Solitude. Or the Effect of Occasional Retirement on the Mind, the Heart, General Society, in Exile, in Old Age, and on the Bed of Death: In which the Question is Considered, Whether it is Easier to Live Virtuously in Society, Or in Solitude, Volume 1Vernor and Hood, 1800 - Solitude |
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... enjoyment which is ufually conceived to beftow happinefs , fuffered á fecret uneafinefs to prey upon his mind : The amufements which Brugg afforded were extremely confined ; and he frer " quently fighed for the enjoyment of that general ...
... enjoyment which is ufually conceived to beftow happinefs , fuffered á fecret uneafinefs to prey upon his mind : The amufements which Brugg afforded were extremely confined ; and he frer " quently fighed for the enjoyment of that general ...
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... enjoyment of that general fociety in which he had found fo much fatisfaction and delight at Berne , at Gottingen , and at Paris . It is true . that he had many amiable friends at Brugg , but they had all their own con- cerns to attend ...
... enjoyment of that general fociety in which he had found fo much fatisfaction and delight at Berne , at Gottingen , and at Paris . It is true . that he had many amiable friends at Brugg , but they had all their own con- cerns to attend ...
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... enjoyment of the prefent moment . To keep , however , the mental powers in proper tone , it is neceffary to direct our at- tention invariably towards fome noble and inte- refting study . C 2 IT Ir may , perhaps , excite a smile when I ...
... enjoyment of the prefent moment . To keep , however , the mental powers in proper tone , it is neceffary to direct our at- tention invariably towards fome noble and inte- refting study . C 2 IT Ir may , perhaps , excite a smile when I ...
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... enjoyment it affords I derive plea- " fures which , like potent charms , dispel all my " afflictions . " At this period the virtuous Bon net was almoft blind . Another excellent cha- racter of a different kind , who devotes his time to ...
... enjoyment it affords I derive plea- " fures which , like potent charms , dispel all my " afflictions . " At this period the virtuous Bon net was almoft blind . Another excellent cha- racter of a different kind , who devotes his time to ...
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... enjoyment of tranquil thought and innocent occupation . * C 4 SOLITUDE * It is impoffible to read this observation without recollecting the following beautiful and affecting lines of our celebrated poet Milton , in his addrefs to Light ...
... enjoyment of tranquil thought and innocent occupation . * C 4 SOLITUDE * It is impoffible to read this observation without recollecting the following beautiful and affecting lines of our celebrated poet Milton , in his addrefs to Light ...
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Page 165 - 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 166 - Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire; Whose trees in summer yield him 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 mix'd; sweet recreation, And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
Page 278 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafening clamour in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes...
Page 278 - Canst thou, O partial sleep! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king ? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Page 23 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Page 38 - Here too dwells simple truth ; plain innocence ; Unsullied beauty ; sound unbroken youth, Patient of labour, with a little pleas'd ; Health, ever blooming ; unambitious toil ; Calm contemplation, and poetic ease.
Page 273 - Know ye not then, said Satan fill'd with scorn, Know ye not me ? ye knew me once no mate For you, there sitting where ye durst not soar; Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, The lowest of your throng; or if ye know, Why ask ye, and superfluous begin Your message, like to end as much in vain ? To whom thus Zephon, answering scorn with scorn.
Page 303 - And comfort those who come to bring relief: We gaze, and as we gaze, wealth, fame, decay, And all the world's vain glories fade away.
Page 309 - He is the happy man, whose life e'en now Shows somewhat of that happier life to come ; Who, doom'd to an obscure but tranquil state, Is pleased with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed to sojourn while he must Below the skies, but having there his home.
Page 276 - A man who can be satisfied with such a supper has no need of gold ; and I think it more glorious to conquer the owners of it than to have it myself.