from the most distinguished writers [ed. by sir N.H. Nicolas].1837 |
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... knowledge of the world , and of our own hearts ; which produce habits of reflection , repress selfishness , and correct the aspirations of vanity and am- bition ; and , which , by leading the mind to the contemplation of Nature , and ...
... knowledge of the world , and of our own hearts ; which produce habits of reflection , repress selfishness , and correct the aspirations of vanity and am- bition ; and , which , by leading the mind to the contemplation of Nature , and ...
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... knowledge strives in vain to feel Her way amidst these marvels of the mind ; Yet undismay'd - for do they not reveal Th ' immortal being with our dust entwin'd ? — So let us deem ! and e'en the tears they wake Shall then be blest , for ...
... knowledge strives in vain to feel Her way amidst these marvels of the mind ; Yet undismay'd - for do they not reveal Th ' immortal being with our dust entwin'd ? — So let us deem ! and e'en the tears they wake Shall then be blest , for ...
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... beware , to measure the worth of our neighbour by his conduct towards ourselves . How many rich souls might we not rejoice in the knowledge of , were it not for our pride . RICHTER . To threats the stubborn sinner oft is hard , Wrapp'd 69.
... beware , to measure the worth of our neighbour by his conduct towards ourselves . How many rich souls might we not rejoice in the knowledge of , were it not for our pride . RICHTER . To threats the stubborn sinner oft is hard , Wrapp'd 69.
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... knowledge and power , on a simple change of our point of view , or by merely bringing to bear on them some principle which it never occurred before to try , will surely be the last to acquiesce in any dispiriting prospects of either the ...
... knowledge and power , on a simple change of our point of view , or by merely bringing to bear on them some principle which it never occurred before to try , will surely be the last to acquiesce in any dispiriting prospects of either the ...
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... knowledge for its own sake , ought to wish to see its elements made acces- sible to all , were it only that they may be the more thoroughly examined into , and more effectually de- veloped in their consequences , and receive that ...
... knowledge for its own sake , ought to wish to see its elements made acces- sible to all , were it only that they may be the more thoroughly examined into , and more effectually de- veloped in their consequences , and receive that ...
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aspiring tower beam beauty BEN JONSON bids blessed blest bosom brave breast breath bright brow BYRON calm CHAUCER COLERIDGE conscience COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON CYRIL TOURNEUR dark dear death delight doth dreams DRYDEN earth eternal evil fair fame fate fear feel FELTHAM flowers folly fortune Fortune's friendship genius gentle gift give gloom glory grief happiness hast hath heart Heaven honour hope hope and fear hour human JOANNA BAILLIE JOHN MITFORD life's light live man's MARY BRUNTON mighty mind nature ne'er never noble o'er once pain passion peace pleasure pride pure racter reason religion round Sabbath bell shine sighs SIR THOMAS WYATT sleep smile soothe sorrow soul spirit storm stream sweet tears Tell thee thine things thou thought throne tion true truth virtue WALTER SCOTT wealth wings wisdom wise WORDSWORTH youth
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Página 87 - Go, lovely rose, Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died.
Página 148 - Of towns and cities, I have owed to them In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart; And passing even into my purer mind...
Página 65 - SWEET day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night; For thou must die.
Página 227 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Página 161 - I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth: and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye.
Página 53 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food: For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Página 161 - For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
Página 23 - Thou art the source and centre of all minds, Their only point of rest, eternal Word ! From thee departing, they are lost and rove At random without honour, hope, or peace. From thee is all that soothes the life of man. His high endeavour, and his glad success, His strength to suffer and his will to serve.
Página 74 - Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman ; Tho' they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving why they do it : And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it.
Página 177 - Since Trifles make the Sum of human things And half our misery from our foibles springs Since [life's best joys] consist in peace and ease And [few can] save or serve but all may please: Oh! let the [ungentle] spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence. Large bounties to bestow we wish in vain; But all may shun the guilt of giving pain.