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... ourselves from its grasp , or properly to weigh the things it enjoins . From whence it is be- lieved , that whatever is contrary to Custom , is contrary also to reason , and how improperly this opinion is entertained God knows . Men ...
... ourselves from its grasp , or properly to weigh the things it enjoins . From whence it is be- lieved , that whatever is contrary to Custom , is contrary also to reason , and how improperly this opinion is entertained God knows . Men ...
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... the stars , from dreams , & c . they are now considered as strange examples of the extravagant curiosity of our nature , amusing ourselves with futurity , as if we had had not sufficient employment in arranging the present . Why [ 52 ]
... the stars , from dreams , & c . they are now considered as strange examples of the extravagant curiosity of our nature , amusing ourselves with futurity , as if we had had not sufficient employment in arranging the present . Why [ 52 ]
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... ourselves to no purpose . ( Cicero . ) Yet though divination is no longer gene- rally held in estimation , there is a remarkable example of its effect on the Marquis of Sallusse , Lieutenant General of Francis the First . After being ...
... ourselves to no purpose . ( Cicero . ) Yet though divination is no longer gene- rally held in estimation , there is a remarkable example of its effect on the Marquis of Sallusse , Lieutenant General of Francis the First . After being ...
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... ourselves from the blow , even if it were under a calf - skin , I believe I should try to escape , " as my aim is to pass my time away irreproachably and pleasantly ; and I adopt every recreation that offers which can contribute to this ...
... ourselves from the blow , even if it were under a calf - skin , I believe I should try to escape , " as my aim is to pass my time away irreproachably and pleasantly ; and I adopt every recreation that offers which can contribute to this ...
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... ourselves to be so far transported with delight , as not to have some intervals of reflection . Thus the Egyptians , in the height of their mirth and feasting , caused the skeleton of a man to be brought into the room as a memento to ...
... ourselves to be so far transported with delight , as not to have some intervals of reflection . Thus the Egyptians , in the height of their mirth and feasting , caused the skeleton of a man to be brought into the room as a memento to ...
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Page 69 - And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Page 116 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connexion. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
Page 117 - Where yet was ever found a mother, Who'd give her booby for another ? And should we change with human breed, Well might we pass for fools indeed.
Page 134 - But, withal, let my governor remember to what end his instructions are principally directed, and that he do not so much imprint in his pupil's memory the date of the ruin of Carthage, as the manners of Hannibal and Scipio; nor so much where Marcellus died, as why it was unworthy of his duty that he died there.
Page 76 - Proferpine for ever treads In paths unfeen, o'er our devoted heads ; And on the fpacious land, and liquid main, Spreads flow difeafe, or darts affliftive pain : Variety of deaths confirm her endlefs reign.
Page 62 - Deeper to wound, fhe fhuns the fight ; She drops her arms, to gain the field ; Secures her conqueft by her flight ; And triumphs, when fhe feems to yield. VIII. So, when the Parthian turn'd his fteed, And from the hoftile camp withdrew, With cruel fkill the backward reed He fcnt ; and, as he fled, he flew. SEE»99 SEEING THE DUKE OF ORMOND'S PICTURE AT SIR GODFREY KNELLER'S.
Page 68 - Till pitying Nature figns the laft releafe, And bids afflicted worth retire to peace. But few there are whom hours like thefe await, Who fet unclouded in the gulphs of Fate. From Lydia's...
Page 76 - Too foon •Convinc'd, fhall yield that fleeting breath, Which play'd fo idly with the darts of death. Some from the ftranded veflel force their way ; Fearful of Fate, they meet it in the fea : Some who efcape the fury of the wave, Sicken on earth, and fink into a grave : In journies or at home, in war or peace, By hardfhips many, many fall by eafe. Each changing feafon does its poifon bring, Rheums chill the winter, agues blaft the fpring; Wet, dry, cold, hot, at the appointed hour, All aft fubfervient...
Page 8 - ... that his father had beaten his grandfather, and his grandfather his great grandfather ; and pointing to his son he said, ' This little fellow will beat me when he has grown to be a man : — it is a constitutional weakness in our family.
Page xviii - France who served under six kings, Francis I., Henry II., Francis II., Charles IX., Henry III., and Henry IV. He distinguished himself at the battles of Dreux, Saint-Denis, Montcontour, and in the famous siege of Rochelle in 1573.