An Essay on BashfulnessR. Armstrong, 1815 - 96 pagini |
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Pagina 2
... indulging re- verie ; and lies whole days in bed , brooding over what Bacon calls idols of the den , " For " every one of us has his peculiar den or " cavern , which refracts and corrupts the light of nature , according to our ...
... indulging re- verie ; and lies whole days in bed , brooding over what Bacon calls idols of the den , " For " every one of us has his peculiar den or " cavern , which refracts and corrupts the light of nature , according to our ...
Pagina 11
... indulgence in low company : the desire of a good name should be regulated but not subdued by humility . " A youth too unassuming and " too unambitious is frequently followed by " an insignificant , complaining , and discon- " tented old ...
... indulgence in low company : the desire of a good name should be regulated but not subdued by humility . " A youth too unassuming and " too unambitious is frequently followed by " an insignificant , complaining , and discon- " tented old ...
Pagina 23
... indulging unlawful pleasures , or the intemperate unsea- sonable use of such as are lawful ; this is want of self - control : deriving profit from little things , and taking them from the poor or the dead , withholding aid from a friend ...
... indulging unlawful pleasures , or the intemperate unsea- sonable use of such as are lawful ; this is want of self - control : deriving profit from little things , and taking them from the poor or the dead , withholding aid from a friend ...
Pagina 29
... indulged by himself ? Yet caution is necessary in this indulgence , and real friends will be cautious in soliciting it ; lest the bound of temperance should be passed , and the use of reason suspended , and a deeper gloom 29.
... indulged by himself ? Yet caution is necessary in this indulgence , and real friends will be cautious in soliciting it ; lest the bound of temperance should be passed , and the use of reason suspended , and a deeper gloom 29.
Pagina 46
... known himself . He refused pre- ferment . He indulged retirement . He was often very angry with himself , and with others . He liked easy and familiar com- pany . but cordially acquiesces in the truth as it is revealed 46.
... known himself . He refused pre- ferment . He indulged retirement . He was often very angry with himself , and with others . He liked easy and familiar com- pany . but cordially acquiesces in the truth as it is revealed 46.
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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.