- swift/gulliver/
16 Aug 2003, 584.37 KB
upon great States-Folk, of degrading human Nature (for so they have still the... Return, some Corruptions of my Yahoo Nature have revived in me by conversing with... the Ship, I found the Demands of Nature so strong upon me, that I could not... pressed by the Necessities of Nature; which was no Wonder, it being almost
- King Lear
18 Oct 2009, 157.98 KB
That we our largest bounty may extend Where nature doth with merit challenge. Goneril,... and our power, Which nor our nature nor our place can bear, Our potency... worthier way Than on a wretch whom nature is ashamed Almost to acknowledge... Is it but this,--a tardiness in nature Which often leaves the history
- cervantes/donquixote1/
3 Sep 2009, 1.03 MB
could be imagined. But I could not counteract Nature's law that everything shall beget its... supplying them, and because I am by nature shy and careless about hunting for... has only to avail itself of truth to nature in its composition, and the more... who could not have had much good nature in him, hearing the poor prostrate
- Utopia
27 Sep 2009, 43.94 KB
without iron than without fire or water, but nature has marked out no use for the other... contrary, it is their opinion that nature, as an indulgent parent, has freely... and flowing, and of the origin and nature both of the heavens and the earth;... soul. They inquire likewise into the nature of virtue and pleasure; but their
- cervantes/donquixote2/
3 Sep 2009, 1.09 MB
it, my friend," returned Don Quixote; "for nature bestowed nothing on Dulcinea that was... the summum bonum was in the gifts of nature, in those of fortune, in having many... one; that is to say, the poet by nature comes forth a poet from his mother's... same time, I say that the poet by nature who calls in art to his aid will be a
- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
23 Nov 2009, 178.34 KB
of woe, Yet so far hath discretion fought with nature That we with wisest sorrow think on... that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity. HAMLET: Ay, madam, it is... 'Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet, To give these mourning... A fault against the dead, a fault to nature, To reason most absurd: whose common
- All 's Well That Ends Well
21 Oct 2009, 135.51 KB
had it stretched so far, would have made nature immortal, and death should have play... not politic in the commonwealth of nature to preserve virginity. Loss of... said in 't; 'tis against the rule of nature. To speak on the part of virginity,... as a desperate offendress against nature. Virginity breeds mites, much like a
- nietzsche/antichrist/
7 Feb 2011, 205.07 KB
orders of men acutely conscious of the exact nature of it, and so give them armament... There was thunder in our air; nature, as we embodied it, became... instinct as a revolt against nature, German decadence as a... and denies it. Once the concept of "nature" had been opposed to the concept of
- The Tragedy of Macbeth
16 Feb 2011, 104.02 KB
rebel, for to that The multiplying villanies of nature Do swarm upon him--from the western... knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature? Present fears Are less than horrible... thou art promised: yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human... That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace
- As You Like It
22 Oct 2009, 124.21 KB
he so plentifully gives me, the something that nature gave me his countenance seems to take... thou goest from Fortune's office to Nature's: Fortune reigns in gifts of... world, not in the lineaments of Nature. [Enter... [Celia]: No? when Nature hath made a fair creature, may she
- Othello, the Moor of Venice
22 Oct 2009, 155.30 KB
grief Is of so flood-gate and o'erbearing nature That it engluts and swallows other... medicines bought of mountebanks; For nature so preposterously to err, Being not... at herself; and she, in spite of nature, Of years, of country, credit, every... so could err Against all rules of nature, and must be driven To find out
- Introduction
11 Nov 2009, 34.88 KB
and right exercise of the faculties of man's nature, and particularly of the... knowledge. Both studied the world of nature only in order to understand the... in the liberation of man's will from nature's law, Zeno in submission to... 2 and in their conceptions of nature they differed profoundly. Formal
- nietzsche/zarathustra/
4 Mar 2007, 513.22 KB
Verily, there are chaste ones from their very nature; they are gentler of heart, and laugh... mine old Will; hard of heart is its nature and invulnerable. Invulnerable am I... you my gospel of life, and of the nature of all living things. The living... and narrowest paths to learn its nature. With a hundred-faced mirror did I
- The Doors of Perception
25 Feb 2011, 101.55 KB
unsolved riddles as the place of mind in nature and the relationship between brain... in vain. By its very nature every embodied spirit is doomed to... a new direct insight into the very Nature of Things, together with a more... sources of true knowledge about the Nature of Things, and this true knowledge
- Twelfth Night
22 Oct 2009, 117.28 KB
VIOLA Who governs here? Captain A noble duke, in nature as in name. VIOLA What is the name?... in thee, captain; And though that nature with a beauteous wall Doth oft close... book, and hath all the good gifts of nature. MARIA He hath indeed, almost... for thou seest it will not curl by nature. SIR ANDREW But it becomes me well
- Tamburlaine The Great, In Two Parts.
18 Feb 2011, 159.34 KB
I call thee? brother? no, a foe; Monster of nature, shame unto thy stock, That dar'st... shepherd so embellished With nature's pride and richest furniture! His... and personage of a wondrous man: Nature doth strive with Fortune 69 and his... In what a lamentable case were I, If nature had not given me wisdom's lore! For
- Quote
17 Feb 2014, 94.31 KB
Francis of Assisi Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary... what we know about nature.|Saint Augustine He who lives in... Azaziah, political activist Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. In... we have only manipulated nature into doing what it is.|Francis Bacon
- Antony and Cleopatra
22 Oct 2009, 158.53 KB
Is't you, sir, that know things? Soothsayer In nature's infinite book of secrecy A little I... Well, what worst? Messenger The nature of bad news infects the teller. MARK... It cannot be thus long, the sides of nature Will not sustain it. MARK ANTONY Now,... Venus where we see The fancy outwork nature: on each side her Stood pretty
- Titus Andronicus
7 Mar 2007, 124.06 KB
not thy tomb with blood: Wilt thou draw near the nature of the gods? Draw near them then in... Brother, for in that name doth nature plead,-- QUINTUS... and in that name doth nature speak,-- TITUS ANDRONICUS Speak thou... Tamora, For no name fits thy nature but thy own! TAMORA Give me thy
- Venus and Adonis
7 Mar 2007, 65.01 KB
man, More white and red than doves or roses are; Nature that made thee, with herself at... with thy increase be fed? By law of nature thou art bound to breed, That thine... steed, His art with nature's workmanship at strife, As if the... her silver shine, Till forging Nature be condemn'd of treason, For stealing
- The Tempest
22 Oct 2009, 98.28 KB
popular rate, in my false brother Awaked an evil nature; and my trust, Like a good parent,... of comfort; My father's of a better nature, sir, Than he appears by speech: this... GONZALO: All things in common nature should produce Without sweat or... of any engine, Would I not have; but nature should bring forth, Of its own kind,
- Chapter X
3 Nov 2009, 16.57 KB
more verify the Truth of these two Maxims, That Nature is very easily satisfied; and That... upon the visible Operations of Nature, or ancient Traditions, upon the... appeared to understand the Nature of Yahoos in all Countries much... this Country had only the Share that Nature allotted them. When I happened to
- Utopia
27 May 2005, 19.60 KB
thing; and which, to the reproach of human nature, is more practised by men than by any... unjust aggressors; or out of good-nature or in compassion assist an oppressed... have received in affairs of this nature, yet if any such frauds were... that a man acts suitably to his nature when he conquers his enemy in such a
- The Fourth Day, The First Novell
9 Feb 2011, 28.78 KB
was a very humane Lord, and of ingenious nature; if, in his elder yeeres, he had not... and wilfull folly, and whereas Nature pleadeth pardon for the one, yet... censure) yet have I not done. But Nature is above all humane... and Love commanded by Nature, hath prevailed for Love, joyning
- Romeo and Juliet
22 Oct 2009, 142.46 KB
a spirit in his mistress' circle Of some strange nature, letting it there stand Till she had... flowers. The earth that's nature's mother is her tomb; What is her... what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a... saint, an honourable villain! O nature, what hadst thou to do in hell, When
- The Fift Day, The Ninth Novell
10 Feb 2011, 18.18 KB
to offer, or my selfe to accept. And such is the nature of my recompence, that I make my... vouchsafing (of your owne liberall nature) to come and visit so poore a... of the Lady. To begge of any, his nature denied it, and to borrow he could... of a harsh, cruell, and un-womanly nature, I make no doubt, but you will wonder
- On the Art of War Seventh Book
4 Aug 2009, 54.15 KB
towns and fortresses can be strong either by nature or industry. Those are strong by nature which are surrounded by rivers or... it is battered down, because the nature of all batterings is to cause the... you more than anything else. Nature creates few men brave, industry and
- Chapter VII
2 Mar 2004, 15.52 KB
His Master's Observations upon human Nature. The Reader may be disposed to wonder... and to acquire new ones which Nature had not given us: That we disarmed... and some other Particulars where Nature had no Part; so from the... were ready to burst, after which Nature had pointed out to them a certain
- Why I Write
26 Aug 2009, 15.60 KB
the consciousness that I was outraging my true nature and that sooner or later I should... I wrote bad and usually unfinished "nature poems" in the Georgian style. I also... to person and from time to time. By nature—taking your "nature" to be the state you have attained
- Utopia
27 May 2005, 36.55 KB
so far degenerate from the dignity of human nature as to think that our souls died with... flow from any of the powers of nature, and look on them as effects and... is a debt which they owe to human nature and to their country; nor do they... can add anything to the divine nature, which even prayers cannot do; but as
- Julius Caesar
22 Oct 2009, 116.50 KB
He would be crown'd: How that might change his nature, there's the question. It is the... a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection. [Re-enter LUCIUS]... of this in art as you, But yet my nature could not bear it so. [Brutus]: Well,... of night is crept upon our talk, And nature must obey necessity; Which we will
- Chapter Two
25 Feb 2011, 16.30 KB
be wedded indissolubly. What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder. "They'll... in particular and wild nature in general. The idea was to make them... they are gratuitous. A love of nature keeps no factories busy. It was... to abolish the love of nature, at any rate among the lower
- Chapter VI
2 Mar 2004, 13.96 KB
or by some Accident might hurt a Limb. But that Nature, who works all Things to Perfection,... they call a Purge or a Glyster. For Nature (as the Physicians alledge) having... considering that in all Diseases Nature is forced out of her Seat; therefore... discoursed with my Master upon the Nature of Government in general, and
- Chapter III
2 Mar 2004, 11.72 KB
a Horse, and in its Etymology, the Perfection of Nature. I told my Master, that I was at a... I did not expose those Parts, that Nature taught us to conceal. He said my... for he could not understand why Nature should teach us to conceal what Nature had given. That neither himself nor
- Chapter VII
2 Mar 2004, 13.81 KB
him so much as new Discoveries in Art or in Nature, yet he would rather lose half his... an Animal was Man in his own Nature; how unable to defend himself from... a fourth in Industry. He added, that Nature was degenerated in these latter... He argued, that the very Laws of Nature absolutely required we should have
- Utopia: Book I
30 Aug 2009, 71.54 KB
Temse, the Provost of Casselsee; both art and nature had concurred to make him eloquent:... to their own interests: and indeed Nature has so made us that we all love to be... those excellent talents with which nature had furnished him were improved by... mix with it things of an opposite nature, even though they are much better.
- Chapter VIII
2 Mar 2004, 12.45 KB
Assembly. As I ought to have understood Human Nature much better than I supposed it... Rat) which they greedily devour. Nature hath taught them to dig deep Holes... Noble Houyhnhnms are endowed by Nature with a general Disposition to all... for his own. They will have it that Nature teaches them to love the whole
- The Merchant of Venice
23 Aug 2009, 122.57 KB
you are not sad. Now, by two-headed Janus, Nature hath framed strange fellows in her... Which therein works a miracle in nature, Making them lightest that wear most... is my name. PORTIA Of a strange nature is the suit you follow; Yet in such... music for the time doth change his nature. The man that hath no music in
- Chapter VI
14 Dec 2009, 21.83 KB
which, to my sight, were almost invisible; but Nature had adapted the Eyes of the... People are fallen by the degenerate Nature of Man. For as to that infamous... is founded upon the great Law of Nature, in order to propagate and continue... was usual to the Moroseness of his Nature. He represented to the Emperor the
- The Third Day, The First Novell
8 Feb 2011, 19.63 KB
enormous sinne, directly against the course of Nature. And the torrent of this opinion... maimed, and made imperfect by nature, and therefore not worthy the title... it hath run in my minde) hee is by Nature, sworne to such secrecie, that he... so I was indeed, but not by Nature; onely I had a long lingering sicknes
- Chapter IV
3 Nov 2009, 11.20 KB
Discourses with my Master concerning the Nature of Manhood, in other Parts of the... Fore-Feet to my Mouth: And therefore Nature had placed those Joints to Answer... in describing to him the Nature of the several Crimes, for which most... a competent Knowledge of what Human Nature in our Parts of the World is capable
- The Fift Day, The Tenth Novell
10 Feb 2011, 22.78 KB
happy fortune of Frederigo, as also the noble nature of Madam Giana; Dioneus expecting no... on us mortals; or an error in Nature, to rejoyce rather at lewd accidents,... or some imperfection depending on nature, not through want of good will in... subject to the same desires, as (by nature) attendeth on flesh and blood: looke
- The Widow and Her Son
27 Aug 2009, 3.01 KB
great sheet of parchment upon which the furious Nature was recording her many deeds. Men... his mother, seeking protection from Nature in her affection. She took him to her... and said, "Do not fear, my son, for Nature is but comparing her great power to... merciful eyes. "Be brave, my boy. Nature smiles in Spring and laughs in Summer
- 55. The Spirit of Gravity
5 Mar 2007, 7.70 KB
to fly, to fly away—that is now my nature: why should there not... something of bird-nature therein! And especially that I am... the spirit of gravity, that is bird-nature:—verily, deadly hostile,... is the genuine swine-nature! Ever to say ye-a- that hath only the
- On the Wisdom of This World
27 Aug 2009, 22.56 KB
or, what is worse, that it has depraved the nature of man, and left him worse than it... the ignorant and wicked. Now human nature is so constituted that we can never... truly barbarous, unworthy of human nature, and which included such consequences... But it is easy to observe from the nature of these few particulars that their
- Chapter X
2 Mar 2004, 17.60 KB
exempt from that universal Calamity of human Nature, have their Minds free and... that continual Degeneracy of Human Nature so justly complained of in all Ages.... the common Imbecility of human Nature, and upon that Allowance was less... as the greatest Evil, from which Nature always prompted him to retreat; only
- A Lover's Complaint
2 Aug 2009, 16.92 KB
was to gain my grace— Of one by nature's outwards so commended, That... that did amplify Each stone's dear nature, worth, and quality.... and subdued desires the tender, Nature hath charged me that I hoard them... of his all-hurting aim, Showing fair nature is both kind and tame; And, veil'd in
- Preface de M. Michel Nostradamus a ses Propheties
20 Oct 2009, 34.22 KB
mouuant de Dieu le createur,puis de l'heur & de nature.—Parquoy estant les causes... God Almighty, then from chance and nature. Since all these portents are... and nothing less than the clarity of nature itself. The light of human nature makes the philosophers so sure of
- Lettre à Henri II
12 Aug 2009, 58.98 KB
& vnion insuperable des conquestes belliques. De nature seront esgaux: mais grandement... coming from fate. All from God and nature, and for the most part integrated... south and east will tremble. But the nature of their power will be such that what... insuperable by warlike conquests. In nature they will be equal, but very
- code/past.txt
15 Jul 2012, 479.40 KB
Adam Smith “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of... The World Wide Fund for Nature is founded as the World Wildlife Fund... founder and first editor of Nature, dies in Salcombe Regis at age... Science journal Nature is first published by London
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