Cato, or, An essay on old-ageJ. Dodsley, 1785 |
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... tion and it is a prefent to which we may both of us have recourse with equal advantage . For myself , at least , the confiderations I now lay before you have had so happy an effect on my own mind , as not only to reconcile me to all the ...
... tion and it is a prefent to which we may both of us have recourse with equal advantage . For myself , at least , the confiderations I now lay before you have had so happy an effect on my own mind , as not only to reconcile me to all the ...
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... tion . The principal fubject of their com- plaint was , in the first place , that they were no longer capable of enjoying the fenfual gratifications ; without which , in their eftimation , life was of no value : and in the next , that ...
... tion . The principal fubject of their com- plaint was , in the first place , that they were no longer capable of enjoying the fenfual gratifications ; without which , in their eftimation , life was of no value : and in the next , that ...
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... tion in his amiable qualities . He was not , it is true , at a time of life which could properly be called infirm age , when I firft began to cultivate his friendship ; but he was certainly , however , ad- vanced in years : for I was ...
... tion in his amiable qualities . He was not , it is true , at a time of life which could properly be called infirm age , when I firft began to cultivate his friendship ; but he was certainly , however , ad- vanced in years : for I was ...
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... voice , ( old , as you fee , I am ) I may venture to say , I have not yet loft . a fpecies of calm and There is indeed compofed elocu- tion tion extremely graceful , and perfectly . well adapted to ESSAY ON OLD - AGE , 43.
... voice , ( old , as you fee , I am ) I may venture to say , I have not yet loft . a fpecies of calm and There is indeed compofed elocu- tion tion extremely graceful , and perfectly . well adapted to ESSAY ON OLD - AGE , 43.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero. tion extremely graceful , and perfectly . well adapted to advanced years : and I have frequently obferved an eloquent old - man captivate the attention of his audience , by the charms of this soft and milder tone ...
Marcus Tullius Cicero. tion extremely graceful , and perfectly . well adapted to advanced years : and I have frequently obferved an eloquent old - man captivate the attention of his audience , by the charms of this soft and milder tone ...
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Page 278 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same; Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent!
Page 279 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, He bounds, connects and equals all.
Page 187 - If we consider these ancient sages, a great part of whose philosophy consisted in a temperate and abstemious course of life, one would think the life of a philosopher and the life of a man were of two different dates.
Page 303 - The evils of this life appear like rocks and precipices, rugged and barren at a distance ; but at our nearer approach we find little fruitful spots, and refreshing springs, mixed with the harshness and deformities of nature.
Page 288 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to...
Page 8 - Those, indeed, who have no internal resource of happiness, will find themselves uneasy in every stage of human life : but to him who is accustomed to derive all his felicity from within himself, no state will appear as a real evil, into which he is conducted by the common and regular course of nature. Now this is peculiarly the case with respect to old age...
Page 122 - I AM fully persuaded that one of the best springs of generous and worthy actions, is the having generous and worthy thoughts of ourselves. Whoever has a mean opinion of the dignity of his nature, will act in no higher a rank than he has allotted himself in his own estimation. If...
Page 122 - How can he exalt his thoughts to any thing great and noble, who only believes that, after a short turn on the stage of this world, he is to sink into oblivion, and to lose his consciousness for ever?
Page 33 - ... they have entered into, or with whom they have had any pecuniary transactions. Innumerable instances of a strong memory in advanced years might be produced from among our celebrated lawyers, pontiffs, augurs, and philosophers; for the faculties of the mind will...
Page 195 - The pathetic tones and exulting- sounds which he drew from the instrument, joined to the alternate plaintiveness and boldness of his strains, rendered the prince unable to restrain the softer emotions of his soul. He even suffered him to proceed until, overpowered with harmony, he melted into tears of pity, and relented of his cruel intention. He spared the prisoners who yet remained alive, and gave them instant liberty. THE YORKSHIRE GIPSY.