 We see, in needleworks and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground: judge, therefore, of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye....  Lord Macaulay's Essays ; And, Lays of Ancient Rome - Page 437by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 924 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...than the felicities of Solomon. I'roimcrity is not without many fears and distastes ; and adversitv wers and a kirtle, Embroidcr'd all C*rtainly, virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant where they are incensed or crushed : for prosperity... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if...ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon * lightsome ground ; judge, therefore, of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Certainly... | |
 | Education - 1851 - 626 pages
...adverrity it not without comforts and hopes. We see in needle-works and embroideries, it is more pleasant to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground...pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye." What are these images of, viz., the " lively work ;" the " sad and solemn ground;" the "dark and melancholy... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 780 pages
...afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. Prosperity is not without many fears and dislaMcs ; arid adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see...of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the f ye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crashed ; for... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearsclike airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost...solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy rk upon a lightsome ground ; judge therefore of the pleasure of the heurt by the pleasure of the eye.... | |
 | 1853 - 792 pages
...taste of such cunning judges of pictorial effect as the father of English philosophy, who says, " as in needleworks and embroideries it is more pleasing...dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground, so we may judge the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye." So, for the mere picturesque,... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1854 - 626 pages
...present us with may even inspire for that reason the greater pleasure ; for, as a great author says, " We see in needleworks and embroideries it is more...a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground ;" or, as Hazlitt says in his charming essay upon Merry England, " I do not see how there can be high... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1856 - 406 pages
...you shall hear as many hearse-like airs, as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more, in describing the afflictions of Job, than the...pleasure of the eye. Certainly, virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, 01 crushed ; for prosperity doth best discover vice ;... | |
 | Harvey Buckland - Christian life - 1856 - 208 pages
...David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the holy Spirit hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of...upon a lightsome ground: judge, therefore, of the pleasures of the heart by the pleasures of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...not without comforts and hopes. We see in needle-works and emhroideries, it is more pleasing to have lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to...ground ; judge, therefore, of the pleasure of the heart hy the pleasure of the eye. Certainly, virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant where they are... | |
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