Desultoria: The Recovered Mss. of an EccentricBaker and Scribner, 1850 - 220 Seiten |
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... to settle me down in my opinion more firmly . My intention was , to prove that some men are better fitted by their nature , for particular kinds of pursuits than others ; and that of the kind , there might be a particular 14 DESULTORIA .
... to settle me down in my opinion more firmly . My intention was , to prove that some men are better fitted by their nature , for particular kinds of pursuits than others ; and that of the kind , there might be a particular 14 DESULTORIA .
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... better . These thoughts led me to the consideration , as I have said , of myself and what I should pursue for a life time . I pondered many times on many pursuits . Yet there seemed none that was suited to myself . My situation appeared ...
... better . These thoughts led me to the consideration , as I have said , of myself and what I should pursue for a life time . I pondered many times on many pursuits . Yet there seemed none that was suited to myself . My situation appeared ...
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... better take his own course , if he be an industrious and energetic man ; and that he had better be led , if inclined to idleness . The great , the terrible world , bugbear to the poor literary man , thinks that going off alone and ...
... better take his own course , if he be an industrious and energetic man ; and that he had better be led , if inclined to idleness . The great , the terrible world , bugbear to the poor literary man , thinks that going off alone and ...
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... better purpose , than those whom I have had the painful occasion to mention the wretched race of memorizers . I think a vast collection of books is what might almost be called , a magnificent sight ; and that I desire to possess one , I ...
... better purpose , than those whom I have had the painful occasion to mention the wretched race of memorizers . I think a vast collection of books is what might almost be called , a magnificent sight ; and that I desire to possess one , I ...
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... better by the world , who have been more ignoble -- who have done darker deeds than this . View my situation rightly too , I beseech you , before you form a judgment that may be harsh . " I was an easy , for I was an early dupe to a ...
... better by the world , who have been more ignoble -- who have done darker deeds than this . View my situation rightly too , I beseech you , before you form a judgment that may be harsh . " I was an easy , for I was an early dupe to a ...
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Seite 78 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Seite 80 - No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp ; And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning.
Seite 100 - OH, talk not to me of a name great in story ; The days of our youth are the days of our glory ; And the myrtle and ivy of sweet two-and-twenty Are worth all your laurels, though ever so plenty.
Seite 76 - That youth and observation copied there ; And thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain...
Seite 76 - Remember thee? Yea, from the table of my memory I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there; And.
Seite 80 - That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.
Seite 75 - gainst self-slaughter! O God! O God! How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world! Fie on't! O fie! 'tis an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely.
Seite 61 - O now, for ever, Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war...
Seite 75 - O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew! Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! O God! God! How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable, Seem to me all the uses of this world!
Seite 78 - What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? man delights not me; no, nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so.