Proverbial philosophy: a book of thoughts and argumentsRickerby, 1839 - 311 pages |
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... secret lodes , And come up again to the surface - world , with a know- ledge grounded deeper ; Arguments of high scope , that have soared to the key- stone of heaven , And thence have swooped to their certain mark , as the falcon to its ...
... secret lodes , And come up again to the surface - world , with a know- ledge grounded deeper ; Arguments of high scope , that have soared to the key- stone of heaven , And thence have swooped to their certain mark , as the falcon to its ...
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... secret somewhat in antipathies ; and love is more than fancy ; Yea , and a palpable notice warneth of an instant danger ; For the soul hath its feelers , cobwebs floating on the wind , That catch events in their approach with sure and ...
... secret somewhat in antipathies ; and love is more than fancy ; Yea , and a palpable notice warneth of an instant danger ; For the soul hath its feelers , cobwebs floating on the wind , That catch events in their approach with sure and ...
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... secrets of the li- ving , And helped slow justice to her prey by the dreadful teaching of a dream . Verily , there is nothing so true , that the damps of error have not warped it ; Verily , there is nothing so false , that a sparkle of ...
... secrets of the li- ving , And helped slow justice to her prey by the dreadful teaching of a dream . Verily , there is nothing so true , that the damps of error have not warped it ; Verily , there is nothing so false , that a sparkle of ...
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... secret deep , scattered among groves of coral , And comforts to crown all wishes , and aids unto every need , Influences yet unthought , and virtues , and many in- ventions , And uses above and around , which man hath not yet regarded ...
... secret deep , scattered among groves of coral , And comforts to crown all wishes , and aids unto every need , Influences yet unthought , and virtues , and many in- ventions , And uses above and around , which man hath not yet regarded ...
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... secret office ? If the thistle never sprang up to mock the loose hus- bandry of indolence , Or the pestilence never swept off an unknown curse from among men ? Would ye crush the buzzing myriads that float on the breath of evening ...
... secret office ? If the thistle never sprang up to mock the loose hus- bandry of indolence , Or the pestilence never swept off an unknown curse from among men ? Would ye crush the buzzing myriads that float on the breath of evening ...
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art thou beauty Behold betimes better blessing breath child counteth creature curse dark deep doth dread dream earth evil faith fear flowers folly fool glad glory gloweth goeth golden harvest guilt happy hast thou hate hath heaven hideth holdeth holy honour hope humble Humility indolence innocence Jehovah Jonadab judgment knoweth knowledge labour light look looketh Lord loveth man's marriage matter mayst mercy mighty mocketh ness pain perchance perfect circle pleasure poison praise prayer pride psaltery reason Rechab Rechabite rence rich RICKERBY sage scorn secret seemeth seraphs shalt thou sloth sorrow soul spirit standeth strong sweet thee thine things thou art thou canst thou hast thou shalt thou wilt thought throne thy hand thy heart thy mind thyself toil trifles truth unto Verily virtue Vishnu weak wealth wearied Wherefore wisdom wise words yieldeth youth
Popular passages
Page 298 - And immediately I was in the spirit; and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne ; and he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone ; and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
Page 254 - The harp and the voi(Je may thrill thee, — sound may enchant thine ear, But consider thou, the hand will wither, and the sweet notes turn to discord : The eye, so brilliant at even, may be red with sorrow in the morning ; And the sylph-like form of elegance must writhe in the crampings of pain.
Page 186 - Need to humour no caprice, need to bear with no infirmity; Thy sin, thy slander, or neglect, chilleth not, quencheth not, its love: Unalterably speaketh it the truth, warped nor by error nor interest; For a good book is the best of friends, the same to-day and for ever.
Page 253 - Thou knowest not his good-will : — be thy prayer then submissive thereunto ; And leave thy petition to his mercy, assured that he will deal well with thee. If thou art to have a wife of thy youth, she is now living on the earth ; Therefore think of her, and pray for her weal ; yea, though thou hast not seen her.
Page 11 - Corn from the sheaves of science, with stubble from mine own garner ; Searchings after Truth, that have tracked her secret lodes, And come up again to the surface-world, with a knowledge grounded deeper ; Arguments of high...
Page 249 - Quiet, yet flowing deep, as the Rhine among rivers ; Lasting, and knowing not change — it walketh with Truth and Sincerity. Love : — what a volume in a word, an ocean in a tear...
Page 142 - For there is nothing in the earth so small that it may not produce great things, And no swerving from a right line, that may not lead eternally astray.
Page 116 - Nevertheless, wretched man, if thy bad heart be hardened in the flame, iking earth-born, as of clay, and not of moulded wax, Judge not the hand that smiteth, as if thou wert visited in wrath : Reproach thyself, for He is Justice ; repent thee, for He is Mercy. Cease, fond caviller at wisdom, to be satisfied that...
Page 262 - Scratch the green rind of a sapling, or wantonly twist it in the soil, The scarred and crooked oak will tell of thee for centuries to come...
Page 295 - Latini, et quo quemque modo fugiatque feratque laborem. sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera fertur cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris, altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto, sed falsa ad caelum mittunt insomnia Manes.