Broadstone of HonorLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1826 - 311 páginas |
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... philosophers too , who are friends of the virtue and happiness of mankind . The Muse of History has appeared in all her serenity , in all her loveliness . We have visited the domestic hearths of our forefathers , and our hearts have ...
... philosophers too , who are friends of the virtue and happiness of mankind . The Muse of History has appeared in all her serenity , in all her loveliness . We have visited the domestic hearths of our forefathers , and our hearts have ...
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... philosophy , has in any manner altered what we have just laid down as the source , and , if I may so speak , the very essence of the chivalrous system . We have it not in our power , consistently with honour and a love of truth and jus ...
... philosophy , has in any manner altered what we have just laid down as the source , and , if I may so speak , the very essence of the chivalrous system . We have it not in our power , consistently with honour and a love of truth and jus ...
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... philosopher : but to meet objections , we must descend from the moun- tains of eternal truth to combat at their feet the party spirit , the prejudice , and the ignorance of men . To engage in any combat may perhaps ill suit with ...
... philosopher : but to meet objections , we must descend from the moun- tains of eternal truth to combat at their feet the party spirit , the prejudice , and the ignorance of men . To engage in any combat may perhaps ill suit with ...
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... philosophy , with the his- tory of mankind , of the human understanding , and with the foundation of all our belief and hope in heaven . There are , again , other considerations which will fully explain the necessity for introducing ...
... philosophy , with the his- tory of mankind , of the human understanding , and with the foundation of all our belief and hope in heaven . There are , again , other considerations which will fully explain the necessity for introducing ...
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... philosophy of some per- sons rests upon sand , and how they wisely regard the stillness of moral death as its only security . " I was not ignorant , " says Cicero to Brutus in the beginning of his first book , De Finibus , " how much ...
... philosophy of some per- sons rests upon sand , and how they wisely regard the stillness of moral death as its only security . " I was not ignorant , " says Cicero to Brutus in the beginning of his first book , De Finibus , " how much ...
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Página 248 - Most wretched men Are cradled into poetry by wrong, They learn in suffering what they teach in song.
Página 223 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge., and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity...
Página 288 - There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen : The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
Página 70 - tis the hour of prayer ! Ave Maria ! 'tis the hour of love ! Ave Maria ! may our spirits dare Look up to thine and to thy Son's above...
Página 175 - Ye brown o'erarching groves, That contemplation loves, Where willowy Camus lingers with delight ! Oft at the blush of dawn I trod your level lawn, Oft woo'd the gleam of Cynthia silver-bright In cloisters dim, far from the haunts of Folly, With Freedom by my side, and soft-eyed Melancholy.
Página 200 - Mammon led them on, Mammon, the least erected Spirit that fell From Heaven; for even in Heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of Heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoyed In vision beatific.
Página 51 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow To the full-voiced quire below In service high and anthems clear As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
Página 36 - I am, I confess, naturally inclined to that which misguided zeal terms superstition : my common conversation I do acknowledge austere, my behaviour full of rigour, sometimes not without morosity; yet at my devotion I love to use the civility of my knee, my hat, and hand, with all those outward and sensible motions which may express or promote my invisible devotion.
Página 58 - Te gloriosus Apostolorum chorus, Te prophetarum laudabilis numerus, Te Martyrum candidatus laudat exercitus.
Página 300 - But hark ! the portals sound, and pacing forth With solemn steps and slow, High potentates, and dames of royal birth, And mitred fathers in long order go...