 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.  Cato, or, An essay on old-age - Page 303by Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1785Full view - About this book
 | 1717 - 336 lehte
...thefe Preffures) are fenfible of fecret Elowings of Comfort, the prefent Reward of a pious Resignation. The Evils of this Life appear like Rocks and Precipices, rugged and barren at a DLftar.ce, but at our nearer Approach, we find little fruitful Spots, and refrefhing Springs, mixed... | |
 | 1729 - 320 lehte
...thefe Preflures) are lenfible of fecret Dowings of Comfort, the prefent Reward of a pious Refignatior. The Evils of this Life appear like Rocks and Precipices, rugged and barren at a Diftance, but at our rearer Approach, we find little fruitful Spots, and refrefhing Springs, mixed with the Harfhnefs and... | |
 | 1737 - 326 lehte
...thefe Preffures) are fenfible of fecret Flowings of Comfort, the prefent Reward of a pious Refignation. The Evils of this Life appear like Rocks and Precipices, rugged and barren at a Diftance, but a< our nearer Approach, we find little fruitful Spots, and reJreming Springs, mixed with the Harfhnefs... | |
 | 1739 - 332 lehte
...PreflTures) are fenfible of fecret Flowings of Comfort, the prefent Reward of a pious Refignation. The Evils of this Life appear like Rocks and Precipices,...but at our nearer approach, we find little fruitful Spets, and refrefhing Springs, mixed with theHarfhnefs and Deformities of Nature. IN the laft Place,... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1773 - 334 lehte
...Nothing indeed is more certain than what an incomparable moralift, with his ufual truth of fentiment and elegance of imagination, hath finely remarked; that " the evils of " this life appear like rocks and preci" pices, rugged and barren at a di fiance; " but " but at our nearer approach we find " little... | |
 | 1774 - 690 lehte
...indeed is more certain than what an incomparable moral • lift, with his ufual truth of fentiment and elegance of imagination, hath finely remarked ; that...barren at a diftance; but at our nearer approach we -fiatf little fruitful fpots and refrslhing fprings mixed with £he harfhnefs and deformky of totnre."... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1774 - 324 lehte
...Nothing indeed is more certain than what an incomparable moralift, with his ufual truth of fentiment and elegance of imagination, hath finely remarked ; that...rugged and barren " at a diftance ; but at our nearer ap" proach we find little fruitful fpots " and refrefhing fprings mixed with " the harfhnefs ' and... | |
 | Several Hands - 1774 - 622 lehte
...Nothing indeed is more certain than what an incomparable moralift, with his ufual truth of fentiment and elegance of imagination, hath finely remarked ; that...like rocks and precipices, rugged and barren at a didancc ; but at our nearer approach we find little fruitful fpots and refreihing fprings mixed with... | |
 | James Beattie - 1783 - 862 lehte
...uncommon qbfervation : but the fairje elegant author improves it into a fubjime allegory, when he fays, " The evils of this " life appear, like rocks and precipices,...rugged " and barren at a diftance ; but, at our nearer C5 approach, we find little fruitful fpots and re" frefliing fprings mixed with the harfhnefs and "... | |
 | 1789 - 428 lehte
...prefliires, are fenfible of fecret flowings of comfort, the prefent reward of a pious refignation. The evils of this life appear like rocks and precipices,...fruitful fpots, and refreming fprings, mixed with the harihnefs and deformities of nature. In the laft place we may comfort ourfelves with this confideration,... | |
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