Solitude Considered with Respect to Its Influence Upon the Mind and the HeartC. Dilly, 1795 - 420 pages |
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... greater part of his work : permit me there- fore to difclofe the reafons which influenced my conduct . Four large volumes on the fubject of SOLITUDE appeared to me to be a work too arduous for the generality of French readers , and ...
... greater part of his work : permit me there- fore to difclofe the reafons which influenced my conduct . Four large volumes on the fubject of SOLITUDE appeared to me to be a work too arduous for the generality of French readers , and ...
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... greater efforts they make to difcover in themselves the power of being happy ; and the more they are enabled to part without re- gret from their connections with each other , the nearer they moft certainly approach to true felicity ...
... greater efforts they make to difcover in themselves the power of being happy ; and the more they are enabled to part without re- gret from their connections with each other , the nearer they moft certainly approach to true felicity ...
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... greater part , merely artificial ; and although fenfual ob- jects most efficaciously contribute to our pleasure and content , it is not because the enjoyment of them is abfolutely neceffary , but because they have been rendered ...
... greater part , merely artificial ; and although fenfual ob- jects most efficaciously contribute to our pleasure and content , it is not because the enjoyment of them is abfolutely neceffary , but because they have been rendered ...
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... greater variety of refources there than all the ob jects of fenfe are capable of affording , MEN of fuperficial minds may indeed derive fome amusement from affemblies , to which the company in general resort merely to fee and to be feen ...
... greater variety of refources there than all the ob jects of fenfe are capable of affording , MEN of fuperficial minds may indeed derive fome amusement from affemblies , to which the company in general resort merely to fee and to be feen ...
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... greater comfort and cordiality , that we live , think , are reafonable beings , that we are felf - active , free , capable of the most fublime exertions , and partaking of immortality , than in thofe moments when we fhut the door ...
... greater comfort and cordiality , that we live , think , are reafonable beings , that we are felf - active , free , capable of the most fublime exertions , and partaking of immortality , than in thofe moments when we fhut the door ...
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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.