Edward, tr. from the Fr. of the author of Ourika |
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... conduct is regulated by the purest principles and the soundest reason . It is impossible to adore good , without hating its opposite , evil ; and these violent emotions are unfit for the heart of man . They leave it void and desolate ...
... conduct is regulated by the purest principles and the soundest reason . It is impossible to adore good , without hating its opposite , evil ; and these violent emotions are unfit for the heart of man . They leave it void and desolate ...
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... conduct of a certain famous law - suit , to save the fortune and ho- nour of the Maréchal d'Olonne . The rela- tions established between them , by this cir- cumstance , had given rise to a friendship which , during thirty years , had ...
... conduct of a certain famous law - suit , to save the fortune and ho- nour of the Maréchal d'Olonne . The rela- tions established between them , by this cir- cumstance , had given rise to a friendship which , during thirty years , had ...
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... religion , who , by referring man to the arbitrement of his own conscience for the re gulation of his conduct , ensure his adherence to the principles of virtue . " My father even went so far as to defend the venal distribution of 32.
... religion , who , by referring man to the arbitrement of his own conscience for the re gulation of his conduct , ensure his adherence to the principles of virtue . " My father even went so far as to defend the venal distribution of 32.
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... conduct adopted by Madame de Nevers , " said my father ; " she was married at the age of twelve , and never saw her husband except at the altar . He was , I am told , very undeserving of so ac- complished a person . travels . She is now ...
... conduct adopted by Madame de Nevers , " said my father ; " she was married at the age of twelve , and never saw her husband except at the altar . He was , I am told , very undeserving of so ac- complished a person . travels . She is now ...
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... conducted himself towards M. le Maréchal d'Olonne in the most ungenerous manner . They had had to nego- tiate together an affair relative to the govern- ment of Guienne ; and rather a warm contesta- tion there had taken place between ...
... conducted himself towards M. le Maréchal d'Olonne in the most ungenerous manner . They had had to nego- tiate together an affair relative to the govern- ment of Guienne ; and rather a warm contesta- tion there had taken place between ...
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Page 205 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends , — do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 67 - With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances ; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the...
Page 80 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair: thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 205 - I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts, that roam over the plain, My form with indifference see ; They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Page 271 - How many drink the cup Of baleful grief, or eat the bitter bread Of misery. Sore pierc'd by wintry winds, How many shrink into the sordid hut Of cheerless poverty. How many shake With all the fiercer tortures of the mind, Unbounded passion, madness, guilt, remorse ; Whence, tumbling headlong from the height of life, They furnish matter for the tragic Muse.
Page 156 - tis shown ye there ! Look yonder at that cloud, which through the sky Sailing alone, doth cross in her career The rolling moon ! I watched it as it came, And deemed the deep opaque would blot her beams ; But, melting like a wreath of snow, it hangs In folds of wavy silver round, and clothes The orb with richer beauties than her own, Then passing, leaves her in her light serene.
Page 294 - So God loved the world, that he gave his only -begotten Son, to the end that all that believe in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Page 233 - O'erwearied nature sinks. The scorching Sun, As pitiless as proud Prosperity, Darts on him his full beams : gasping he lies Arraigning with his looks the patient skies, While that inhuman trader lifts on high The mangling scourge.
Page 156 - tis shown ye there ! Look yonder at that cloud, which, through the sky Sailing alone, doth cross, in her career, The rolling Moon ! I...
Page 32 - Flowers of rhetoric, in sermons and serious discourses are like the blue and red flowers in corn, pleasing to them who come only for amusement, but prejudicial to him...