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מתוך הספר
תוצאות 6-10 מתוך 85
עמוד 20
We remember it as the morning companion of a beloved mother ; as the nightly
solacement of an aged father ; and if Heaven so will it , it shall be the book in
which our son shall become “ deeply read , " — whence our daughter shall obtain
...
We remember it as the morning companion of a beloved mother ; as the nightly
solacement of an aged father ; and if Heaven so will it , it shall be the book in
which our son shall become “ deeply read , " — whence our daughter shall obtain
...
עמוד 22
But how huge does this difficulty become , if , instead of taking the excessively
cramped area of 1 , 652 acres , less than three square miles , for such a camp as
this , we take the more reasonable allowance of Scott , who says , This ...
But how huge does this difficulty become , if , instead of taking the excessively
cramped area of 1 , 652 acres , less than three square miles , for such a camp as
this , we take the more reasonable allowance of Scott , who says , This ...
עמוד 26
Every single power or attribute that grows common among men increases the
difficulty of becoming great , just as in an age of extensively distributed wealth it is
difficult to become rich . The nobleman whose lands afforded him a lofty ...
Every single power or attribute that grows common among men increases the
difficulty of becoming great , just as in an age of extensively distributed wealth it is
difficult to become rich . The nobleman whose lands afforded him a lofty ...
עמוד 27
Individuality of power , thought , labour , aspiration , become rarer and rarer every
day . Fashion places an extinguisher upon the human spirit , and every original
mind puts its light under the bushel of routine , custom , and payableness .
Individuality of power , thought , labour , aspiration , become rarer and rarer every
day . Fashion places an extinguisher upon the human spirit , and every original
mind puts its light under the bushel of routine , custom , and payableness .
עמוד 29
The more widely spread culture is , the fewer fields lie open to the labourer who
would endeavour to try a new crop ; possibilities are lessened , and
discouragements become effective . The efforts of the human mind are limited ,
and every new ...
The more widely spread culture is , the fewer fields lie open to the labourer who
would endeavour to try a new crop ; possibilities are lessened , and
discouragements become effective . The efforts of the human mind are limited ,
and every new ...
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 180 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
עמוד 459 - The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.
עמוד 180 - Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God ; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth ; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
עמוד 311 - I have of late — but wherefore I know not — lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises ; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory...
עמוד 55 - For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still; While words of learned length, and thund'ring sound, Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around — And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew.
עמוד 372 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; .and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
עמוד 311 - ... this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
עמוד 181 - For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
עמוד 62 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
עמוד 61 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly.