Cato, or, An essay on old-ageJ. Dodsley, 1785 |
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... last moment of their extended lives ? 32 But not to enter farther into the con- fideration of old - age , in refpect to the nobler and more exalted application of the human faculties ; I could name among my friends and neighbours in the ...
... last moment of their extended lives ? 32 But not to enter farther into the con- fideration of old - age , in refpect to the nobler and more exalted application of the human faculties ; I could name among my friends and neighbours in the ...
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... last moments , as to have no rea- fon to lament the depredations of time . " If I were to mention myself as an inftance of the fame kind , it would be only taking an old man's allowed privilege . Homer , you know , represents Neftor ...
... last moments , as to have no rea- fon to lament the depredations of time . " If I were to mention myself as an inftance of the fame kind , it would be only taking an old man's allowed privilege . Homer , you know , represents Neftor ...
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... in the man who thus guards himself from becoming the pro- perty of others ; vindicates his juft rights ; and maintains his proper autho- rity to the last moments of his life . As As I love to fee the fire of youth somewhat 56 CATO : OR , ...
... in the man who thus guards himself from becoming the pro- perty of others ; vindicates his juft rights ; and maintains his proper autho- rity to the last moments of his life . As As I love to fee the fire of youth somewhat 56 CATO : OR , ...
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... last comedies " , filled up the leisure of their latter days with wonderful complacency and fatisfaction . I can affirm the fame of our dramatic poet Livius , whom I remember to have feen in his old - age . For although the firft play ...
... last comedies " , filled up the leisure of their latter days with wonderful complacency and fatisfaction . I can affirm the fame of our dramatic poet Livius , whom I remember to have feen in his old - age . For although the firft play ...
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... last period of life pursuing their respective studies , with the utmost ardor and alacrity . But let me not forget to add to this memor- able lift the example of Marcus Cethe- gus , whom Ennius juftly ftiled the foul of eloquence , and ...
... last period of life pursuing their respective studies , with the utmost ardor and alacrity . But let me not forget to add to this memor- able lift the example of Marcus Cethe- gus , whom Ennius juftly ftiled the foul of eloquence , and ...
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
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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.