Beauties selected from the writings of James Beattie. To which are prefixed a life of the author and an account of his writings. Together with notes on the first book of The minstrel, by T. GrayLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1809 - 12 Seiten |
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... evil tree brings forth good fruit , and that men gather grapes from thorns , and figs from thistles . Elevated Conception of the Deity . WHAT an elevation must it give to our pious affections , to contemplate the Supreme Being and his ...
... evil tree brings forth good fruit , and that men gather grapes from thorns , and figs from thistles . Elevated Conception of the Deity . WHAT an elevation must it give to our pious affections , to contemplate the Supreme Being and his ...
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... evil must exist . or But , beside the general principle of debase- ment arising from the frailty of our nature , other causes of a more particular , and indeed of an extraordinary kind , co - operated , soon after the apostolic age , in ...
... evil must exist . or But , beside the general principle of debase- ment arising from the frailty of our nature , other causes of a more particular , and indeed of an extraordinary kind , co - operated , soon after the apostolic age , in ...
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... evil spirit of unbelief ; which they will not do , unless we have the inexcusable temerity to judge of him by ourselves ; and to infer , because our goodness is nothing , that his cannot be perfect ; and , because we are ig- norant and ...
... evil spirit of unbelief ; which they will not do , unless we have the inexcusable temerity to judge of him by ourselves ; and to infer , because our goodness is nothing , that his cannot be perfect ; and , because we are ig- norant and ...
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... evil habits , must be equally narrow - minded with himself . - Therefore , un- less called upon to do so by the company , or by those who have a right to preside in it , the soldier ought not to expatiate on military affairs , · nor the ...
... evil habits , must be equally narrow - minded with himself . - Therefore , un- less called upon to do so by the company , or by those who have a right to preside in it , the soldier ought not to expatiate on military affairs , · nor the ...
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... evil to be remedied ? By sepa- rating the children from their parents , and committing the former to the care of strangers ? No such a remedy would be worse than the evil . How then ? By instructing parents in their duty ? Yes ; that ...
... evil to be remedied ? By sepa- rating the children from their parents , and committing the former to the care of strangers ? No such a remedy would be worse than the evil . How then ? By instructing parents in their duty ? Yes ; that ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Aberdeen absurd acquainted affection amusement ancient anger appear atheism attention Beattie Beattie's believe benevolence character charms Christian Cicero dark deep dungeon divine doctrines dreadful Dryden Duchess of Gordon duty elegant equally Essay evil fancy fear feel Fordoun Gardenstown genius give grace groves happiness heart heaven honour hope human nature humour imagination imitation innocent JAMES BEATTIE knight errant Laurencekirk letter liberty mankind Marischal College ment Milton mind Minstrel moral mourn Muse ness never o'er object observed parents passions peculiar perhaps person philosopher pity pleasing pleasure poem poet poetry profes racter reason religion rience rieties sceptical Scotland sense sensibility sion Sir William Forbes smile song soul speak spect stanza sublime superior taste thing thou thought thro tion true truth ture vale Virgil virtue wonder words writings youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 6 - But who the melodies of morn can tell ? — The wild brook babbling down the mountain side ; The lowing herd ; the sheepfold's simple bell ; The pipe of early shepherd dim descried In the lone valley ; echoing far and wide, The clamorous horn along the cliffs above ; The hollow murmur of the ocean-tide ; The hum of bees ; the linnet's lay of love ; And the full choir that wakes the universal grove.
Seite 66 - That leads to bewilder and dazzles to blind, My thoughts wont to roam, from shade onward to shade, Destruction before me and sorrow behind. " O pity, great Father of light...
Seite 253 - Municipal law, thus understood, is properly defined to be a 'rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state, commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong.
Seite 146 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face ; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Seite 65 - Now gliding remote, on the verge of the sky, " The Moon half extinguish'd her crescent displays : " But lately I mark'd, when majestic on high " She shone, and the planets were lost in her blaze. " Roll on, thou fair orb, and with gladness pursue " The path that conducts thee to splendor again•. " But Man's faded glory what change shall renew !
Seite xlvii - And oft the craggy cliff he loved to climb, When all in mist the world below was lost. What dreadful pleasure ! there to stand sublime, Like shipwreck'd mariner on desert coast, And view th...
Seite 21 - Shrinks not, though Fortune aim her deadliest blow." This strain from 'midst the rocks was heard to flow In solemn sounds. Now beam'd the evening star ; And from embattled clouds emerging slow, Cynthia came riding on her silver car ; And hoary mountain-cliffs shone faintly from afar.
Seite 6 - Forbear, my Muse. Let Love attune thy line. Revoke the spell. Thine Edwin frets not so. For how should he at wicked chance repine, Who feels from every change amusement flow ! Even now his eyes with smiles of rapture glow, As on he wanders through the scenes of morn, Where the fresh flowers...
Seite 10 - Shall he, whose birth, maturity, and age, Scarce fill the circle of one summer day, Shall the poor gnat, with discontent and rage, Exclaim that Nature hastens to decay, If but a cloud obstruct the solar ray, If but a momentary shower descend ! Or shall frail man Heaven's dread decree gainsay, Which bade the series of events extend Wide through unnumber'd worlds, and ages without end!
Seite xlv - Oh, how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, Oh, how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! X.