Tupper's Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally TreatedHopkins, 1840 - 286 pages |
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angels art thou beauty Behold better blessed band blessing breath charity child creature curse dark death doth dread dull earth evil fair faith false fame fancy fear flattery flower of Eden flowers folly fool give glad glory gloweth goeth guilt hand happy hate hath heaven heed hideth Hippodame history of earth holy honest honour hope humble humility innocence Jehovah king knoweth knowledge labour light living look loveth mammon man's memorial of earth mercy mighty mind mingled mocketh mystery never Nireus numbered nursling pleasure poison praise prayer pride psaltery reason Rechab rich scorn secret seemeth selfish shalt thou sloth smile sorrow soul spirit standeth strong sweet thee thine things thou art thou canst thou hast thou shalt thought thy heart thyself To-day To-morrow toil tongue truth unto Verily weak wealth Wherefore wisdom wise words youth
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Page 122 - And immediately I was in the spirit; and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne ; and he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone ; and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
Page 120 - 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 120 - 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 260 - Never give up ! there are chances and changes Helping the hopeful, a hundred to one, And through the chaos High Wisdom arranges Ever success,— if you'll only hope on : Never give up ! for the wisest is boldest, Knowing that Providence mingles the cup, And of all maxims the best, as the oldest, Is the true watchword of Never give up...
Page 244 - Egyptians ; one displaced from its pedestal by enormous roots ; another locked in the close embrace of branches of trees, and almost lifted out of the earth ; another hurled to the ground, and bound down by huge vines and creepers; and one standing, with its altar before it, in a grove of trees which grew around it, seemingly to shade and shroud it as a sacred thing ; in the solemn stillness of the woods, it seemed a divinity mourning over a fallen people.
Page 246 - And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple : and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin : and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
Page 263 - To forget ? It is hard for a man with a mind, However his heart may forgive, To blot out all perils and dangers behind, And but for the future to live : Then how shall it be ? for at every turn Recollection the spirit will fret, And the ashes of injury smoulder and burn, Though we strive to forgive and forget.
Page 121 - Verum ubi correptum manibus vinclisque tenebis, 405 tum variae eludent species atque ora ferarum. Fiet enim subito sus horridus atraque tigris squamosusque draco et fulva cervice leaena, aut acrem flammae sonitum dabit atque ita vinclis excidet, aut in aquas tenues dilapsus abibit. 410 sed quanto ille magis formas se vertet in omnes, tanto, nate, magis contende tenacia vincla, donec talis erit mutato corpore, qualem videris, incepto tegeret cum lumina somno.
Page 106 - Scratch the green rind of a sapling, or wantonly twist it in the soil, The scarred and crooked oak will tell of thee for centuries to come...
Page 101 - LOVE : — what a volume in a word, an ocean in a tear, A seventh heaven in a glance, a whirlwind in a sigh, The lightning in a touch, a millennium in a moment...