The Book of Human Character, Volumen2Knight, 1837 |
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... Honour among Thieves 148 · 111. Who are too cunning to write a Letter 149 · 112. Who admit Nothing 150 · 113. Who learn from their Enemies 151 114. Whose Enmity is advantageous · 152 115. Cases in which Disunion has caused Strength 153 ...
... Honour among Thieves 148 · 111. Who are too cunning to write a Letter 149 · 112. Who admit Nothing 150 · 113. Who learn from their Enemies 151 114. Whose Enmity is advantageous · 152 115. Cases in which Disunion has caused Strength 153 ...
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... Honours with no good Effects 231 188. Who excel , and yet do not accomplish all they propose to themselves 232 189. Who forget the main Points 233 190. Who will and who will not 233 191. Who are unequal • 234 192. Who will not see till ...
... Honours with no good Effects 231 188. Who excel , and yet do not accomplish all they propose to themselves 232 189. Who forget the main Points 233 190. Who will and who will not 233 191. Who are unequal • 234 192. Who will not see till ...
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... honour is a private station . ' This maxim , however , is a dangerous one , if gene- rally applied , since it would give to tyranny a perma- nency of power . Were all good men to act thus , when would the wicked cease their sway ? A ...
... honour is a private station . ' This maxim , however , is a dangerous one , if gene- rally applied , since it would give to tyranny a perma- nency of power . Were all good men to act thus , when would the wicked cease their sway ? A ...
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... Honours and riches have the faculty of changing men ; but when , in prosperity , we meet an old friend with an averted face , can we expect otherwise than that we have converted an old friend into a new enemy , whose hatred we have ...
... Honours and riches have the faculty of changing men ; but when , in prosperity , we meet an old friend with an averted face , can we expect otherwise than that we have converted an old friend into a new enemy , whose hatred we have ...
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... honours of cor- pulency ; but no active mind can be kept in a state of constant tranquillity ; nor , indeed , any other person's . Men often fall into an error , one way , in their endea- vour to avoid one in another . We should ...
... honours of cor- pulency ; but no active mind can be kept in a state of constant tranquillity ; nor , indeed , any other person's . Men often fall into an error , one way , in their endea- vour to avoid one in another . We should ...
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Página 324 - Yet he who reigns within himself, and rules Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king; Which every wise and virtuous man attains : And who attains not, ill aspires to rule Cities of men, or headstrong multitudes, Subject himself to anarchy within, Or lawless passions in him which he serves...
Página 75 - Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great; With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and...
Página 261 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar; Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown...
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Página 16 - Seasons" wonders that he never saw before what Thomson shows him, and that he never yet has felt what Thomson impresses.
Página 260 - Ye fields, where summer spreads profusion round ; Ye lakes, whose vessels catch the busy gale; Ye bending swains, that dress the flowery vale ; For me your tributary stores combine : Creation's heir, the world, the world is mine.
Página 237 - These are the forgeries of jealousy: And never, since the middle summer's spring, Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead, By paved fountain or by rushy brook, Or in the beached margent of the sea, To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind, But with thy brawls thou hast disturb'd our sport.
Página 115 - Behold, ye pilgrims of this earth, behold! See all but man with unearned pleasure gay ! See her bright robes the butterfly unfold, Broke from her wintry tomb in prime of May. What youthful bride can equal her array? Who can with her for easy pleasure vie? From mead to mead with gentle wing to stray, From flower to flower on balmy gales to fly, Is all she has to do beneath the radiant sky.
Página 286 - If chance the radiant sun with farewell sweet Extend his evening beam, the fields revive, The birds their notes renew, and bleating herds Attest their joy, that hill and valley rings.
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