 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
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 758 σελίδες
...Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. the dead there is no change. Plato is never sullen....excite the honor of Bossuet. Nothing, then, can be incensed or crushed ; for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue."... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846
...describing Christian resolution that saileth in the frail bark of the flesh through the waves of the world 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.... | |
 | 1846 - 288 σελίδες
...distates; and Adversity is not without comforts and hopes. \Ve see in needle-workers and imbroiderers, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad...the pleasure of the eye. Certainly virtue is like pre cious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed; for Prosperity doth best discover... | |
 | 1846 - 288 σελίδες
...comforts and hopes. We see in needle-workers and imbroiderers, it is more pleasing to have a lively woik upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark...the pleasure of the eye. Certainly virtue is like pre cious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed; for Prosperity doth best discover... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846
...the frail hark of the flesh through the waves of the world We see in needle-works and emhroideries it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad...ground. Judge therefore of the pleasure of the heart hy the pleasure of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846
...describing Christian resolution that saileth in the frail bark of the flesh through the waves of the world We see in needle-works and embroideries it is more...to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, man to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground. Judge therefore of the pleasure of... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847
...Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without comforts and bopes. with half the loss of mine. Like a rich conquest, in one hand I bore her, And with the other where they arc incensed or crushed : for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847
...Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopee. in any man, hath somewhat of the savage beast ; but...pleasure in solitude, but out of a love and desire moet fragrant where they arc incensed or crushed : for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848
...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...pleasure of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odoure, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed : for prosperity doth best discover vice,... | |
 | Bengal council of educ - 1848
...adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needle-works and embroideries, it is more pleasant to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground...pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye." What are these images of, viz., the "lively work;" the "sad and solemn ground;" the "dark and melancholy... | |
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