 We see in needle-works and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground : judge therefore of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye....  Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Página 287por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 744 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 338 páginas
...shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities...of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed; for... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 342 páginas
...many hearse-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in decribing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon....of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours , most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed ; for... | |
 | 1850 - 790 páginas
...shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Spirit hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities...upon a lightsome ground: judge, therefore, of the pleasures of the heart by the pleasures of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 páginas
...shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more ansported to the mad degree of love, which shows,...great spirits and great business do keep out this weak pleasures of the heart by the pleasures of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most... | |
 | 1850 - 632 páginas
...shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Spirit hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities...upon a lightsome ground : judge, therefore, of the pleasures of the heart by tlie pleasures of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours— most... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 páginas
...than the felicities of Solomon. I'roimcrity is not without many fears and distastes ; and adversitv wers and a kirtle, Embroidcr'd all eye. C*rtainly, virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant where they are incensed or crushed :... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 páginas
...not without comforts and hopes. We see in needleworks and embroideries, it is more pleasing to bar; a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to...of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours, piost fragrant when they are incensed or crushed 0)for... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 páginas
...more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. Prosperity is not w ithout many fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without...of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant where they are incensed or crushed : for... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 páginas
...shall hear as many hearselike airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities...ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon * lightsome ground ; judge, therefore, of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Certainly... | |
 | Ears - 1851 - 176 páginas
...Solomon. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without comfort and hopes. We see in needleworks and embroideries,...of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Certainly, virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed; for... | |
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