Polonius: A Collection of Wise Saws and Modern InstancesW. Pickering, 1852 - 1 sider |
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Side xi
... Fable , or Parable , than a Proverb . But , beside that the titles of many fables do become proverbs- " Fox and Grapes ... fables in them- selves ; as when we say , " The Fat sow knows not what the Lean one thinks , " & c . We are ...
... Fable , or Parable , than a Proverb . But , beside that the titles of many fables do become proverbs- " Fox and Grapes ... fables in them- selves ; as when we say , " The Fat sow knows not what the Lean one thinks , " & c . We are ...
Side xii
... Fables so fabulous after all ? If beasts do not really rise to the level on which we amuse ourselves by putting them , we have an easy way of really sinking to theirs . It is no fable surely that Circe bodily transformed the captives of ...
... Fables so fabulous after all ? If beasts do not really rise to the level on which we amuse ourselves by putting them , we have an easy way of really sinking to theirs . It is no fable surely that Circe bodily transformed the captives of ...
Side xiii
... Fable might be made to exemplify the syllogism , but not to illustrate The Lion swore he would eat all flesh that came in his way . One day he set his paw on a Polecat : the Polecat pleaded that he was small , ill - flavoured , & c ...
... Fable might be made to exemplify the syllogism , but not to illustrate The Lion swore he would eat all flesh that came in his way . One day he set his paw on a Polecat : the Polecat pleaded that he was small , ill - flavoured , & c ...
Side xiv
... fables . Birds and beasts are made to reason , instead of repre- senting the passions and affections they really share with men . This also is the vital fault of Dryden's Hind and Panther . into life , the feeling that may dwell in him ...
... fables . Birds and beasts are made to reason , instead of repre- senting the passions and affections they really share with men . This also is the vital fault of Dryden's Hind and Panther . into life , the feeling that may dwell in him ...
Side iv
... again , and that he rest where he began his complaint . may but take up his L ' Estrange's Fables . And follows so the ever - rolling year With profitable labour to his grave . THE PHILOSOPHER . THE name of " Wise " seems IV.
... again , and that he rest where he began his complaint . may but take up his L ' Estrange's Fables . And follows so the ever - rolling year With profitable labour to his grave . THE PHILOSOPHER . THE name of " Wise " seems IV.
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Side xxxvi - In the discharge of thy place set before thee the best examples; for imitation is a globe of precepts. And after a time set before thee thine own example; and examine thyself strictly whether thou didst not best at first. Neglect not also the examples of those that have carried themselves ill in the same place; not to set off thyself by taxing their memory, but to direct thyself what to avoid.
Side ci - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Side lxii - Now therein of all sciences (I speak still of human, and according to the humane conceits) is our poet the monarch. For he doth not only show the way, but giveth so sweet a prospect into the way, as will entice any man to enter into it.
Side xcv - Many of our men of speculation, instead of exploding general prejudices, employ their sagacity to discover the latent wisdom which prevails in them. If they find what they seek (and they seldom fail) they think it more wise to continue the prejudice, with the reason involved, than to cast away the coat of prejudice and to leave nothing but the naked reason...
Side xxxviii - In the open sunshine, or we are unblest : The wealthiest man among us is the best : No grandeur now in nature or in book Delights us.
Side xxxvi - God, the human mind, and the summum bonum, may possibly make a thriving earthworm, but will most indubitably make a sorry patriot and a sorry Statesman.
Side vi - tis certain ; very sure, very sure : death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all ; all shall die.
Side cxxiii - ... yet, on the other side, they are more cruel and hard-hearted (good to make severe inquisitors), because their tenderness is not so oft called upon. Grave natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are commonly loving husbands, as was said of Ulysses, "Vetulam suam praetulit immortalitati.
Side xix - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Side xlii - God for making you that countenance you are ; or I will scarce think you have swam in a gondola.