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... equal or greater claims upon the attention . So it may be well to be absorbed , but it is not altogether well to be engrossed . " Circe in vain invites the feast to share , Absent I wander and absorpt in care . " POPE . " Too long hath ...
... equal or greater claims upon the attention . So it may be well to be absorbed , but it is not altogether well to be engrossed . " Circe in vain invites the feast to share , Absent I wander and absorpt in care . " POPE . " Too long hath ...
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... equal emphasis on all . " LLOYD'S Actor . ACCEPT . RECEIVE . TAKE . Of these , TAKE ( A.S. tacan , to take , lay hold of ) which is the simplest and most purely physical , is employed in the twofold sense of spontaneous as- suming , and ...
... equal emphasis on all . " LLOYD'S Actor . ACCEPT . RECEIVE . TAKE . Of these , TAKE ( A.S. tacan , to take , lay hold of ) which is the simplest and most purely physical , is employed in the twofold sense of spontaneous as- suming , and ...
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... equal correctness of the protection afforded by one person and by more than one . It is used of a single person in the following : - " To - day shut out , still onward press , And watch the seasons of access →→ In private haunt , in ...
... equal correctness of the protection afforded by one person and by more than one . It is used of a single person in the following : - " To - day shut out , still onward press , And watch the seasons of access →→ In private haunt , in ...
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... equals and in words , salute is not uncommonly of superiors and without words . To salute is deferential , to accost may be so , or it may be quite the contrary . Saluting is momentary and not sus- tained ; while accosting may be mo ...
... equals and in words , salute is not uncommonly of superiors and without words . To salute is deferential , to accost may be so , or it may be quite the contrary . Saluting is momentary and not sus- tained ; while accosting may be mo ...
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... equal ) means literally made equal to , or brought to the level of another thing . It expresses the equa- lization , not of simple quantity , but of forces , powers , means , resources . It expresses the coming up to some re- quirement ...
... equal ) means literally made equal to , or brought to the level of another thing . It expresses the equa- lization , not of simple quantity , but of forces , powers , means , resources . It expresses the coming up to some re- quirement ...
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abstract action active animal applicable belongs BEN JONSON Bible body called cation cause character Cicero circumstances colour common commonly conduct connexion degree denotes desire disposition distinction DRYDEN duty effect employed Etym evil exercise expresses external fact faculty favour fear feeling force former getic give habit hand hath Hence herent honour Hudibras human Icel idea Iliad implies influence instance involves judgment kind less manner matters means ment mental metaphorical MILTON mind monly moral nature ness nexion object observed one's opinion opposed Ovid pain particular passion persons physical ployed Plutarch position possession principle produce purely purpose racter reason reference regard relates rence result sense SHAKESPEARE sion sometimes speak specific speech SPENSER spirit substance superior synonym tain taste tence term thing thought tical tion tive truth verb virtue Wealth of Nations word
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Page 128 - In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
Page 362 - Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat Of habit's devil, is angel yet in this; That to the use of actions fair and good He likewise gives a frock, or livery, That aptly is put on: Refrain to-night; And that shall lend a kind of easiness To the next abstinence : the next more easy: For use almost can change the stamp of nature, And either curb the devil, or throw him out With wondrous potency.
Page 259 - Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas; how comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store, which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted on it, with an almost endless variety ? Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, From experience: in that all our knowledge is founded, and from that it ultimately derives itself.
Page 433 - This is the month, and this the happy morn Wherein the Son of Heaven's Eternal King Of wedded maid and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring; For so the holy sages once did sing That he our deadly forfeit should release, And with his Father work us a perpetual peace.
Page 335 - For wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy ; judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on the other side, in separating carefully one from another, ideas wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being misled by similitude, and by affinity to take one thing for another.
Page 12 - What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and god-like reason To fust in us unus'd.
Page 543 - Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays!
Page 126 - How now, Horatio? you tremble and look pale; Is not this something more than fantasy? What think you on 't? Hor. Before my God, I might not this believe Without the sensible and true avouch Of mine own eyes.
Page 41 - But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom; vast, unwieldy, burdensome, Proudly secure, yet liable to fall By weakest subtleties; not made to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command.
Page 212 - ... than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr! Serve the king; And prithee, lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny; 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own.