The Friend, Conducted by S.T. Coleridge, No, Volume 2 |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 34
Página 13
... in manifest opposition to all selfish interests , in the face of the senate , and
instantly presenting himself and his cause first to that senate , and then to the
assembled commons , by them to stand acquitted or condemned - if such an act
as this ...
... in manifest opposition to all selfish interests , in the face of the senate , and
instantly presenting himself and his cause first to that senate , and then to the
assembled commons , by them to stand acquitted or condemned - if such an act
as this ...
Página 23
They pursue the interests of freedom steadily , but with narrow and self -
centering views : they anticipate with exultation the abolition of privileged orders ,
and of acts that persecute by exclusion from the right of citizenship . Whatever is
above ...
They pursue the interests of freedom steadily , but with narrow and self -
centering views : they anticipate with exultation the abolition of privileged orders ,
and of acts that persecute by exclusion from the right of citizenship . Whatever is
above ...
Página 24
These are the men who have encouraged the sympathetic passions till they have
become irresistible habits , and made their duty a necessary part of their self -
interest , by the long - continued cultivation of that moral taste which derives our ...
These are the men who have encouraged the sympathetic passions till they have
become irresistible habits , and made their duty a necessary part of their self -
interest , by the long - continued cultivation of that moral taste which derives our ...
Página 26
In that barbarous tumult of inimical interests , which the present state of society
exhibits , religion appears to offer the only means universally efficient . The
perfectness of future men is indeed a benevolent tenet , and may operate on a
few ...
In that barbarous tumult of inimical interests , which the present state of society
exhibits , religion appears to offer the only means universally efficient . The
perfectness of future men is indeed a benevolent tenet , and may operate on a
few ...
Página 36
But in truth this tale overflows with a human interest , and needs no philosophical
deduction to make it impressive . The account was published in the city in which
the event took place , and in the same year I read it , when I was in Germany ...
But in truth this tale overflows with a human interest , and needs no philosophical
deduction to make it impressive . The account was published in the city in which
the event took place , and in the same year I read it , when I was in Germany ...
Opinião das pessoas - Escrever uma crítica
Não foram encontradas quaisquer críticas nos locais habituais.
Outras edições - Ver tudo
Palavras e frases frequentes
action admiration answer appear applied authority become believe called cause character circumstances common concerning consequences considered constitution course derive distinct doctrine duty effect equally ESSAY existence experience fact faith feelings force former French genius give ground habit hand heart honour hope human idea imagination importance individual influence instance intellectual interest kind knowledge latter least less light living look Lord Malta means ment method mind moral nature necessary necessity never objects observation once opinion original particular passions perhaps person philosopher political possess possible practical present principles progress question reader reason received refer relations religion remained seems sense Sir Alexander Ball soul spirit things thou thought tion true truth understanding virtue whole youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 230 - Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own ; Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind, And, even with something of a Mother's mind, And no unworthy aim, The homely Nurse doth all she can To make her Foster-child, her Inmate Man, Forget the glories he hath known, And that imperial palace whence he came. Behold the Child among his new-born blisses, A six years...
Página 230 - Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise ; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings ; Blank misgivings of a Creature Moving about in worlds not realised, High instincts before which our mortal Nature Did tremble like a guilty Thing surprised...
Página 230 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing...
Página 173 - To what base uses we may return, Horatio ! Why may not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander, till he find it stopping a bung-hole?
Página 170 - Why, man, they did make love to this employment; They are not near my conscience ; their defeat Does by their own insinuation grow : Tis dangerous, when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incensed points Of mighty opposites.
Página 230 - O joy! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive!
Página 168 - Ham. Sir, in my heart there was a kind of fighting-, That would not let me sleep : methought, I lay Worse than the mutines in the bilboes.* Rashly, And prais'd be rashness for it, — Let us know, Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well, When our deep plots do pall : and that should teach us. There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will.* Hor.
Página 174 - Madam, I swear, I use no art at all. That he is mad, 'tis true : 'tis true, 'tis pity ; And pity 'tis, 'tis true : a foolish figure ; But farewell it, for I will use no art. Mad let us grant him then : and now remains, That we find out the cause of this effect ; Or, rather say, the cause of this defect ; For this effect, defective, comes by cause : Thus it remains, and the remainder thus.
Página 117 - Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice; The confidence of reason give ; And in the light of truth thy Bondman let me live!
Página 220 - Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been...