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To delineate , with exactness , the temporary lapse of the good from virtue to vice
, or those peculiar situations in which the wicked man faulters in his career , and
blushes to find himself “ staggering upon virtue , " demands the hand of a master
...
To delineate , with exactness , the temporary lapse of the good from virtue to vice
, or those peculiar situations in which the wicked man faulters in his career , and
blushes to find himself “ staggering upon virtue , " demands the hand of a master
...
Página 142
The conduct of Plautus was no disgrace to his writings ; Lucilius gave no
precepts of virtue to others , which he did not exemplify in himself ; and to that
best writer of the most ac- complished age , Horace , who shall deny the meed of
praise ...
The conduct of Plautus was no disgrace to his writings ; Lucilius gave no
precepts of virtue to others , which he did not exemplify in himself ; and to that
best writer of the most ac- complished age , Horace , who shall deny the meed of
praise ...
Página 45
Here then , as some will think , is a more expeditious way of preventing vice ,
than by proclamation ; and , what is much to be desired , of doing it with out
infliction of punishment , by the sole and simple expedient of voting vice to be
virtue .
Here then , as some will think , is a more expeditious way of preventing vice ,
than by proclamation ; and , what is much to be desired , of doing it with out
infliction of punishment , by the sole and simple expedient of voting vice to be
virtue .
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... to be paid that tribute of panegyric after their deaths , which in many cases may
not be due to the virtues of their lives . ... with the gross particles of vice , by being
thrown into the alembic of flattery , are sublimated into the essence of virtue .
... to be paid that tribute of panegyric after their deaths , which in many cases may
not be due to the virtues of their lives . ... with the gross particles of vice , by being
thrown into the alembic of flattery , are sublimated into the essence of virtue .
Página 118
The snarling cynic may call all this effeminacy , and dignify savage qualities with
the appellation of virtues : he may ... and more refined , whatever binds one to
another with more endearing ties , is a virtue , and a virtue deserving applause .
The snarling cynic may call all this effeminacy , and dignify savage qualities with
the appellation of virtues : he may ... and more refined , whatever binds one to
another with more endearing ties , is a virtue , and a virtue deserving applause .
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 143 - When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
Página 133 - When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd blows his nail...
Página 26 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Página 134 - While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw, And birds sit brooding in the snow, And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
Página 148 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Página 135 - For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children : That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments...
Página 139 - And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
Página 147 - She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
Página 26 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Página 148 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry ; her clothing is silk and purple. Her husband is known in the gates when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Informação bibliográfica
| Título | The British Prose Writers, Volume 18,Partes 1-2 The British Prose Writers |
| Editora | J. Sharpe, 1821 |
| Original de | a Biblioteca Pública de Nova Iorque |
| Digitalizado | 14 Nov 2006 |
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