Cato, or, An essay on old-ageJ. Dodsley, 1785 |
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... just . Yet some , perhaps , may be apt to fay , that your ample poffef- fions , together with the power and in- fluence of your rank and character , have very much contributed to foften the inconveniencies of old - age , and ren- der it ...
... just . Yet some , perhaps , may be apt to fay , that your ample poffef- fions , together with the power and in- fluence of your rank and character , have very much contributed to foften the inconveniencies of old - age , and ren- der it ...
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... just now had occafion to quote : he com- pares his declining years to those of a generous fteed , " Who victor oft in fam'd Olympia's fields , " To fweet repofe his age - worn members yields . " You are not too young , my friend , to ...
... just now had occafion to quote : he com- pares his declining years to those of a generous fteed , " Who victor oft in fam'd Olympia's fields , " To fweet repofe his age - worn members yields . " You are not too young , my friend , to ...
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... just now repeated , is far more just than in those lines he afterwards adds , " Severe the doom that length of days impofe ! " To ftand fad witness of unnumber'd woes . " Ah ! had old - age no other ills in flore , " Too well might man ...
... just now repeated , is far more just than in those lines he afterwards adds , " Severe the doom that length of days impofe ! " To ftand fad witness of unnumber'd woes . " Ah ! had old - age no other ills in flore , " Too well might man ...
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... just imputation on this period of life , that on the contrary it very confiderably raises its value . If age render us incapable of taking àn equal share in the flowing cups , and luxurious dishes of fplendid tables ; 7 it it fecures us ...
... just imputation on this period of life , that on the contrary it very confiderably raises its value . If age render us incapable of taking àn equal share in the flowing cups , and luxurious dishes of fplendid tables ; 7 it it fecures us ...
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... just now cited , that he " learnt fomething in his old - age every day he lived , " is much to his honour : as , indeed , to be continually advancing in the paths of knowledge , is one of the most pleasing fatisfactions of the human ...
... just now cited , that he " learnt fomething in his old - age every day he lived , " is much to his honour : as , indeed , to be continually advancing in the paths of knowledge , is one of the most pleasing fatisfactions of the human ...
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Strona 278 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same; Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent!
Strona 279 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, He bounds, connects and equals all.
Strona 187 - If we consider these ancient sages, a great part of whose philosophy consisted in a temperate and abstemious course of life, one would think the life of a philosopher and the life of a man were of two different dates.
Strona 303 - The evils of this life appear like rocks and precipices, rugged and barren at a distance ; but at our nearer approach we find little fruitful spots, and refreshing springs, mixed with the harshness and deformities of nature.
Strona 288 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to...
Strona 8 - Those, indeed, who have no internal resource of happiness, will find themselves uneasy in every stage of human life : but to him who is accustomed to derive all his felicity from within himself, no state will appear as a real evil, into which he is conducted by the common and regular course of nature. Now this is peculiarly the case with respect to old age...
Strona 122 - I AM fully persuaded that one of the best springs of generous and worthy actions, is the having generous and worthy thoughts of ourselves. Whoever has a mean opinion of the dignity of his nature, will act in no higher a rank than he has allotted himself in his own estimation. If...
Strona 122 - How can he exalt his thoughts to any thing great and noble, who only believes that, after a short turn on the stage of this world, he is to sink into oblivion, and to lose his consciousness for ever?
Strona 33 - ... they have entered into, or with whom they have had any pecuniary transactions. Innumerable instances of a strong memory in advanced years might be produced from among our celebrated lawyers, pontiffs, augurs, and philosophers; for the faculties of the mind will...
Strona 195 - The pathetic tones and exulting- sounds which he drew from the instrument, joined to the alternate plaintiveness and boldness of his strains, rendered the prince unable to restrain the softer emotions of his soul. He even suffered him to proceed until, overpowered with harmony, he melted into tears of pity, and relented of his cruel intention. He spared the prisoners who yet remained alive, and gave them instant liberty. THE YORKSHIRE GIPSY.