SolitudeW. Wilson, 1808 - 403 pages |
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Page v
... melancholy ideas ; but they have only to read a few pages to be undeceived . The author is not one of those ex- travagant misanthropists who expect that men , formed by Nature for the enjoyments of society , and impelled continually ...
... melancholy ideas ; but they have only to read a few pages to be undeceived . The author is not one of those ex- travagant misanthropists who expect that men , formed by Nature for the enjoyments of society , and impelled continually ...
Page xii
... melancholy and discontent that preyed continually on his mind . After some fruitless efforts to please him , he was in the begin . ning of April , 1768 , appointed by the interest of Dr. Tissot , and Baron Hockstettin , to the post of ...
... melancholy and discontent that preyed continually on his mind . After some fruitless efforts to please him , he was in the begin . ning of April , 1768 , appointed by the interest of Dr. Tissot , and Baron Hockstettin , to the post of ...
Page xiii
... melancholy event , his own pen has very affectingly described in the following Work . But the state and condition of his son was still more distressing to his feelings than event the death of his beloved daughter . This unhappy youth ...
... melancholy event , his own pen has very affectingly described in the following Work . But the state and condition of his son was still more distressing to his feelings than event the death of his beloved daughter . This unhappy youth ...
Page xv
... melancholy state of the King of England's health alarmed the affection of his subjects , and produced an anxiety throughout Europe for his recovery , the government of Hanover dispatched Zimmerman to Holland , that he might be nearer ...
... melancholy state of the King of England's health alarmed the affection of his subjects , and produced an anxiety throughout Europe for his recovery , the government of Hanover dispatched Zimmerman to Holland , that he might be nearer ...
Page 3
... melancholy , released from a portion of its hor- rors , raise its downcast head ; if I shall convince the lover of rural life , that all the finer springs of pleasure dry up and decay in the intense joys of crowded cities , and that the ...
... melancholy , released from a portion of its hor- rors , raise its downcast head ; if I shall convince the lover of rural life , that all the finer springs of pleasure dry up and decay in the intense joys of crowded cities , and that the ...
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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.
Page 25 - All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance : it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canals.
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...