Polonius: A Collection of Wise Saws and Modern InstancesThomas B. Mosher, 1901 - 109 sider |
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Side xiii
... men the Jester , the Wit , and the Moralist , each wearisome in proportion as each deals exclusively in his one ... men's sayings ; the greatest variety of wisdom , good sense , wit , humour , and even simple " naiveté , " ( as one ...
... men the Jester , the Wit , and the Moralist , each wearisome in proportion as each deals exclusively in his one ... men's sayings ; the greatest variety of wisdom , good sense , wit , humour , and even simple " naiveté , " ( as one ...
Side xxvi
... men in those times wanted both variety of examples and subtlety of conceit ; and as Hieroglyphics were before letters , so Parables were before arguments . " We cannot doubt that Christianity itself made way by means of such Parables as ...
... men in those times wanted both variety of examples and subtlety of conceit ; and as Hieroglyphics were before letters , so Parables were before arguments . " We cannot doubt that Christianity itself made way by means of such Parables as ...
Side xxvii
... made to reason , instead of representing the passions and affections they really share with men . This also is the vital fault of Dryden's Hind and Panther . Carlyle notices , as one of Goethe's chief gifts , PREFACE xxvii.
... made to reason , instead of representing the passions and affections they really share with men . This also is the vital fault of Dryden's Hind and Panther . Carlyle notices , as one of Goethe's chief gifts , PREFACE xxvii.
Side 2
... men they are little better than good dreams , except they be put in act ; and that cannot be without power and place , as the vantage and commanding ground . Bacon . We are all here fellow - servants , and we know not how our Grand ...
... men they are little better than good dreams , except they be put in act ; and that cannot be without power and place , as the vantage and commanding ground . Bacon . We are all here fellow - servants , and we know not how our Grand ...
Side 4
... men is the same thing as choice : for a fool in such a case goes about bellowing , and telling everybody he meets ( who do but laugh at him ) what a sad calamity has happened to him ; but a man of sense says nothing and submits . This ...
... men is the same thing as choice : for a fool in such a case goes about bellowing , and telling everybody he meets ( who do but laugh at him ) what a sad calamity has happened to him ; but a man of sense says nothing and submits . This ...
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Æsop Annotated Copy aright asked ATHEISM Atheist Bacon better Boswell called Carlyle Coleridge commonly death deed discourse doth Edinburgh Review Edward FitzGerald English Epictetus Epicurus fables faculty faith fear feelings fool friends genius give Goethe gold happy hath heart heaven HORACE Walpole human idle James Boswell Johnson kind Know thyself Lavater light Lion live look Lord Madame Du Deffand maketh man's MELAN men's mind miseries morals nature never noble ourselves Pascal passions perhaps Phædrus Plato Polonius poor prejudice Prince proverb reason religion rest rich Richter Rochefoucauld SAWS AND MODERN says Bacon says Fuller Selden sense Socrates soul Tacitus talk tell thee Themistocles thine thing thou art thought thyself tions true Truisms truth verse virtues vulgar whole WILLIAM PICKERING wisdom wise wiser wishes worth write