Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times: In Three Volumes, Volumen2John Darby, 1723 |
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Página 346 - Yet since by thee, O sovereign mind, I have been formed such as I am, intelligent and rational, since the peculiar dignity of my nature...
Página 31 - And in this case alone it is we call any creature worthy or virtuous, when it can have the notion of a public interest, and can attain the speculation or science of what is morally good or ill, admirable or blameable, right or wrong.
Página 403 - A mass of metal, a tract of land, a number of slaves, a pile of stones, a human body of certain lineaments and proportions." Is this the highest of the kind ? Is beauty founded then in body only, and not in action, life, or operation ? . . . Hold ! hold ! said I, good Theocles, you take this in too high a key above my reach.
Página 393 - Even the rude rocks, the mossy caverns, the irregular unwrought grottos and broken falls of waters, with all the horrid graces of the wilderness itself, as representing Nature more, will be the more engaging, and appear with a magnificence beyond the formal mockery of princely gardens.
Página 345 - O glorious Nature! supremely fair and sovereignly good! allloving and all-lovely, all-divine! whose looks are so becoming and of such infinite grace; whose study brings such wisdom, and whose contemplation such delight; whose every single work affords an ampler scene, and is a nobler spectacle than all which ever art presented!
Página 34 - But a mistake of right being the cause of unequal affection, must of necessity be the cause of vicious action in every intelligent or rational being. But as there are many occasions where the matter of right may even to the most discerning part of mankind appear difficult, and of doubtful decision, 'tis not a slight mistake of this kind which can destroy the character of a virtuous or worthy man.
Página 133 - Now, if amongst the superior and easy sort, there be not something of fit and proper employment raised in the room of what is wanting in common labour and toil ; if instead of an application to any sort of work, such as has a good and honest end in society (as letters, sciences, arts, husbandry...
Página 384 - O'ercome and fainting, they seek the shade, and wait the cool refreshments of the night Yet oft the bounteous Creator bestows other refreshments. He casts a veil of clouds before them, and raises gentle gales...
Página 326 - We come into the world wondering at everything, and when our wonder about common things is over, we seek something new to wonder at. Our last scene is to tell wonders of our own to all who will believe them. And amidst all this, 'tis well if truth comes off but moderately tainted.
Página 392 - I confess, said I, those foreign nymphs (if there were any belonging to those miraculous woods) were much too awful beauties to please me. I found our familiar homenymphs a great deal more to my humour. Yet for all this, I cannot help being concerned for your breaking off just when we were got half the world over, and wanted only to take America in our way home. Indeed, as for Europe, I could excuse your making any great tour there, because of the little variety it would afford us. Besides that,...