The Book of Human Character, Volumen2Knight, 1837 |
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... Manners 281 228. Men of Guile and Suspicion · 282 229. Who are tried beyond their Strength 283 230. Who are fortunate in Nothing 286 232. Who despise detail 236. Who are easily ruined 231. Admirers of small Things · 233. Who deviate ...
... Manners 281 228. Men of Guile and Suspicion · 282 229. Who are tried beyond their Strength 283 230. Who are fortunate in Nothing 286 232. Who despise detail 236. Who are easily ruined 231. Admirers of small Things · 233. Who deviate ...
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... manner possess . Their war was his peace ; their solicitude his safety . He fettered , too , in another way . He compelled them to adopt a luxurious mode of living . Their rapa- city could , therefore , insure no enrichment . They ...
... manner possess . Their war was his peace ; their solicitude his safety . He fettered , too , in another way . He compelled them to adopt a luxurious mode of living . Their rapa- city could , therefore , insure no enrichment . They ...
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... manner the thief justifies theft , on the ground that there are a multitude of thieves living in the city . It is an observation as old as Livy , that women ex- cuse any fault which they think proceeds from love . Chardin says of the ...
... manner the thief justifies theft , on the ground that there are a multitude of thieves living in the city . It is an observation as old as Livy , that women ex- cuse any fault which they think proceeds from love . Chardin says of the ...
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... manner : the labour of this ' in a long poem would be hardly tolerable ; and if ac- ' complished , it might possibly be deficient in effect , by ' wanting the chiaro - oscuro * . Some men , however , unite a comprehensive capacity with ...
... manner : the labour of this ' in a long poem would be hardly tolerable ; and if ac- ' complished , it might possibly be deficient in effect , by ' wanting the chiaro - oscuro * . Some men , however , unite a comprehensive capacity with ...
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... MANNERS and conversation are not all commanding . We often admire those qualities in persons we are fated to condemn , and of this Charles II . was a conspicuous example . Courtesy and good humour are , in fact , but too often the ...
... MANNERS and conversation are not all commanding . We often admire those qualities in persons we are fated to condemn , and of this Charles II . was a conspicuous example . Courtesy and good humour are , in fact , but too often the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
accused admiration advice appear assertion battle better Cæsar Cardinal Cardinal Mazarin Castle of Indolence character Charles circumstance confess consequence court crime cunning deceive deeds Demosthenes desire Duke Duke of Newcastle Emperor enemies equally father favour fear fortune France genius give Guicciardini hand happiness Hence Herodotus historians honour instance interest king knew labour live Livy Lord Lord Chatham Lord Ligonier Lord North Lord Townsend lost Louis XIV mankind manner Marquis maxim Medici men's mind ministers multitude Napoleon nature never noble observed opinion party passage passions persons Pitt pleasure Plutarch political Pope Pope Alexander VI prince racter regard remarkable reminds resemble respect rivals rivalship Roman ruin Sallust says seems sometimes species success superior Tacitus thing thought thousand tion truth virtue Walpole whole wise wish write wrote
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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...
Página 204 - Others more mild, Retreated in a silent valley, sing With notes angelical to many a harp Their own heroic deeds and hapless fall By doom of battle ; and complain that fate ' Free virtue should enthrall to force or chance.
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.
Página 76 - The proper study of mankind is man. 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...