Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally TreatedWiley & Putnam, 1847 - 383 pages |
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Common terms and phrases
art thou Aureng-zebe beauty Behold better blessing buoyancy charity child conscience count creature dark death doth dread dull earth eternity evil fair faith false fame fancy fear flattery flowers folly fool glad glory gloweth goeth guilt hand happy hate hath heaven heed hideth holy honesty honour hope humble humility immortality innocence Jehovah knoweth knowledge labour light live look loveth mammon man's MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER memorial of earth mercy mighty mind mocketh mystery never Nireus numbered nursling Ovid Palenque peace pleasure poison praise prayer precious pride reason Rechab rich scorn secret selfish shalt thou sloth smile solitude sorrow soul spirit standeth strong sweet thee thine things thou art thou canst thou hast thou shalt thoughts thy heart thy soul thyself to-day toil tongue trust truth unto vanity Verily weak wealth weariness Wherefore wisdom wise words youth
Popular passages
Page 99 - For a good book is the best of friends, the same to-day and for ever.
Page 156 - Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast Thou seen Abraham?" Jesus said unto them, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am.
Page 156 - Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. As many were astonied at thee, (his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men...
Page 71 - Prayer is a creature's strength, his very breath and being; Prayer is the golden key that can open the wicket of Mercy ; Prayer is the magic sound that saith to Fate, So be it ; Prayer is the slender nerve that moveth the muscles of Omnipotence.
Page 138 - A BABE in a house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love : A resting-place for innocence on earth; a link between angels and men; Yet is it a talent of trust, a loan to be rendered back with interest; A delight, but redolent of care; honey-sweet, but lacking not the bitter...
Page 134 - If thou art to have a wife of thy youth, she is now living on the earth ; Therefore think of her, and pray for her weal ; yea, though thou hast not seen her.
Page 156 - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel ; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you: therefore thus saith the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
Page 95 - SPEECH is the golden harvest that followeth the flowering of thought ; Yet oftentimes runneth it to husk, and the grains be withered ana scanty Speech is reason's brotner, and a kingly prerogative of man, That likeneth him to his Maker, who spake, and it was done...
Page 9 - Corn from the sheaves of science, with stubble from mine own garner; Searchings after Truth, that have tracked her secret lodes, And come up again to the surface-world, with a knowledge grounded deeper ; Arguments of high...
Page 86 - It beginnetb. as a little path, edged with the violet and primrose, A little path of lawny grass and soft to tiny feet : Soon, spring thistles in the way, those early griefs of school, And fruit-trees ranged on either hand show holiday delights : Anon, the rose and the mimosa...