Solitude Considered with Respect to Its Influence Upon the Mind and the HeartC. Dilly, 1795 - 420 pages |
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... against thofe dangerous and extravagant notions into which fome of its difciples have been betrayed ; notions equally repugnant to the voice of reafon and the precepts of our di- vine religion . • HAPPILY to avoid all the dangers by ...
... against thofe dangerous and extravagant notions into which fome of its difciples have been betrayed ; notions equally repugnant to the voice of reafon and the precepts of our di- vine religion . • HAPPILY to avoid all the dangers by ...
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... IT is , therefore , only to thofe diftinguished beings who can refort to their own bofoms for an antidote against disquiet , who are fearless of of the numerous facrifices which virtue may demand , whofe fo THE INFLUENCE OF SOLITUDE.
... IT is , therefore , only to thofe diftinguished beings who can refort to their own bofoms for an antidote against disquiet , who are fearless of of the numerous facrifices which virtue may demand , whofe fo THE INFLUENCE OF SOLITUDE.
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... against the attacks of dif content , and prevent them from reflecting on their ignoble condition . • THE enjoyments of fenfe , therefore , are thus indefatigably followed only as a mean of escap- ing from themselves . They feize with ...
... against the attacks of dif content , and prevent them from reflecting on their ignoble condition . • THE enjoyments of fenfe , therefore , are thus indefatigably followed only as a mean of escap- ing from themselves . They feize with ...
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... against the at- tack of moral evils . To conquer difficulties is to promote our pleasures ; and every time our ef- forts are crowned with that fuccefs which pro- mises completion to our defires , the foul , tran- quil and contented ...
... against the at- tack of moral evils . To conquer difficulties is to promote our pleasures ; and every time our ef- forts are crowned with that fuccefs which pro- mises completion to our defires , the foul , tran- quil and contented ...
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... against the intrufions of impertinence fashion . and FEW things are more vexatious and infup- portable than those tasteless visits , those annoy- ing partialities by which a life of lazy opulence and wanton pleasure is occupied . My ...
... against the intrufions of impertinence fashion . and FEW things are more vexatious and infup- portable than those tasteless visits , those annoy- ing partialities by which a life of lazy opulence and wanton pleasure is occupied . My ...
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affemblies afford againſt agreeable Avignon becauſe BISHOP OF CAVAILLON bofom BON-TON breaft character charms confolation courſe defire deftroy delight difcover diffipations endeavour enjoy enjoyments exerciſe exiſtence eyes faid fame faſhion fatire fays fcene feek feel felicity felves fenfations fenfe fenfible fentiments fhades fhall fhort fhould filence firſt fituation fociety foft folitary fome foon forrow foul fpirit frequently friends ftill ftudy fubject fublime fuch fufferings fuperior fures furrounded greateſt happineſs happy heart higheſt himſelf ideas impoffible inclination increaſe infpires intereft itſelf joys lefs leifure live LORD BOLINGBROKE ment mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never noble obfervation object occafion ourſelves paffed paffions perfon PETRARCH philofopher pleaſe pleaſures poffefs prefent preferved racters raiſe reafon refidence reflection render repofe retirement Solitude ſtate ſtill ſtudy thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion tranquillity truth underſtanding uſeful VAUCLUSE vifit virtue virtuous whofe whoſe write
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Page 322 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
Page 160 - All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance; it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canals.
Page 145 - ... all that passes in regulating the superficial decorations of life, or is given up in the reciprocations of civility to the disposal of others; all that is torn from us by the violence of disease, or stolen imperceptibly away by lassitude and languor; we shall find that part of our duration very small of which we can truly call ourselves masters, or which we can spend wholly at our own choice.
Page 361 - Ev'n thought meets thought, ere from the lips it part, And each warm wish springs mutual from the heart. This sure is bliss (if bliss on earth there be) And once the lot of Abelard and me.
Page 130 - It is the power of attention which in a great measure distinguishes the wise and the great from the vulgar and trifling herd of men. The latter are accustomed to think, or rather to dream without knowing the subject of their thoughts. In their unconnected rovings, they pursue no end ; they follow no track. Every thing floats loose and disjointed on the surface of their mind ; like leaves scattered and blown about on the face of the waters.
Page 361 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Page 100 - The fatires once fo dreaded lofe all their force ; the mind judges of things not as they are, but as they ought to be ; and...
Page 374 - To discharge his own part with integrity and honour is his chief aim. If he has done properly what was incumbent on him to do, his mind is at...
Page 323 - ... shade. In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away. In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day. Sound sleep by night; study and ease, Together mixt; sweet recreation: And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
Page 384 - Let us set all our past and present afflictions at once before our eyes. Let us resolve to overcome them, instead of flying from them, or wearing out the sense of them by long and ignominious patience. Instead of palliating remedies, let us use the incision knife and the caustic, search the wound to the bottom, and work an immediate and radical cure.