A treatise on happiness [by J. Flamank].1833 |
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Page vii
... occasions great enterprises . Hope supports a man in bearing the ills of life . The influence of hope with regard to a future state . Foolish speculations . A calm and steady prospect The ignorance of the future Disappointment . - De ...
... occasions great enterprises . Hope supports a man in bearing the ills of life . The influence of hope with regard to a future state . Foolish speculations . A calm and steady prospect The ignorance of the future Disappointment . - De ...
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... occasions sorrow when pain has been produced . It arises in actions , in words , and in thoughts ; it operates with feelings , character , and property . It acts upon the great principle of doing unto others as we would be done by ; and ...
... occasions sorrow when pain has been produced . It arises in actions , in words , and in thoughts ; it operates with feelings , character , and property . It acts upon the great principle of doing unto others as we would be done by ; and ...
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... occasion a calm and pleasing feeling in the mind of the possessor , although sometimes asso- ciated with pain ; but the good effects resulting from it will produce a sunshine in the mind , so much the more enlivening , as the opening ...
... occasion a calm and pleasing feeling in the mind of the possessor , although sometimes asso- ciated with pain ; but the good effects resulting from it will produce a sunshine in the mind , so much the more enlivening , as the opening ...
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... occasion three thousand were destroyed ! Ferocity is no advan- tage to society . It makes men no better nor hap- pier . It makes them neither better citizens nor better soldiers . Lord Erskine maintained , with much force of reasoning ...
... occasion three thousand were destroyed ! Ferocity is no advan- tage to society . It makes men no better nor hap- pier . It makes them neither better citizens nor better soldiers . Lord Erskine maintained , with much force of reasoning ...
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... occasions a feeling of pleasure . And as the man of merit and virtue will endeavour to excel daily in his pursuits , so the barbarous man will strive to go further , day after day , in the novelty and excess of his shameful pastime ...
... occasions a feeling of pleasure . And as the man of merit and virtue will endeavour to excel daily in his pursuits , so the barbarous man will strive to go further , day after day , in the novelty and excess of his shameful pastime ...
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Page 108 - Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must forever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye : I feel my heart new open'd. O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes...
Page 191 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Page 138 - Sweet was the sound when oft, at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There as I passed with careless steps and slow The mingling notes came softened from below. The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school...
Page 185 - A dungeon horrible on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed ; yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes, That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 147 - Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed, for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure, Severe, but in true filial freedom placed; Whence true authority in men...
Page 353 - Through the dear might of Him that walk'd the waves; Where, other groves and other streams along, With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song, In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love.
Page 225 - O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace...
Page 346 - But so have I seen a rose newly springing from the clefts of its hood, and at first it was fair as the morning and full with the dew of heaven as a lamb's fleece; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements...
Page xii - And taught a brute the way to safe revenge. i would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, * Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Page 272 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.