Self-formation; Or, The History of an Individual Mind: Intended as a Guide for the Intellect Through Difficulties to SuccessW. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1846 - 504 páginas |
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Página 360 - act, would expand itself with amazing rapidity. My spirit grew with my self-importance. I was eager, on all occasions, to vindicate myself into manhood, — " For nature, crescent, does not grow alone In thews and bulk,— but, as this temple waxes, The inward service of the mind and soul Grows wide withal.
Página 183 - The strawberry grows underneath the nettle, And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best Neighboured by fruit of baser quality. And so the prince obscured his contemplation Under the veil of wildness, which no doubt Grew, like the summer grass, fastest by night; Unseen, yet crescive in his faculty.
Página 176 - It were all one That I should love a bright particular star, And seek to wed it; he's so much above me." The fact is, that at this time, and for some years afterwards, my family were abroad, and consequently the country, or at least my native
Página 101 - the fool multitude that choose by show, Not learning more than the fond eye doth teach ; Which pries not to the interior, but like the martlet Builds in the weather on the outward wall, Even in the force and road of casualty.
Página 74 - It droppeth like the gentle rain of heaven Upon the ground beneath ; it is twice blest, — It blesseth him that gives and him that takes " ; — not twice, but a thousand times over, above almost
Página 203 - on his stick, or the horseman on his stirrups. The spirit of conversation is the spirit of love ; that is, of warmth, expansiveness, geniality, and entire ease and unconstrainedness ; and, as the poet tells us, — " Love, free as air, at sight of human ties. Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies." To the genius, then, of conversation we
Página 76 - and, when the reservoir is sufficiently full, then is their time of service. Read what Hamlet says about " nature crescent," and how, " as this body waxes, the inward service of the mind and soul grows wide withal." The difference is, that, in these hard times, the body, for all purposes of its growth, must be fed from the home cupboard ; whereas Nature,
Página 183 - There put on him What forgeries you please,— marry, none so rank As may dishonor him, — take heed of that; But, Sir, such wanton, wild, and usual slips As are companions, noted and most known, To youth and liberty.
Página 361 - bulk,— but, as this temple waxes, The inward service of the mind and soul Grows wide withal." I began to take my character; my voice, manner, and gait were improved from boyish vacillation into firmness and independence. I was as much altered by my new discipline as the ploughboy by that of his
Página 432 - And in his brain, Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit After a voyage, he hath strange places crammed With observation, the which he vents In mangled forms.