Cato, or, An essay on old-ageJ. Dodsley, 1785 |
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... force , I have reprefented them as delivered by the venerable Cato . To this end I have introduced Scipio and Lælius ' , as expreffing to him their admiration of the wonderful eafe with which he fupported his old - age : and this gives ...
... force , I have reprefented them as delivered by the venerable Cato . To this end I have introduced Scipio and Lælius ' , as expreffing to him their admiration of the wonderful eafe with which he fupported his old - age : and this gives ...
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... him within the immediate " verge of death . " Let us therefore , if you please , examine the force and validity validity of each of these particular charges . " Old ESSAY ON OLD - AGE . 25 When I confider the feveral causes ...
... him within the immediate " verge of death . " Let us therefore , if you please , examine the force and validity validity of each of these particular charges . " Old ESSAY ON OLD - AGE . 25 When I confider the feveral causes ...
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... force and spirit , against concluding a peace with Pyrrhus ; to which the majority of the members appeared strongly inclined " 5. And upon this oc- cafion it was that he broke forth into thofe , animated expoftulations , which Ennius ...
... force and spirit , against concluding a peace with Pyrrhus ; to which the majority of the members appeared strongly inclined " 5. And upon this oc- cafion it was that he broke forth into thofe , animated expoftulations , which Ennius ...
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... force and ener- gy of vigorous years ; he can act how- ever in a nobler and more important character . It is not by exertions of corporal ftrength and activity , that the momentous affairs of ftate are conduct- ed ; it is by cool ...
... force and ener- gy of vigorous years ; he can act how- ever in a nobler and more important character . It is not by exertions of corporal ftrength and activity , that the momentous affairs of ftate are conduct- ed ; it is by cool ...
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... force of a bull or an elephant . It is fufficient if we exert with spirit , upon every proper occafion , that degree of strength which still remains with us . Nothing can be more truly contemptible than a circumstance which is related ...
... force of a bull or an elephant . It is fufficient if we exert with spirit , upon every proper occafion , that degree of strength which still remains with us . Nothing can be more truly contemptible than a circumstance which is related ...
Términos y frases comunes
againſt agreeably alſo anceſtors antient Archytas Atticus buſineſs Cato Cato's Caton celebrated Cicero cife circumftance confequence confiderable confidered confiftent Cornelius Nepos courſe death defire diſtinguiſhed divine Ennius eſteem exerciſe exiſtence exprefs facred fage faid fame fatisfaction fays fcience feems fenate fenfe fentiments feveral fhall fhould fingular firſt fome fometimes foul friends ftate ftill ftrength fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed fupport furely higheſt himſelf hiſtory honour human illuftrious inftance juſt laſt leaſt lefs leſs Livy Maximus meaſures mind moft moral moſt muſt myſelf nature neceffarily neceffary neral obferved occafion old-age paffage paffed paffions Pelias perfons philofophers Plato pleaſing pleaſures Plut Plutarch poet preſent preſerved principles purpoſe Pythagoras queſtion racter raiſed reaſon repreſented reſpect Roman Rome Samnites ſcene Scipio Scipio Africanus ſeems ſeveral Socrates ſpirit ſtate ſtill Tarentum themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion treatiſe ufual univerfally uſeful vendat virtues whofe whoſe youth
Pasajes populares
Página 278 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same; Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent!
Página 279 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, He bounds, connects and equals all.
Página 187 - If we consider these ancient sages, a great part of whose philosophy consisted in a temperate and abstemious course of life, one would think the life of a philosopher and the life of a man were of two different dates.
Página 303 - The evils of this life appear like rocks and precipices, rugged and barren at a distance ; but at our nearer approach we find little fruitful spots, and refreshing springs, mixed with the harshness and deformities of nature.
Página 288 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to...
Página 8 - Those, indeed, who have no internal resource of happiness, will find themselves uneasy in every stage of human life : but to him who is accustomed to derive all his felicity from within himself, no state will appear as a real evil, into which he is conducted by the common and regular course of nature. Now this is peculiarly the case with respect to old age...
Página 122 - I AM fully persuaded that one of the best springs of generous and worthy actions, is the having generous and worthy thoughts of ourselves. Whoever has a mean opinion of the dignity of his nature, will act in no higher a rank than he has allotted himself in his own estimation. If...
Página 122 - How can he exalt his thoughts to any thing great and noble, who only believes that, after a short turn on the stage of this world, he is to sink into oblivion, and to lose his consciousness for ever?
Página 33 - ... they have entered into, or with whom they have had any pecuniary transactions. Innumerable instances of a strong memory in advanced years might be produced from among our celebrated lawyers, pontiffs, augurs, and philosophers; for the faculties of the mind will...
Página 195 - The pathetic tones and exulting- sounds which he drew from the instrument, joined to the alternate plaintiveness and boldness of his strains, rendered the prince unable to restrain the softer emotions of his soul. He even suffered him to proceed until, overpowered with harmony, he melted into tears of pity, and relented of his cruel intention. He spared the prisoners who yet remained alive, and gave them instant liberty. THE YORKSHIRE GIPSY.