The Revolt of the Bees ...Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1826 - 272 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 13
Página
... intelligence of man , I said within myself : ' Happy were it for the societies of the human race , did they possess the wisdom of those of bees ! ' and I began to form wishes in behalf of my country . " St. Pierre . LONDON : PRINTED FOR ...
... intelligence of man , I said within myself : ' Happy were it for the societies of the human race , did they possess the wisdom of those of bees ! ' and I began to form wishes in behalf of my country . " St. Pierre . LONDON : PRINTED FOR ...
Página 52
... but beaming with mildness and intelligence . " You behold , " said the figure , " the spirit of Allan Ramsay : ever and anon I haunt my favourite streams and verdant hills , chosen by me when sojourning on 52 THE REVOLT OF THE BEES .
... but beaming with mildness and intelligence . " You behold , " said the figure , " the spirit of Allan Ramsay : ever and anon I haunt my favourite streams and verdant hills , chosen by me when sojourning on 52 THE REVOLT OF THE BEES .
Página 70
... intelligence , and evinced that be- ings capable of appreciating the sublimity and love- liness of that highly favoured spot had become its fit inhabitants . Numerous flocks of sheep were browsing on the sides of the mountains , herds ...
... intelligence , and evinced that be- ings capable of appreciating the sublimity and love- liness of that highly favoured spot had become its fit inhabitants . Numerous flocks of sheep were browsing on the sides of the mountains , herds ...
Página 82
... intelligence , and a noble ingenuous- ness in his countenance at once evinced that all dis- guise was foreign to his nature : but its most di- stinguishing characteristic was that of sincere and ardent benevolence . He wore the Highland ...
... intelligence , and a noble ingenuous- ness in his countenance at once evinced that all dis- guise was foreign to his nature : but its most di- stinguishing characteristic was that of sincere and ardent benevolence . He wore the Highland ...
Página 102
... intelligence , and happiness of all my fellow citizens , —and why ? " 1st , The pleasures of sympathy are thereby en- joyed and considerably heightened . " 2nd , The more generally the qualities I have enumerated prevail , the more will ...
... intelligence , and happiness of all my fellow citizens , —and why ? " 1st , The pleasures of sympathy are thereby en- joyed and considerably heightened . " 2nd , The more generally the qualities I have enumerated prevail , the more will ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The Revolt of the Bees Wordsworth Collection,John Minter 1782-1854 Morgan Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Términos y frases comunes
Allan Ramsay Almured apiarian appeared attention beauty bees behold benevolence cell character circumstances co-operative committee Competitive consequences crime delight desire destitute disposition distress Douglas Elder emigration Emilius employment equally evils experience favour feelings flowers formed Genius happiness hive honey human improvement increase individual inhabitants intelligence interest Ireland Judicatores knowledge labour land laws less Loch Lomond Loch Long London Co-operative Society Lycurgus Malthus mankind manufacturers Margaret means ment mind misery moral mountains nations nature necessary neral noble object observed opinions Orpheus Owen's passions Pentland Hills perceive period Persia philosopher pleasure Political Economists population portion possession present principles produce pursuits quæ queen bee racter remarkable replied rich royal jelly Saadi satrap scene society spirit sufficient superior supply Tarbert things thou thousand tion truth various virtue Wansford wealth youth
Pasajes populares
Página 130 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity...
Página 232 - Even now, methinks, as pondering here I stand I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the shore and darken all the strand. Contented toil and hospitable care, And kind connubial tenderness are there; And piety, with wishes placed above, And steady loyalty and faithful love.
Página 136 - Boastful and rough, your first son is a squire; The next a tradesman, meek, and much a liar; Tom struts a soldier, open, bold, and brave; Will sneaks a scrivener, an exceeding knave: Is he a Churchman?
Página 171 - What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic taste, with wine, whence we may rise To hear the lute well touched, or artful voice Warble immortal notes and Tuscan air?
Página 151 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Página 258 - Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades. See there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long; There flowery hill Hymettus, with the sound Of bees...
Página 106 - Some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed, and I have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken to ease the nation of so grievous an encumbrance.
Página 151 - For who maketh thee to differ from another ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Página 13 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.