An Essay on BashfulnessR. Armstrong, 1815 - 96 pagini |
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... Rousseau , he imagines the felicities of a solitary savage , and sympathises with Cowper the poet , who envied a poor woman in rags , whom he saw from his window , while dres- sing for a visit , because she had not to dress and to dine ...
... Rousseau , he imagines the felicities of a solitary savage , and sympathises with Cowper the poet , who envied a poor woman in rags , whom he saw from his window , while dres- sing for a visit , because she had not to dress and to dine ...
Pagina 12
... Rousseau con- fesses he could not resist , let him be jealous over himself : he may abstain from flattery without affecting to be blunt : if a direction of his genius , in his own opinion unsuitable , be proposed , he can modestly ...
... Rousseau con- fesses he could not resist , let him be jealous over himself : he may abstain from flattery without affecting to be blunt : if a direction of his genius , in his own opinion unsuitable , be proposed , he can modestly ...
Pagina 33
... Rousseau , in his early journeys , de- rived from the successive views of nature , charming images and delicious sentiments , which he painted in the moment with a vi- gour of pencil , and freshness of colouring , and strength of ...
... Rousseau , in his early journeys , de- rived from the successive views of nature , charming images and delicious sentiments , which he painted in the moment with a vi- gour of pencil , and freshness of colouring , and strength of ...
Pagina 56
... Rousseau , " When men begin to reason 66 they cease to feel . " The bashful often feel too much , and though reasoning on war , and taxes , and commerce , and population , and poor - rates , may harden the heart , yet when it is too ...
... Rousseau , " When men begin to reason 66 they cease to feel . " The bashful often feel too much , and though reasoning on war , and taxes , and commerce , and population , and poor - rates , may harden the heart , yet when it is too ...
Pagina 77
... Rousseau , when at the com- munion table his heart burned within him . The natural temper of a bashful man exclud- ed him from conspicuous stations , and con- fines him to a private walk , where he can do a little good , and view the ...
... Rousseau , when at the com- munion table his heart burned within him . The natural temper of a bashful man exclud- ed him from conspicuous stations , and con- fines him to a private walk , where he can do a little good , and view the ...
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Pagina 78 - So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
Pagina 44 - Who bidd'st me honour with an artless song, Affectionate, a mother lost so long. 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she.
Pagina 64 - For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men. I should not be the servant of Christ.
Pagina 49 - Men of retirement and speculation, who are apt to sit brooding at home over either grief or resentment, though they may often have more humanity, more generosity, and a nicer sense of honour, yet seldom possess that equality of temper which is so common among men of the world.
Pagina 48 - He shall not strive, nor cry, neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets ; a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench ; till he send forth judgment unto victory. And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
Pagina 59 - And after this, Joseph of Arimathea (being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews (besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave.
Pagina 37 - And let that man be as the cities which the Lord overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide...
Pagina 59 - And there came also Nicodemus, (which at the first came to Jesus by night,) and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
Pagina 71 - A woman, till five-and-thirty, is only looked upon as a raw girl, and can possibly make no noise in the world till about forty. I don't know what your ladyship may think of this matter; but 'tis a considerable comfort to me, to know there is upon earth such a paradise for old women ; and I am content to be insignificant at present, in the design of returning when I am fit to appear nowhere else.
Pagina 33 - HAIL, awful scenes, that calm the troubled breast, And woo the weary to profound repose ! Can passion's wildest uproar lay to rest, And whisper comfort to the man of woes ! Here Innocence may wander, safe from foes, And Contemplation soar on seraph wings. O Solitude ! the man who thee foregoes, When lucre lures him, or ambition stings, Shall never know the source whence real grandeur springs.