Handbuch der englischen sprache und literature, Volumen11823 |
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... present age , which is so wretchedly void of truth and sincerity ; for which reason there is the greater need to recommand this virtue to us , which seems to be fled from us , that truth and righteousness may return , and , glory may ...
... present age , which is so wretchedly void of truth and sincerity ; for which reason there is the greater need to recommand this virtue to us , which seems to be fled from us , that truth and righteousness may return , and , glory may ...
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... they cannot look beyond a present advantage , nor forbear to seize upon it , tho ' by ways never so indirect ; they cannot see so far , as to the re- mote consequences of a steady integrity , and the wast 24 TILLOTSON .
... they cannot look beyond a present advantage , nor forbear to seize upon it , tho ' by ways never so indirect ; they cannot see so far , as to the re- mote consequences of a steady integrity , and the wast 24 TILLOTSON .
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... present argument , to distinguish nicely between natural and acquired antipathies , but I take notice of it for another purpose , viz , that those who have children , or the charge of their education , would think it worth their while ...
... present argument , to distinguish nicely between natural and acquired antipathies , but I take notice of it for another purpose , viz , that those who have children , or the charge of their education , would think it worth their while ...
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... present purpose . The emperor Theodosius being about the age of one and twenty , and designing to take a wife , desired his sister Pulcheria and his friend Paulinus to search his whole empire for a woman of the most exquisite beauty and ...
... present purpose . The emperor Theodosius being about the age of one and twenty , and designing to take a wife , desired his sister Pulcheria and his friend Paulinus to search his whole empire for a woman of the most exquisite beauty and ...
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... present : King Charles I. being with some of his court during his troubles , a discourse arose what sort of dogs de- served pre - eminence , and it being on all hands agreed to belong either to the spaniel or grey - hound , the king ...
... present : King Charles I. being with some of his court during his troubles , a discourse arose what sort of dogs de- served pre - eminence , and it being on all hands agreed to belong either to the spaniel or grey - hound , the king ...
Términos y frases comunes
andern Ausgabe Bänden beiden bekannt besonders better Cicero dafs Dendermond Dichter dieser eben einige England Englische Englischen enthält erhielt ernannt erschien erschienen erste ersten Essay findet folgende fortune Frankreich Freunde friends geboren Gedichte gehört Geschichte Gesundheit ging grofsen hand happiness heart hierauf honour human indessen Jahre Johnson Joseph Addison König lady learning Leben letzten lich lives London Lord machte mankind Mann mehrere mind nahm nature never observed passion person philosophy pleasure Plutarch poor reason Rechte Reise religion Rhadamanthus sagt Sammlung Samuel Johnson Schreibart schrieb Schrift Schriften Schriftsteller seine seinem seyn Shaftsbury shew sind Sir William Temple Sprache starb Stelle Stück Tatler Temple thee Theil thing thou thought Titel Tom Jones Trim übrigens Uebersetzung uncle Toby Vater Verfasser viel virtue Vols vorzüglich ward waren wenig Werke wurde wurden Zeit zurück
Pasajes populares
Página 367 - How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting, that The sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that There will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says.
Página 367 - ... as Poor Richard says." They joined in desiring him to speak his mind, and gathering round him, he proceeded as follows. "Friends," says he, "and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and, if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly; and from these taxes...
Página 367 - Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpose, so by diligence shall we do more with less perplexity. ' Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy, and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night ; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him. Drive thy business, let not that drive thee; and early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,
Página 370 - You call them goods; but if you do not take care they will prove evils to some of you. You expect they will be sold cheap, and perhaps they may for less than they cost; but if you have no occasion for them they must be dear to you.
Página 369 - A little neglect may breed great mischief: for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe naiL
Página 337 - His persons act and speak by the influence of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued in motion.
Página 112 - I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities; and all my love is towards individuals. For instance, I hate the tribe of lawyers; but I love Counsellor Such-a-one, and Judge Such-a-one. It is so with physicians. I will not speak of my own trade, soldiers, English, Scotch, French, and the rest. But principally I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.
Página 436 - Oft on a plat of rising ground I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-watered shore Swinging slow with sullen roar ; Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom...
Página 231 - The blood and spirits of Le Fevre, which were waxing cold and slow within him, and were retreating to their last citadel, the heart, — rallied back, — the film forsook his eyes for a moment ; — he looked up wishfully in my uncle Toby's face ; — then cast a look upon his boy ; — and that ligament, fine as it was — was never broken ! Nature instantly ebb'd again; — the film returned to its place ; — the pulse fluttered ; — stopped ; — went on,— throbbed, — stopped again; —...
Página 12 - A principal fruit of friendship is the ease and discharge of the fulness and swellings of the heart, which passions of all kinds do cause and induce. We know diseases of stoppings and suffocations are the most dangerous in the body; and it is not much otherwise in the mind...