Miscellanies, Moral and Instructive, in Prose and VersePrinted: London, Reprinted by J. Phillips, 1787 - 198 páginas |
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... virtues themfelves , without religion , are but cold , lifelefs and infipid . It is religion only which opens the mind to great conceptions , fills it with the moft fublime ideas , and warms the foul more than fen- fual pleasures . BY ...
... virtues themfelves , without religion , are but cold , lifelefs and infipid . It is religion only which opens the mind to great conceptions , fills it with the moft fublime ideas , and warms the foul more than fen- fual pleasures . BY ...
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... virtuous foul With various pleafures , in their changes blefs ; Raife chearful hopes , and anxious fears controul , And form a paradise of inward peace . WHEN conftant faith , and holy hope fhall die , One loft in certainty , and one in ...
... virtuous foul With various pleafures , in their changes blefs ; Raife chearful hopes , and anxious fears controul , And form a paradise of inward peace . WHEN conftant faith , and holy hope fhall die , One loft in certainty , and one in ...
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... virtuous and ufeful to fociety , and his virtue a more confpicuous example to thofe that are il- - literate . WHAT exalted mortal , in the laft hour of life , would not refign all the advantages of greatness and power , for a few ...
... virtuous and ufeful to fociety , and his virtue a more confpicuous example to thofe that are il- - literate . WHAT exalted mortal , in the laft hour of life , would not refign all the advantages of greatness and power , for a few ...
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... virtuous fpirits binds , The golden chain that links immortal minds . WE fhould never be over eager for any thing , either in our pursuits or our prayers , left what we endeavour , or afk too violently , for our intereft , fhould be ...
... virtuous fpirits binds , The golden chain that links immortal minds . WE fhould never be over eager for any thing , either in our pursuits or our prayers , left what we endeavour , or afk too violently , for our intereft , fhould be ...
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... virtuous thirst of doing good . This great ambition ftill fhe calls her own , This beft ambition makes her breaft its throne . HAIL , Power Eternal , infinite , immense , Creator and Redeemer , Lord of life , All good , all wife , all ...
... virtuous thirst of doing good . This great ambition ftill fhe calls her own , This beft ambition makes her breaft its throne . HAIL , Power Eternal , infinite , immense , Creator and Redeemer , Lord of life , All good , all wife , all ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
afflictions beauty becauſe beft beſt bleffings bleft blifs breaſt charms Chriftian confcience courfe death defire divine earth eternal ev'ry facred fafe fame fcenes fear feek feems fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhine fhould figh filent fincere firft fkies fleep fmiles foft fome foon forrow foul fpirit fpring ftate ftill fuch fuffer fure fweet give glory grace happineſs happy hath heart Heav'n himſelf honour hope human humble increaſe itſelf juft labour laft lefs live loft Lord mercy mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt nature never o'er obferve ourſelves paffions pain peace perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffefs pow'r praiſe prefent pride purpoſe reafon refign reft religion rich rife ſcene ſhall ſkies ſky ſpeak ſtate thee thefe themſelves theſe thine things thofe thoſe thou thought thro uſeful virtue whofe whoſe wife wiſdom wiſh youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 170 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Página 22 - Has made my cup run o'er, And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store.
Página 141 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heav'n.
Página 169 - Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little do we need ! For nature's calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do.
Página 51 - O thou bounteous giver of all good, Thou art of all thy gifts thyself the crown ! Give what thou canst, without thee we are poor ; And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away.
Página 158 - Then see the sorrows of my heart, Ere yet it be too late ; And hear my Saviour's dying groans, To give those sorrows weight. VI. For never shall my soul despair Her pardon to procure, Who knows thine only Son has died To make her pardon sure.
Página 168 - If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies; And they are fools who roam : The world has nothing to bestow ; From our own selves our joys must flow, And that dear hut, our home.
Página 120 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned.
Página 191 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind: His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way: Yet simple Nature to his hope has given.
Página 157 - IT is of the last importance to season the passions of a child with devotion, which seldom dies in a mind that has received an early tincture of it. Though it may seem extinguished for a while by the cares of the world, the heats of youth, or the allurements of vice, it generally breaks out and discovers itself again as soon as discretion, consideration, age, or misfortunes have brought the man to himself. The fire may be covered and overlaid, but cannot be entirely quenched and smothered.