The Brief Remarker on the Ways of Man, Or, Compendious Dissertations, Respecting Social and Domestic Relations and Concerns, and the Various Economy of Life: Designed For, and Adapted To, the Use of American Academies and Common SchoolsJ.D. Bemis & Company, 1823 - 264 sider |
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... rank or fortune that only a favorable word from them , dropped now and then in the ears of others , might be of ... ranks of lit- erature and taste . Nor is it the least of my satis- factions , that it has found the same favor with those ...
... rank or fortune that only a favorable word from them , dropped now and then in the ears of others , might be of ... ranks of lit- erature and taste . Nor is it the least of my satis- factions , that it has found the same favor with those ...
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... rank . Here , wealth is shifting hands with such rapidity that , in one or two generations , the hills sink , and the vallies rise . Now , as this condition of things animates thousands , with the spirit of enterprize , so it occasions ...
... rank . Here , wealth is shifting hands with such rapidity that , in one or two generations , the hills sink , and the vallies rise . Now , as this condition of things animates thousands , with the spirit of enterprize , so it occasions ...
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... he have neither wealth nor rank , enjoys about all the world can bestow . But these real and unsophisticated enjoyments , which are bestowed in full as large measures upon the peasant as upon the 22 THE BRIEF REMARKER.
... he have neither wealth nor rank , enjoys about all the world can bestow . But these real and unsophisticated enjoyments , which are bestowed in full as large measures upon the peasant as upon the 22 THE BRIEF REMARKER.
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... rank . Whereas in this free country of ours , where there is no distinction of orders and no estab- lished rank of one family above another , the undivided current of ambition is towards wealth . Avarice is the general and the ruling ...
... rank . Whereas in this free country of ours , where there is no distinction of orders and no estab- lished rank of one family above another , the undivided current of ambition is towards wealth . Avarice is the general and the ruling ...
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... ranks of honor ; and , against the clear and pungent convictions of their own minds , they persist in this ruinous course , lest , as it happened to the Cardinal , when he was thought an un- done man , they should be degraded at the ...
... ranks of honor ; and , against the clear and pungent convictions of their own minds , they persist in this ruinous course , lest , as it happened to the Cardinal , when he was thought an un- done man , they should be degraded at the ...
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Side 61 - Not equal, as their sex not equal seem'd: For contemplation he and valour form'd; For softness she, and sweet attractive grace...
Side 198 - Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand, Covering the earth with odours, fruits and flocks, Thronging the seas with spawn innumerable, But all to please, and sate the curious taste...
Side 198 - A part how small of the terraqueous globe Is tenanted by man? the rest a waste; Rocks, deserts, frozen seas, and burning sands! Wild haunts of monsters, poisons, stings, and death Such is earth's melancholy map! but, far 'More sad! this earth is a true map of man: So bounded are its haughty lord's delights To woe's wide empire, where deep troubles toss.
Side 104 - And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep...
Side 114 - I made me great works ; I builded me houses ; I planted me vineyards : I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees...
Side 178 - Apart, she sigh'd; alone, she shed the tear; Then, as if breaking from a cloud, she gave Fresh light, and gilt the prospect of the grave. One day he lighter seem'd, and they forgot The care, the dread, the anguish of their lot; They spoke with cheerfulness, and seem'd to think, Yet said not so — 'Perhaps he will not sink'.
Side 57 - O YE WHO HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF ALP ARSLAN EXALTED TO THE HEAVENS, REPAIR TO MARU, AND YOU WILL BEHOLD IT BURIED IN THE DUST!
Side 46 - That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. 8 And Zaccheus stood, and said unto the Lord ; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor ; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
Side 150 - ... and not an artist : it is not merely a creature who can paint, and play, and sing, and draw, and dress, and dance ; it is a being who can comfort and counsel him; one who can reason, and reflect, and feel, and judge, and discourse, and discriminate; one who can assist him in his affairs, lighten his...
Side 171 - Lend to thy neighbour in time of his need, And pay thou thy neighbour again in due season. Keep thy word, and deal faithfully with him, And thou shalt always find the thing that is necessary for thee.