Lengthening Life's Span: Being Essays Nos. 93 and 94 of the Spectator |
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Стр. 22 - How different is the view of past life, in the man who is grown old in knowledge and wisdom, from that of him who is grown old in ignorance and folly ! The latter is like the owner of a barren country, that fills his eye with the prospect of naked hills and plains, which produce nothing either profitable or ornamental...
Стр. 1 - We all of us complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do; we are always complaining our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them.
Стр. 8 - ... and dividing a pack of cards with no other conversation but what is made up of a few game phrases, and no other ideas but those of black or red spots ranged together in different figures. Would not a man laugh to...
Стр. 6 - He no sooner steps out of the world but his heart burns with devotion, swells with hope, and triumphs in the consciousness of that Presence which every where surrounds...
Стр. 20 - ... by the side of the tub, with the great men of his court about him, and the holy man at his side : he immediately upbraided his teacher for having sent him on such a course of adventures, and betrayed him into so long a state of misery and servitude ; but was wonderfully...
Стр. 7 - I shall not determine; but I think it is very wonderful to see persons of the best sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards...
Стр. 21 - The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas, as those of a fool are by his passions. The time of the one is long, because he does not know what to do with it ; so is that...
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Стр. 3 - Thus, as fast as our time runs, we should be very glad in ' most parts of our lives that it ran much faster than it does. Several hours of the day hang upon our hands ; nay, we wish away whole years ; and travel through time as through...
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| Название | Lengthening Life's Span: Being Essays Nos. 93 and 94 of the Spectator |
| Автор | Joseph Addison |
| Издатель | Van Nuys High School Press, 1926 |
| Владелец оригинала: | Калифорнийский университет |
| Оцифровано | 1 дек 2007 |
| Количество страниц | Всего страниц: 22 |
| Экспорт цитаты | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |