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Página 55 - 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 moved, 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...
Página 80 - His honour rooted in dishonour stood, And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.
Página 82 - In glowing health, with boundless wealth, But sickening of a vague disease, You know so ill to deal with time, You needs must play such pranks as these. Clara, Clara Vere de Vere, If time be heavy on your hands, Are there no beggars at your gate, Nor any poor about your lands? Oh ! teach the orphan-boy to read, Or teach the orphan-girl to sew, Pray Heaven for a human heart, And let the foolish yeoman go.
Página 73 - ... is fuller of sorrows, and fuller of joys; it lies under more burdens, but is supported by all the strengths of love and charity, and those burdens are delightful.
Página 232 - Mr. Lintot, I do not say but Mr. Pope, if he would condescend to advise with men of learning Sir, the pudding is upon the table, if you please to go in.
Página 74 - whose eyes are witty, and their souls sensual ;" it is an ill band of affections to tie two hearts together by a little thread of red and white. And they can love no longer but until the next ague comes ; and they are fond of each other but at the chance of fancy, or the smallpox, or childbearing, or care, or time, or any thing that can destroy a pretty flower.
Página 134 - Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things ; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour : and this was a testimony in Israel Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee.
Página 374 - Even such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust ; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days ; But from this earth, this grave, this dust. My God shall raise me up, I trust ! ELIZABETHAN MISCELLANIES.
Página 260 - WHILE Butler, needy wretch! was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give : See him, when starv'd to death and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust ! The poet's fate is here in emblem shown, He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone...
Página 74 - she preferred gold before a good man," ' ) and show themselves to be less than money, by overvaluing that to all the content and wise felicity of their lives; and when they have counted the money and their sorrows together, how willingly would they buy, with the loss of all that money, modesty, or sweet nature, to their relative ! The odd thousand pounds would gladly be allowed in good nature and fair manners. As very a fool is he that chooses for beauty principally : cui sunt eruditi oculi, et...

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