A collection of letters and essays on several subjects, lately publish'd in the Dublin JournalGeorg Olms Verlag |
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... common , that brave and valiant Minds , tho the moft fufceptible of Injuries , are yet the fooneft to be pacified , and the moft capable of for- giving them . It will therefore be but acting in Character in Your Lordship , to to ...
... common , that brave and valiant Minds , tho the moft fufceptible of Injuries , are yet the fooneft to be pacified , and the moft capable of for- giving them . It will therefore be but acting in Character in Your Lordship , to to ...
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... common with them , unless they add to them thofe fuperior Excellencies , that may affert the Dignity of the Human Species , and preferve thofe Diftinctions among the Ranks of Beings , which the Author of Nature has established . For ...
... common with them , unless they add to them thofe fuperior Excellencies , that may affert the Dignity of the Human Species , and preferve thofe Diftinctions among the Ranks of Beings , which the Author of Nature has established . For ...
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... common Use of the Words , may feem to be much the fame thing , yet , I apprehend , there is a very great Difference betwixt them , both in the Senfation , and the Causes that produce it . For however Beauty be the Ob- ject both of ...
... common Use of the Words , may feem to be much the fame thing , yet , I apprehend , there is a very great Difference betwixt them , both in the Senfation , and the Causes that produce it . For however Beauty be the Ob- ject both of ...
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... common Con- feffion the greatest Unhappiness of that kind that can befal us ? It is true , there are Comforts of Life abfo- lutely neceffary to our Continuance in it , the Lofs of which may on that account be reck- oned our greatest ...
... common Con- feffion the greatest Unhappiness of that kind that can befal us ? It is true , there are Comforts of Life abfo- lutely neceffary to our Continuance in it , the Lofs of which may on that account be reck- oned our greatest ...
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... common Subject , Laughter ; which you may publifh , if you think they can be of any ufe , to help us to understand what fo often happens in our own Minds , and to know the Ufe for which it is defign'd in the Conftitution of our Nature ...
... common Subject , Laughter ; which you may publifh , if you think they can be of any ufe , to help us to understand what fo often happens in our own Minds , and to know the Ufe for which it is defign'd in the Conftitution of our Nature ...
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Página 49 - O ! wonder ! How many goodly creatures are there here ! How beauteous mankind is ! O brave new world, That has such people in't ! Pro.
Página 80 - The sun had long since in the lap Of Thetis taken out his nap, And like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn."* The Imagination modifies images, and gives unity to variety; it sees all things in one, il piu nell
Página 163 - For what is this life but a circulation of little mean actions? We lie down and rise again, dress and undress, feed and wax hungry, work or play, and are weary, and then we lie down again, and the circle returns.
Página 78 - The passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly ; for men laugh at the follies of themselves past, when they come suddenly to remembrance, except they bring with them any present dishonour.
Página 61 - Tis love divine that asks it all and more. Fling back the gates of ever-blazing day, Pour floods of liquid light to gild the way ; And all in glory wrapt...
Página 122 - Tis not from whom, but where, we live : The place does oft those graces give. Great Julius, on the mountains bred, A flock perhaps, or herd, had led. He that the world subdued ',.had been But the best wrestler on the green. 'Tis art and knowledge which draw forth The hidden seeds of native worth : They blow those sparks, and make them rise Into such flames as touch the skies.
Página 60 - And all her sweet companions sons of light. Straight as I gaz'd, my fear and wonder grew, Fear barr'd my voice, and wonder fix'd my view ; When lo ! a cherub of the...
Página 60 - Twas then, as slumbering on my couch I lay, A sudden splendour seem'd to kindle day, A breeze came breathing in a sweet perfume, Blown from eternal gardens, fill'd the room ; And in a void of blue, that clouds invest, Appear'da daughter of the realms of rest...
Página 260 - We have need of more generous remedies than what have yet been made use of in our distemper.