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Go where he may , he can not hope to find the truth , the beauty pictur ' d in his
mind . But if by chance an object strike the sense , the faintest shadow of that
Excellence , passions that slept are stirring in his frame ; thoughts undefin ' d ,
feelings ...
Go where he may , he can not hope to find the truth , the beauty pictur ' d in his
mind . But if by chance an object strike the sense , the faintest shadow of that
Excellence , passions that slept are stirring in his frame ; thoughts undefin ' d ,
feelings ...
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Accustom your children constantly to this : if a thing happened at one window ,
and they , when relating it , say that it happened at an other , do not let it pass ,
but instantly check them : you do not know where deviation from truth will end .
Accustom your children constantly to this : if a thing happened at one window ,
and they , when relating it , say that it happened at an other , do not let it pass ,
but instantly check them : you do not know where deviation from truth will end .
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To possess the truth gives us something to build upon ; we reach down to the
solid substance of things : to speak reverently , we touch and find the Eternal God
. This thought explains why there is so much of passion aroused by disputes ...
To possess the truth gives us something to build upon ; we reach down to the
solid substance of things : to speak reverently , we touch and find the Eternal God
. This thought explains why there is so much of passion aroused by disputes ...
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If this however be the case , - and as a general position it probably is not very far
from the truth , — in vain does the ambitious student rob nature of that sleep
which Providence has made necessary for the renovation of the exhausted
powers of ...
If this however be the case , - and as a general position it probably is not very far
from the truth , — in vain does the ambitious student rob nature of that sleep
which Providence has made necessary for the renovation of the exhausted
powers of ...
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Ancient education , however deficient in depth and solidity , attempted at least to
bring every variety of knowlege to the aid of him who undertook any of the great
Professions . - Quarterly Review , vol . lxxviii , p . 364 . The truth of it is there is not
...
Ancient education , however deficient in depth and solidity , attempted at least to
bring every variety of knowlege to the aid of him who undertook any of the great
Professions . - Quarterly Review , vol . lxxviii , p . 364 . The truth of it is there is not
...
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Page 169 - All things are full of labour ; man cannot utter it : the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Page 133 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together.
Page 96 - Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportion'd thought his act. Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd, comrade.
Page 97 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be ; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all : to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Page 97 - Beware Of entrance to a quarrel; but, being in, Bear it, that the opposer may beware of thee. Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice: Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Page 105 - A MAN'S first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart ; his next, to escape the censures of the world. If the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected ; but otherwise there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind, than to see those approbations which it gives itself seconded by the applauses of the public.
Page 192 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.
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| Title | Extracts from various authors; and fragments of table-talk [ed. by E.L. Hussey]. |
| Author | Extracts |
| Editor | Edward Law Hussey |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | E. Pickard Hall and J.H. Stacy, printers to the University, 1883 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 31 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 217 pages |
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