Gaieties and GravitiesD. Appleton, 1852 - 311 páginas |
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... minds are driven in - doors also , they are compelled to look inwards , to draw from their internal resources ; and I do contend that this is the unlocking of a more glorious ... mind's eye with all their garniture and glory , as WINTER . 13.
... minds are driven in - doors also , they are compelled to look inwards , to draw from their internal resources ; and I do contend that this is the unlocking of a more glorious ... mind's eye with all their garniture and glory , as WINTER . 13.
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Horace Smith. mind's eye with all their garniture and glory , as glibly as he can pronounce the words , may depend ... mind . The corporeal eye puts out the mental one : I am obliged to take pastoral objects as they present themselves ...
Horace Smith. mind's eye with all their garniture and glory , as glibly as he can pronounce the words , may depend ... mind . The corporeal eye puts out the mental one : I am obliged to take pastoral objects as they present themselves ...
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... mind for the gratifications denied to his body , and apply to his fire - side for the warmth withheld from him by the sun ; hence the two distinguishing traits of his character - mental activity and domestic virtue . It is astonishing ...
... mind for the gratifications denied to his body , and apply to his fire - side for the warmth withheld from him by the sun ; hence the two distinguishing traits of his character - mental activity and domestic virtue . It is astonishing ...
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... mind and body must be expected to degenerate ; and I should no more dream of ideas flowing from the benumbed scull of a Laplander or a Kamschatkan , than of water gushing from a frozen plug . If my conjecture as to the influence of ...
... mind and body must be expected to degenerate ; and I should no more dream of ideas flowing from the benumbed scull of a Laplander or a Kamschatkan , than of water gushing from a frozen plug . If my conjecture as to the influence of ...
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... minds of a superior order will be often found abandoning themselves to playfulness and puerility . Plato , after discoursing philosophy with his disciples upon the promontory of Sunium , frequently indulged the gaiety of his heart by ...
... minds of a superior order will be often found abandoning themselves to playfulness and puerility . Plato , after discoursing philosophy with his disciples upon the promontory of Sunium , frequently indulged the gaiety of his heart by ...
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Página 105 - The moon shines bright : — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise...
Página 62 - True as the dial to the sun. Although it be not shone upon.
Página 104 - On our first father; half her swelling breast Naked met his under the flowing gold Of her loose tresses hid: he, in delight Both of her beauty and submissive charms, Smiled with superior love, as Jupiter On Juno smiles, when he impregns the clouds That shed May flowers...
Página 9 - Thebes's streets three thousand years ago, When the Memnonium was in all its glory, And time had .not begun to overthrow Those temples, palaces, and piles stupendous, Of which the very ruins are tremendous.
Página 45 - Borne immortal far beyond the lofty stars', the poet shall live in everlasting fame: lamque opus exegi, quod nee lovis ira nee ignis nee poterit ferrum nee edax abolere vetustas. cum volet, ilia dies, quae nil nisi corporis huius ius habet, incerti spatium mihi finiat aevi: parte tamen meliore mei super alta perennis astra ferar, nomenque erit indelebile nostrum, quaque patet domitis Romana potentia terris, ore legar populi, perque omnia saecula fama, siquid habent veri vatum praesagia, vivam.
Página 53 - But rather to tell how, if art could tell, How from that sapphire fount the crisped brooks, Rolling on orient* pearl and sands of gold...
Página 153 - Whatever spirit, careless of his charge, His post neglects, or leaves the fair at large, Shall feel sharp vengeance soon o'ertake his sins, Be...
Página 308 - tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Página 10 - Or doffed thine own to let Queen Dido pass, Or held, by Solomon's own invitation, A torch at the great Temple's dedication.
Página 92 - THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate, Death lays bis icy hands on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And, in the dust, be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.