 We see in needle-works and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground : judge therefore of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye....  The Ladies' Companion - Σελίδα 961835Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | 1855 - 676 σελίδες
...Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. — We see in needleworks and embroideries it is more...pleasure of the eye. Certainly, virtue is like precio'us odors, more fragrant where they are incensed or crushed ; for prosperity doth best discover vice, but... | |
 | Henrietta Georgiana Chatterton (M. lady.) - 1840 - 1020 σελίδες
...many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needleworks aoid embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively...pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. BACON . EVERYTHING seemed now really prosperous. Laura found her mother much disappointed, it was true,... | |
 | Miss Lambert (F.) - 1842 - 300 σελίδες
...$cCHAPTER XV (funiuiG tUork, " The threaded steel Plies swiftly, and unfelt the task proceeds." COWPER. '' In needleworks and embroideries, it is more pleasing...dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground." BACON. HE reason for comprising the various subjects included in this chapter under one head, is, that... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 410 σελίδες
...Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needleworks and embroideries it is more...like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed; for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue."... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 520 σελίδες
...Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needle-works and embroideries it is more...like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed; for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue."... | |
 | 1864 - 704 σελίδες
...Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needleworks and embroideries, it is more...like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed : for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best disoover virtue.... | |
 | 636 σελίδες
...Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity Is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needle-works and embroideries it is more...Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant where they are incensed or crushed ; for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 σελίδες
...Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needleworks and embroideries, it is more...pleasure of the eye. Certainly, virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed ; for prosperity doth best discover vice, but... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 σελίδες
...Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needleworks and embroideries, it is more...pleasure of the eye. Certainly, virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed ; for prosperity doth best discover vice, but... | |
 | Basil Montagu, Hannah Mary Rathbone - 1845 - 396 σελίδες
...without many fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without comfort and hopes. We see in needle works and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively...the pleasure of the eye. Certainly virtue is like pleasant odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed ; for prosperity doth best discover... | |
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