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...ood to insinuate, that the great est merit of such historical productions can ever lie in these introductory chapters; but, in fact, those parts whic... ...d yet I have observed few persons who have scrupled to aim at both: and if we examine the ro mances and novels with which the world abounds, I think ... ...st be the opinion of their readers, if in deed there be any such. Hence we are to derive that universal contempt which the world, who always denomi... ... that hath made us so cautiously avoid the term romance, a name with which we might otherwise have been well enough contented. Though, as we hive good... ... The first is, genius, without a full vein of which no study, says Horace, can avail us. By genius I would understand that the power or rather those p... ...to the true essence of all the objects of our contemplation. This I think, can rarely exist without the concomitancy of judgment; for how we can be sa... ...e had made during her journey in the coach. Now, as we would by no means fix the odious character of suspicion on Sophia, we are almost afraid to op... ...ry Fielding; Vol. II employed so many great pens, I am almost inclined to fix it in the possession of this temper; which puts us, in a man ner, out ... ...ondition, than now. Our present women have been taught by their mothers to fix their thoughts only on ambition and vanity, and to despise the pleasure...

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...CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 1 In such pursuits if wisdom lies, Who, Laura, can thy taste despise? —GAY THE DRAWING-ROOM of Hollywell House was one of ... ...post-town to Redclyffe; Sir Guy Morville’s place.’ ‘That old Sir Guy! What can he have to do with my fa- ther?’ ‘Did you not know,’ said Philip, ‘that... ...‘You are making it very like, only the spire is too slender, and that tree—can’t you alter the foliage?—it is an ash.’ ‘Is it? I took it for an elm.’ ... ...terday evening, and never spoke again, though for a short time he knew me. We hope he suffered little. Markham will make all arrangements. We pro- pos... ...lyffe?’ ‘He is grown into a fine spirited fellow,’ said Philip. ‘I suppose we must have him here,’ said Mr. Edmonstone. Should you not say so—eh, Phil... ...errupted Mr. Edmonstone, spreading out his hands in a deprecating manner. ‘We must do the best we can with him, for I have got him on my hands till he... ...ast, I find that I have enjoyed it too much; I am all abroad! I can hardly fix my thoughts, and I don’t know what to do, since here I must be, and I c... .... Laura, what I fear is, that this summer holiday may entangle you, and so fix your fate as to render your life no holiday. 0 Laura take care; know wh... ... g e and leaving the mind free.’ ‘I have been trying to read, but I cannot fix my mind.’ ‘Suppose you take what will demand attention. Mathemat- ics, ...

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...eet of foot stood up and spake among them: “Son of Atreus, now deem I that we shall return wandering home again—if verily we might es cape death—if w... ... he still keep his displeasure thereafter in his breast till he accomplish it. Con sider thou, then, if thou wilt hold me safe.” And Achilles fleet o... ...ring. Nor will he ever remove the loathly pestilence from the Danaans till we have given the bright eyed damsel to her father, unbought, unransomed, a... ...r, unbought, unransomed, and carried a holy hecatomb to Chryse; then might we propitiate him to our prayer.” So said he and sate him down, and there s... ...hat spoil soe’er we took from captured cities hath been appor tioned, and it beseemeth not to beg all this back from the folk. Nay, yield thou the da... ...er Zeus the cloud gatherer: “Lady, Good lack! ever art thou imagining, nor can I escape thee; yet shalt thou in no wise have power to fulfil, but wilt... ...and a weakling, never reckoned whether in battle or in council. In no wise can we Achaians all be kings here. A multitude of masters is no 26 The Ili... ...n spoils that we Achaians give thee first of all, whene’er we take a town. Can it be that thou yet wantest gold as well, such as some one of the horse... ...and chiefliest noble Hector is fain to drag him, and his heart biddeth him fix the head on the stakes of the wall when he hath sundered it from the te...

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...Excerpt: Are these the only works of Providence within us? What words suffice to praise or set them forth? Had we but understanding, should we ever cease hymning and blessing the Divine Power, both openly and in secret, and telling of His gracious gifts? Whether digging or ploughing or eating, should we not sing the hymn to God....

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...of Providence within us? What words suffice to praise or set them forth? Had we but understanding, should we ever cease hymning and blessing the Divin... ...elling of His gracious gifts? Whether digging or ploughing or eating, should we not sing the hymn to God: Great is God, for that He hath given us suc... ...er of swallowing and digesting; of unconsciously growing and breathing while we sleep! Thus should we ever have sung; yea and this, the grandest and d... ...to fill this place, and sing the hymn to God on behalf of all men? What else can I that am old and lame do but sing to God? Were I a nightingale, I sh... ...ow, since I am a reasonable being, I must sing to God: that is my work: I do it, nor will I desert this my post, as long as it is granted me to hold i... ...t only lay on the way thither. The Golden Sayings of Epictetus 3 Nay, but it is a proper place. And how many more of the sort there may be; only ... ... Tomorrow, my friend, I said, you will find an earthenware lamp; for a man can only lose what he has. XII XII XII XII XII The reason why I lost my ... ...e, received forti- tude? What care I, if I am great of heart, for aught that can come to pass? What shall cast me down or disturb me? What shall seem ... ...CXLII CXLII CXLII CXLII Ponder on this on these convictions, on these words: fix thine eyes on these examples, if thou wouldst be free, if thou hast t...

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...Excerpt: CANTO I. In the midway of this our mortal life, I found me in a gloomy wood, astray Gone from the path direct: and e?en to tell It were no easy task, how savage wild That forest, how robust and rough its growth, Which to remember only, my dismay Renews, in bitterness not far from death. Yet to discourse of what there good befell, All else will I relat...

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...ll, All else will I relate discover’d there. How first I enter’d it I scarce can say, Such sleepy dullness in that instant weigh’d My senses down, whe... ... it will in folly end. Thou, who art wise, better my meaning know’st, Than I can speak.” As one, who unresolves What he hath late resolv’d, and with n... ...re thou must all distrust behind thee leave; Here be vile fear extinguish’d. We are come Where I have told thee we shall see the souls To misery doom’... ...hore of a great stream: Whereat I thus: “Sir! grant me now to know Whom here we view, and whence impell’d they seem So eager to pass o’er, as I discer... ...ward cast and fill’d with shame, Fearing my words offensive to his ear, Till we had reach’d the river, I from speech Abstain’d. And lo! toward us in ... ...t, and in such torment, that although Other be greater, more disgustful none Can be imagin’d.” He in answer thus: “Thy city heap’d with envy to the br... ...bubbles make the surface heave, As thine eye tells thee wheresoe’er it turn. Fix’d in the slime they say: “Sad once were we In the sweet air made glad... ...rom his girdle upwards all Expos’d behold him.” On his face was mine Already fix’d; his breast and forehead there Erecting, seem’d as in high scorn he... ...’d: and in that point, Here, and elsewhere, that old rock toppled down. But fix thine eyes beneath: the river of blood Approaches, in the which all t...

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...N THE PHAEDRUS, the Republic, the Philebus, the Parmenides, and the Sophist, we may observe the tendency of Plato to combine two or more subjects or d... ...e same subject in a single dialogue. In the Sophist and Statesman especially we note that the discussion is partly regarded as an illustration of meth... ...r which throw light on the main subject. And in his later writings generally we fur- ther remark a decline of style, and of dramatic power; the charac... ...discussions in the Sophist; and this, perhaps, is the strongest ground which can be urged for doubting the genu- ineness of the work. But, when we rem... ... and subdivision we discover the true herdsman or king of men. But before we can rightly distinguish him from his rivals, we must view him, (2) as he ... ...ciences, to which the art of discourse must conform? There is; but before we can apply this measure, we must know what is the aim of dis- course: and ... ...given the universe opposite motions; or that there are two gods, one turning it in one direction, another in another. But the truth is, that there are... ...is, that there are two cycles of the world, 12 Statesman and in one of them it is governed by an immediate Providence, and receives life and immortal... ...their ancestors; and if either of them is condemned, some of the judges must fix what he is to suffer or pay . 120 Statesman YOUNG SOCRATES: He who i...

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...no descriptions of time, place or persons, in the Sophist and Statesman, but we are plunged at once into philosophical discussions; the poetical charm... ...f the connexion of ideas, was making truth and falsehood equally impossible. It has been said that Plato would have written differently, if he had bee... ... as distant acquain 5 Sophist – Plato tances, whom he criticizes ab extra; we do not recognize at first sight that he is criticizing him self. The ... ... following are characteristic pas sages: ‘The ancient philosophers, of whom we 6 Sophist – Plato may say , without offence, that they went on their ... ...asped oaks and rocks in their hands,’ and who must be improved be fore they can be reasoned with; and the equally humourous delineation of the friend... ...ders of the rest of mankind. Plato ridicules the notion that any individuals can corrupt youth to a degree worth speaking of in comparison with the gr... ...men the possession of an honourable name which they have assumed, or applies it to them only in mockery or irony . The term ‘Sophist’ is one of those ... ..., even in the mind of the vulgar Athenian, by an ‘interval which no geometry can express,’ from the balancer of sentences, the interpreter and reciter... ...t being,’ which is our present subject of dispute; and now you see in what a fix we are about it. THEAETETUS: I see. STRANGER: And very likely we have...

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...cerpt: Chapter 1. Lakeside was a pleasant little town of five or six thousand inhabitants, and a rather pretty one, too, as towns go in the Far West. It had church accommodations for thirty-five thousand, which is the way of the Far West and the South, where everybody is religious, and where each of the Protestant sects is represented and has a plant of its own. Rank was u...

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...id, with exultation: “Ah, it’ll be grand, Aleck! Out of the first thousand we’ll have a horse and a buggy for summer, and a cutter and a skin lap robe... ...nted; the glow went out of his face. “Oh, Aleck!” he said, reproachfully. “We’ve always worked so hard and been so scrimped: and now that we are rich,... ...his supplica tion had touched her. She said, with gentle persuasiveness: “We must not spend the capital, dear, it would not be wise. Out of the incom... ..., Aleck! How dear and good you are! There will be a noble income and if we can spend that—” “Not all of it, dear, not all of it, but you can spend a... ...e shovel this very minute. Now, I think—” Aleck shuddered, and said: “How can you, Sally! Don’t talk in that way, it is perfectly scandalous.” “Oh, ... ... halo, if you like, I don’t care for his outfit, I was only just talking. Can’t you let a person talk?” “But why should you wanting to talk in that... ...ial ones, of course; the others wouldn’t keep so long—and then, instead of fix ing the flowers, she is to walk out to the grove, and go off with Elfo... ...hild’s hair after she’s got it combed and brushed, I reckon. I’ve seen her fix all these things so much that I can do them all just her way, though I ... ...urage him up, and ask if he’s heard from her, and Saturday we all come and fix up the house with flowers, and get everything ready for a dance. We’ve ...

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...hen free born men, Having to advise the public, may speak free, Which he who can, and will, deserves high praise; Who neither can, nor will, may hold ... ...l, deserves high praise; Who neither can, nor will, may hold his peace: What can be juster in a state than this? Euripid. Hicetid. They, who to states... ...but that the very attempt of this address thus made, and the thought of whom it hath recourse to, hath got the power within me to a passion, far more ... ...ce. Which though I stay not to confess ere any ask, I shall be blameless, if it be no other than the joy and gratulation which it brings to all who wi... ...if not a Areopagitica Milton 3 trophy. For this is not the liberty which we can hope, that no grievance ever should arise in the Common wealth—th... ...not a Areopagitica Milton 3 trophy. For this is not the liberty which we can hope, that no grievance ever should arise in the Common wealth—that ... ... which if I now manifest by the very sound of this which I shall utter, that we are already in good part arrived, and yet from such a steep disadvanta... ...egian stateliness. And out of those ages, to whose polite wisdom and letters we owe that we are not yet Goths and Jutlanders, I could name him who fro... ...n still, Forget thyself to marble, till With a sad leaden downward cast Thou fix them on the earth as fast. And join with thee calm Peace and Quiet, S...

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...Pisces’ light, that in his escort came. To the right hand I turn’d, and fix’d my mind On the’ other pole attentive, where I saw Four stars ne’er ... ...ll in look Prays thee, O hallow’d spirit! to own her shine. Then by her love we’ implore thee, let us pass Through thy sev’n regions; for which best t... ...m turn’d mine eyes. He thus began; “My son! observant thou my steps pursue. We must retreat to rearward, for that way The champain to its low extreme... ...before it, so that from afar I spy’d the trembling of the ocean stream. We travers’d the deserted plain, as one Who, wander’d from his track, thi... ...aste Tread one another down, e’en so at sight Of me those happy spirits were fix’d, each one Forgetful of its errand, to depart, Where cleans’d from s... ...leas’d, That seem’d naught else might in their thoughts have room. Fast fix’d in mute attention to his notes We stood, when lo! that old man ven... ...eep bank, Where the plain level open’d I exclaim’d, “O master! say which way can we proceed?” He answer’d, “Let no step of thine recede. Behind m... ... far we have to journey: for the hill Mounts higher, than this sight of mine can mount.” He thus to me: “Such is this steep ascent, That it is ev... ... I: “The visages of all I scan Yet none of ye remember. But if aught, That I can do, may please you, gentle spirits! Speak; and I will perform it, by ...

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...ce turned upon the left side, and looking into the sun: never did eagle so fix himself upon it. And even as a second ray is wont to issue from the fir... ... herb which made him consort in the sea of the other gods. Transhumanizing can- not be signified in words; therefore let the example 11 suffice for h... ...Already I rested content concerning a great wonder; but now I wonder how I can transcend these light bodies.” Whereupon she, after a pitying sigh, dir... ... is seen how our nature and God were united. There will be seen that which we hold by faith, not demonstrated, but it will be known of itself like the... ...h which man believes. 5 I replied, “My Lady, devoutly to the utmost that I can, do 1 The bolt for a cross-bow. 2 The inverse order indicates the ins... ... when it is poured out upon any other rare body. This is not so; therefore we must look at the other, and if it happen that I quash this other, thy op... ...irtue of charity 5 quiets our will, and makes us wish only for that which we have, and for aught else makes us not thirsty. Should we desire to be hi... ...ld forgive, or that man by himself should make satisfaction for his folly. Fix now thine eye within the abyss of the eternal counsel, fixed as closely... ... of its region, always makes bad result. And if the world down there would fix 24 Defect in the subordinate Intelligences would imply defect in God, ...

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...rs as have never been seen, no, not in our own day; and a General, of whom it may be severely argued, whether he was the meanest miser or the greatest... ...eminently pleasing and pathetic, may properly be set down here. And though it may be said, with some considerable show of reason, that agreeably low a... ... hand, that these subjects have been described so fully, that nothing more can be said about them; on the third hand (allowing, for the sake of argume... ...ther;—though all these objections may be urged, and each is excellent, yet we intend to take a few more pages from the “Old Bailey Calendar,” to bless... ...with him round the neck of his patient, at the end of our and his history. We give the reader fair notice, that we shall tickle him with a few such sc... ..., flag-flying, drum-beating, powder-blaz- ing, and military enthusiasm, as we can all remember in the year 1801, what time the Corsican upstart menace... ...lag-flying, drum-beating, powder-blaz- ing, and military enthusiasm, as we can all remember in the year 1801, what time the Corsican upstart menaced o... ..., gave it me after Blenheim fight, for I had my own legs carried away by a can- non-ball, just as I cut down two of Sauerkrauter’s regiment, who had m... ...will not, we should think, fail to perceive how ingeniously she managed to fix all the wrong upon her husband, and yet to twist out some consolatory a...

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... in ordinary dis course that the plague was returned again in Holland; for it had been very violent there, and particularly at Amsterdam and Rotterdam... ...ticularly at Amsterdam and Rotterdam, in the year 1663, whither, they say, it was brought, some said from Italy, others from the Levant, among some go... ...ed not from whence it came; but all agreed it was come into Holland again. We had no such thing as printed newspapers in those days to spread rumours ... ... that this rumour died off again, and people began to forget it as a thing we were very little concerned in, and that we hoped was not true; till the ... ...64 another man died in the same house, and of the same distemper. And then we were easy again for about six weeks, when none having died with any mark... ...intments being from Heaven. I mention this story also as the best method I can advise any person to take in such a case, especially if he be one that ... ...ess; ‘Yes, I see it all plainly,’ says one; ‘there’s the sword as plain as can be.’ Another saw the angel. One saw his very face, and cried out what a... ...he people, who were, as I may say , all out of their wits already. Neither can I acquit those ministers that in their sermons rather sank than lifted ... ...and desired to know who they were, and by what authority they pretended to fix their stand at that place. John answered very frankly, they were poor d...

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...mind may be, or through whatever part of the human system it may function, can make no difference in the conclusions I have reached. The physical orig... ..., then to that extent I have explained and excused. I am convinced that if we were all- wise and all-understanding, we could not condemn. I have not t... ...A WHA WHAT IS CRIME? T IS CRIME? T IS CRIME? T IS CRIME? T IS CRIME? THERE CAN BE NO SANE DISCUSSION of “crime” and “crimi- nals” without an investiga... ...act, there is no such division, and from the nature of things, there never can be such a line. Strictly speaking, a crime is an act forbidden by the l... ...part from the shed- ding of blood there is no remission.—Hebrews 9;22. For we know him that said, Vengeance belongeth unto me. … It is a fearful thing... ... feet with their heads in that mire, and they ex- claimed in a loud voice: We did not believe that we should come to this place. And I saw the murdere... ...ve strength and cunning of the lawyers. The tribu- nal whose duty it is to fix the future place and status of its fellowmen should be wise, learned, s... ... suffer from a year. The various courts and juries of the different states fix different penalties. Even in the same state there is no sort of resem- ... ...d be shown; in the impossibility through life, experience or philosophy of fix- ing relative values, the question must remain where it has always been...

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...ern Americans. As for Yoshida, I have already disclaimed respon- sibility; it was but my hand that held the pen. In truth, these are but the readings ... ...ts himself up to right the wrongs of universal history and criticism. Now, it is one thing to write with enjoyment on a subject while the story is hot... ...other business to put these writings coldly forth again in a bound volume. We are most of us attached to our opinions; that is one of the “natural aff... ...attached to our opinions; that is one of the “natural affections” of which we hear so much in youth; but few of us are alto- gether free from paralysi... ...ession, continually forced, may de- generate at length into a grimace; and we have at best some- thing of a caricature, at worst a calumny. Hence, if ... ...derground railroad could atone for slavery, even as no bills in Parliament can redeem the ancient wrongs of Ireland. But here at least is a new light ... ...e I regarded Villon as a bad fel- low. Others still think well of him, and can find beautiful and human traits where I saw nothing but artistic evil; ... ... that period was, to what a blank of imbecility the human mind had fallen, can only be known to those who have waded in the chronicles. Excepting Comi... ... to the binding nature of an oath; and surely, if ceremony can do aught to fix the wandering affec- tions, here were two people united for life. Mary ...

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... father served an apprenticeship. There my grandfather died and lies buried. We saw his grave stone in 1758. His eldest son Thomas lived in the house... ...p, viz.: Thomas, John, Ben jamin and Josiah. I will give you what account I can of them, at this distance from my papers, and if these are not lost i... ...anuary 6, old style, just four years to a day before I was born. The account we received of his life and character from some old people at Ecton, I re... ...sh that bounded part of the mill pond, on the edge of which, at high water, we used to stand to fish for minnows. By much trampling, we had made it a... ...as set before me, and so unobservant of it, that to this day if I am asked I can scarce tell a few hours after dinner what I dined upon. This has been... ..., etc., at their work, that he might observe my inclination, and endeavor to fix it on some trade or other on land. It has ever since been a pleasure ... ...under a constant necessity of searching for variety, and also have tended to fix that variety in my mind, and make me master of it. Therefore I took s... ...the knowledge of others, and yet at the same time express yourself as firmly fix’d in your present opinions, modest, sensible men, who do not love dis... ...you undisturbed in the pos session of your error. And by such a manner, you can seldom hope to recommend yourself in pleasing your hearers, or to per...