Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and ImmortalityA.S. Barnes, 1852 - 516 sidor |
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... mind , must exert a salutary influence in securing a wise im- provement of time , a proper choice of objects of pursuit , a restraint upon the appetites and passions , an upward direction to the reason and affections , and a powerful ...
... mind , must exert a salutary influence in securing a wise im- provement of time , a proper choice of objects of pursuit , a restraint upon the appetites and passions , an upward direction to the reason and affections , and a powerful ...
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... mind : and it will be found very convenient for reference to subjects , when a per- son desires to employ but a few ... mind and heart ; and that for these , among other reasons , —if read even occasionally , with due attention , and in ...
... mind : and it will be found very convenient for reference to subjects , when a per- son desires to employ but a few ... mind and heart ; and that for these , among other reasons , —if read even occasionally , with due attention , and in ...
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... . " We have spoken of the importance of the use of this poem in the education of the youthful mind , on account of the weighty senti- ments briefly expressed , and the practical maxims of great 8 INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS .
... . " We have spoken of the importance of the use of this poem in the education of the youthful mind , on account of the weighty senti- ments briefly expressed , and the practical maxims of great 8 INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS .
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... minds , it had not an unhappy one on his own ; and giving us to under- stand that the complaint of gloominess must be ... mind to the very heavens , in joyful anticipations of what he describes as existing there , and in grateful thank ...
... minds , it had not an unhappy one on his own ; and giving us to under- stand that the complaint of gloominess must be ... mind to the very heavens , in joyful anticipations of what he describes as existing there , and in grateful thank ...
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... mind , inducing a gloom which otherwise would not have rested upon it ; that his views of the world are occasionally too much embrowned by indulging in the state of mind thus induced ; and that his intellectual perceptions of the vanity ...
... mind , inducing a gloom which otherwise would not have rested upon it ; that his views of the world are occasionally too much embrowned by indulging in the state of mind thus induced ; and that his intellectual perceptions of the vanity ...
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admiration Æneid allusion ambition angels art thou beautiful beneath blest bliss charms Christian Cineas creation dæmons dark death Deity delight divine dread dust Earl of Litchfield earth Epicurus eternal ev'ry fable fame fancy fate feel fire flame fond fool future genius give gloomy glorious glory goddess gods grave grief guilt happiness heart heav'n hope hour human immortal indulge infidel life's light live Lorenzo Lucifer man's mankind midnight mind mismeasured moral Narcissa nature nature's ne'er Night Thoughts nought numbers o'er Pagan pain Paradise Lost passion peace Philander pleasure poem poet pow'r praise pride proud reason rise sacred satire says scene sense sigh skies smile song soul sphere stars strike sublime taste thee theme thine things Thomas Brown throne tomb triumph truth virtue wing wisdom wise wish wonders wretched Young
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Sida 363 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed — in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark heaving, boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of eternity — the throne Of the Invisible ; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys thee ; thou goest forth, dread fathomless alone.
Sida 185 - tis said) Before was never made, But when of old the sons of morning sung, While the Creator great His constellations set, And the well-balanced world on hinges hung. And cast the dark foundations deep, And bid the weltering waves their oozy channel keep.
Sida 397 - And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it...
Sida 124 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.
Sida 363 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy...
Sida 378 - This was the most unkindest cut of all ; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors...
Sida 270 - Pure as the expanse of heaven I thither went With unexperienced thought and laid me down On the green bank to look into the clear Smooth lake that to me seemed another sky. As I bent down to look just opposite A shape within the watery gleam appeared Bending to look on me. I started back It started back but pleased I soon returned Pleased it returned as soon with answering looks Of sympathy and love.
Sida 77 - An heir of glory! a frail child of dust! Helpless immortal! insect infinite! A worm! a god! I tremble at myself, . And in myself am lost ! at home a stranger, Thought wanders up and down, surprised, aghast, And wondering at her own: how reason reels!
Sida 375 - Prone on the ground, as since, but on his rear, Circular base of rising folds, that tower'd Fold above fold a surging maze, his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes ; With burnish'd neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floated redundant...
Sida 75 - To reason, and on reason build resolve, (That column of true majesty in man) Assist me : I will thank you in the grave ; The grave, your kingdom : There this frame shall fall A victim sacred to your dreary shrine.