Cato, or, An essay on old-ageJ. Dodsley, 1785 |
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... Socrates too in his old - age , learnt to play upon the lyre : " an art which the ancients did not deem unworthy of their application . If I have not followed the philofopher's example in this inftance , ( which indeed I very much ...
... Socrates too in his old - age , learnt to play upon the lyre : " an art which the ancients did not deem unworthy of their application . If I have not followed the philofopher's example in this inftance , ( which indeed I very much ...
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... Socrates recom- mends in Xenophon's Banquet ; and am well pleased with those artificial me- thods of cooling , or warming the wine , as the different feasons of the year in- vite . Even when I am in the country among my Sabine ...
... Socrates recom- mends in Xenophon's Banquet ; and am well pleased with those artificial me- thods of cooling , or warming the wine , as the different feasons of the year in- vite . Even when I am in the country among my Sabine ...
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... Socrates informing his friend Critobulus , that when Lyfander of Lacedæmon , a man of great and eminent virtues 62 , was de- puted by the confederate ftates to the court of Sardis with their reípective . presents to the younger Cyrus ...
... Socrates informing his friend Critobulus , that when Lyfander of Lacedæmon , a man of great and eminent virtues 62 , was de- puted by the confederate ftates to the court of Sardis with their reípective . presents to the younger Cyrus ...
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... Socrates , whom the oracle of Apollo pronounced to be the wifeft of men 79 , 19 held upon this fubject juft before his death . In a word , when I confider the faculties with which the human mind is endued ; its amazing ce- lerity ; its ...
... Socrates , whom the oracle of Apollo pronounced to be the wifeft of men 79 , 19 held upon this fubject juft before his death . In a word , when I confider the faculties with which the human mind is endued ; its amazing ce- lerity ; its ...
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... Socrates was cut off by a moft cruel and unjust sentence in his 70th year . And as to the rest of the feveral poets and philofophers here mentioned ; Plato , who died the youngest of them , lived to eighty - one ; Democritus to above an ...
... Socrates was cut off by a moft cruel and unjust sentence in his 70th year . And as to the rest of the feveral poets and philofophers here mentioned ; Plato , who died the youngest of them , lived to eighty - one ; Democritus to above an ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
againſt agreeably alſo anceſtors antient Archytas Atticus buſineſs Cato Cato's Caton celebrated Cicero cife circumftance confequence confiderable confidered confiftent Cornelius Nepos courſe death defire diſtinguiſhed divine Ennius eſteem exerciſe exiſtence exprefs facred fage faid fame fatisfaction fays fcience feems fenate fenfe fentiments feveral fhall fhould fingular firſt fome fometimes foul friends ftate ftill ftrength fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed fupport furely higheſt himſelf hiſtory honour human illuftrious inftance juſt laſt leaſt lefs leſs Livy Maximus meaſures mind moft moral moſt muſt myſelf nature neceffarily neceffary neral obferved occafion old-age paffage paffed paffions Pelias perfons philofophers Plato pleaſing pleaſures Plut Plutarch poet preſent preſerved principles purpoſe Pythagoras queſtion racter raiſed reaſon repreſented reſpect Roman Rome Samnites ſcene Scipio Scipio Africanus ſeems ſeveral Socrates ſpirit ſtate ſtill Tarentum themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion treatiſe ufual univerfally uſeful vendat virtues whofe whoſe youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 278 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same; Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent!
Página 279 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, He bounds, connects and equals all.
Página 187 - If we consider these ancient sages, a great part of whose philosophy consisted in a temperate and abstemious course of life, one would think the life of a philosopher and the life of a man were of two different dates.
Página 303 - The evils of this life appear like rocks and precipices, rugged and barren at a distance ; but at our nearer approach we find little fruitful spots, and refreshing springs, mixed with the harshness and deformities of nature.
Página 288 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to...
Página 8 - Those, indeed, who have no internal resource of happiness, will find themselves uneasy in every stage of human life : but to him who is accustomed to derive all his felicity from within himself, no state will appear as a real evil, into which he is conducted by the common and regular course of nature. Now this is peculiarly the case with respect to old age...
Página 122 - I AM fully persuaded that one of the best springs of generous and worthy actions, is the having generous and worthy thoughts of ourselves. Whoever has a mean opinion of the dignity of his nature, will act in no higher a rank than he has allotted himself in his own estimation. If...
Página 122 - How can he exalt his thoughts to any thing great and noble, who only believes that, after a short turn on the stage of this world, he is to sink into oblivion, and to lose his consciousness for ever?
Página 33 - ... they have entered into, or with whom they have had any pecuniary transactions. Innumerable instances of a strong memory in advanced years might be produced from among our celebrated lawyers, pontiffs, augurs, and philosophers; for the faculties of the mind will...
Página 195 - The pathetic tones and exulting- sounds which he drew from the instrument, joined to the alternate plaintiveness and boldness of his strains, rendered the prince unable to restrain the softer emotions of his soul. He even suffered him to proceed until, overpowered with harmony, he melted into tears of pity, and relented of his cruel intention. He spared the prisoners who yet remained alive, and gave them instant liberty. THE YORKSHIRE GIPSY.