SolitudeW. Wilson, 1808 - 403 pages |
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Page vi
... bosom . Who , alas ! does not constantly experience the necessit of entering into that sacred asylum to search f consolation under the real or imaginary misfortunes of life , or to alleviate indeed more frequently the fatigue of its ...
... bosom . Who , alas ! does not constantly experience the necessit of entering into that sacred asylum to search f consolation under the real or imaginary misfortunes of life , or to alleviate indeed more frequently the fatigue of its ...
Page vii
... bosom of sensibility ex- periences its most delicious emotions : it is there that creative genius frees itself from the thraldom of society , and surrenders itself to the impetuous rays of an ardent imagination . To this desired goal ...
... bosom of sensibility ex- periences its most delicious emotions : it is there that creative genius frees itself from the thraldom of society , and surrenders itself to the impetuous rays of an ardent imagination . To this desired goal ...
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... bosoms , and imitate the great examples of heroic virtue which that nation so frequently affords . It is an ardent love of liberty , undaunted courage , deep penetration , elevated sentiment , and well cultivated understanding , that ...
... bosoms , and imitate the great examples of heroic virtue which that nation so frequently affords . It is an ardent love of liberty , undaunted courage , deep penetration , elevated sentiment , and well cultivated understanding , that ...
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... bosoms have glowed with a love of science through every sub- sequent period of their lives ; and who , amidst the greatest calamities , are capable of banishing , by a secret charm , the deepest melancholy and most profound dejection ...
... bosoms have glowed with a love of science through every sub- sequent period of their lives ; and who , amidst the greatest calamities , are capable of banishing , by a secret charm , the deepest melancholy and most profound dejection ...
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... of virtue . The profligacy of the world , where vice usurps the seat of greatness , hypocrisy assumes the face of candour , and prejudice overpowers the voice 1 of truth , must , indeed , sting his bosom UPON THE MIND . 15.
... of virtue . The profligacy of the world , where vice usurps the seat of greatness , hypocrisy assumes the face of candour , and prejudice overpowers the voice 1 of truth , must , indeed , sting his bosom UPON THE MIND . 15.
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Abelard acquired advantages affords agreeable amidst anxiety attention Avignon beauties bosom calm canton of Berne capable celebrated character charms Cicero dæmon dangerous daugh delight Demosthenes Dioclesian Dionysius the younger disposition dreadful duties effects endeavour enjoy enjoyment entertained envy eyes faculties fame fancy feelings felicity folly fond frequently friends genius habits happiness heart highest human idea idle imagination inclination indolence indulge intercourse joys labour leisure live Lord Bolingbroke mankind manners melan melancholy ment merit mind misanthropy miserable moral nature neral never noble object observation painful passion peace Petrarch philosopher Plato pleasures Plutarch possessed powers prince pursuits quired racters rapture rational reason religion render repose retirement retreat rience rural scenes seek sense sensibility sentiments shades sigh silent society Soli solitary Solitude sorrow soul species spirit sublime sufferings taste temper thing thought tion tranquillity truth tude tumults Vaucluse vices virtue virtuous worldly youth
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Page 297 - For him, the Spring Distils her dews, and from the silken gem Its lucid leaves unfolds; for him, the hand Of Autumn tinges every fertile branch With blooming gold and blushes like the morn.
Page 383 - God loves from whole to parts : but human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next, and next all human race ; Wide and more wide, th...
Page 227 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar; Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown...
Page 280 - He who has nothing external that can divert him, must find pleasure in his own thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not; for who is pleased with what he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable conditions that which for the present moment he should most desire, amuses his desires with impossible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable dominion. The mind dances from scene to scene, unites all pleasures in all combinations, and riots in delights,...
Page 280 - To indulge the power of fiction and send imagination out upon the wing is often the sport of those who delight too much in silent speculation.
Page 230 - I scarcely, indeed, heard of one man in the three kingdoms, considerable for rank or letters, that could endure the book. I must only except the primate of England, Dr Herring, and the primate of Ireland, Dr Stone, which seem two odd exceptions. These dignified prelates separately sent me messages not to be discouraged.
Page 355 - Hail wedded Love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range; by thee, Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother first were known.
Page 393 - Some angel guide my pencil, while I draw, What nothing less than angel can exceed, A man on earth devoted to the skies; Like ships in seas, while in, above the world. With aspect mild, and elevated eye, Behold him seated on a mount serene, Above the fogs of sense, and passion's storm ; All the black cares and tumults of this life, Like harmless thunders, breaking at his feet, Excite his pity, not impair his peace.
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Page 193 - He is the happy man, whose life e'en now Shows somewhat of that happier life to come ; Who, doom'd to an obscure but tranquil state, Is pleased with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice...