Solitude. Or the Effect of Occasional Retirement on the Mind, the Heart, General Society, in Exile, in Old Age, and on the Bed of Death: In which the Question is Considered, Whether it is Easier to Live Virtuously in Society, Or in Solitude, Том 1Vernor and Hood, 1800 |
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... Plutarch present to his view , instead of toiling through the thickets of the furrounding woods to fearch for game . THE wishes of a mother are accomplished when the filence and folitude of the forests seize and animate the mind of her ...
... Plutarch present to his view , instead of toiling through the thickets of the furrounding woods to fearch for game . THE wishes of a mother are accomplished when the filence and folitude of the forests seize and animate the mind of her ...
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... Plutarch ) ** was naturally difpofed to virtue ; and he ftill farther fubdued * it by difcipline , patience , and philofophy ; not only purging it " of the groffer and more infamous paffions , but even of that am- " bition and ...
... Plutarch ) ** was naturally difpofed to virtue ; and he ftill farther fubdued * it by difcipline , patience , and philofophy ; not only purging it " of the groffer and more infamous paffions , but even of that am- " bition and ...
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... his clofet , reclined under the fhade of a spreading tree , or stretched upon a sofa , must be free E 2 * This Anecdote is differently told by Plutarch . free to follow all the impulfes of his mind , UPON THE MIND . 51.
... his clofet , reclined under the fhade of a spreading tree , or stretched upon a sofa , must be free E 2 * This Anecdote is differently told by Plutarch . free to follow all the impulfes of his mind , UPON THE MIND . 51.
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... Plutarch , " bestowed upon great " and exalted minds , only fpur on and roufe their " emulation : like a rapid torrent , the glory which " they E 4 " they have already acquired , hurries them irre- " UPON THE MIND . 55.
... Plutarch , " bestowed upon great " and exalted minds , only fpur on and roufe their " emulation : like a rapid torrent , the glory which " they E 4 " they have already acquired , hurries them irre- " UPON THE MIND . 55.
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... Plutarch : " I live , " said he , " entirely upon History ; and " while I contemplate the pictures it presents to my view , my mind enjoys a rich repast from the " representation of great and virtuous characters . " If the actions of ...
... Plutarch : " I live , " said he , " entirely upon History ; and " while I contemplate the pictures it presents to my view , my mind enjoys a rich repast from the " representation of great and virtuous characters . " If the actions of ...
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Сторінка 165 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
Сторінка 166 - Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years, slide soft away In health of body; peace of mind; Quiet by day ; Sound sleep by night; study and ease Together mix'd; sweet recreation, And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
Сторінка 278 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafening clamour in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes...
Сторінка 278 - Canst thou, O partial sleep! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king ? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Сторінка 23 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Сторінка 38 - Here too dwells simple truth ; plain innocence ; Unsullied beauty ; sound unbroken youth, Patient of labour, with a little pleas'd ; Health, ever blooming ; unambitious toil ; Calm contemplation, and poetic ease.
Сторінка 273 - Know ye not then, said Satan fill'd with scorn, Know ye not me ? ye knew me once no mate For you, there sitting where ye durst not soar; Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, The lowest of your throng; or if ye know, Why ask ye, and superfluous begin Your message, like to end as much in vain ? To whom thus Zephon, answering scorn with scorn.
Сторінка 303 - And comfort those who come to bring relief: We gaze, and as we gaze, wealth, fame, decay, And all the world's vain glories fade away.
Сторінка 309 - He is the happy man, whose life e'en now Shows somewhat of that happier life to come ; Who, doom'd to an obscure but tranquil state, Is pleased with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed to sojourn while he must Below the skies, but having there his home.
Сторінка 276 - A man who can be satisfied with such a supper has no need of gold ; and I think it more glorious to conquer the owners of it than to have it myself.