 | American literature - 1867 - 796 pages
...just as explicitly: — " Eat and drink such an exact quantity as suits the constitution of thy body, in reference to the services of the mind." But the...perfection, as religion or utilitarianism assign to it, a spieial and limited character, — this point of view, I say, of culture, is best given by these words... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1867 - 802 pages
...just as explicitly : — " Eat and drink such an exact quantity as suits the constitution of thy body, in reference to the services of the mind." But the...by these words of Epictetus : — "It is a sign of d't,via," says he, — that is, of a nature not finely tempered, — "to give yourselves up to things... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1867 - 832 pages
...and drink such an exact quantity as suits the constitution of thy body, in reference to the sen-ices of the mind." But the point of view of culture, keeping...by these words of Epictetus : — "It is a sign of a>i,ia," says he, — that is, of a nature not finely tempered, — " to give yourselves up to things... | |
 | 1867
...just as explicitly : " Eat and drink such an exact quantity as suits the constitution of thy body, in reference to the services of the mind." But the...view of culture, keeping the mark of human perfection simplv and broadly in view, and not assigning to this perfection, as religion or utilitarianism assign... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Culture - 1869 - 350 pages
...just as explicitly : — " Eat and drink such an exact quantity as suits the constitution of thy body^ in reference to the services of the mind" But the...by these words of Epictetus : — " It is a sign of a<j>via," says he, — that is, of a nature not finely tempered, — " to give yourselves up to things... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Culture - 1883 - 420 pages
...just as explicitly: — "Eat and drink such an exact quantity as suits the constitution of thy body, in reference to the services of the mind." But the...to this perfection, as religion or utilitarianism assigns to it, a special and limited character, this point of view, I say, of culture is best given... | |
 | Prose masterpieces - 1884 - 348 pages
...just as explicitly : " Eat and drink such an exact quantity as suits the constitution of thy body, in reference to the services of the mind." But the...given by these words of Epictetus : " It is a sign of acpvia," says he, — that is, of a nature not finely tempered, — " to give yourselves up to things... | |
 | George Haven Putnam - English essays - 1885 - 424 pages
...and drink such an exact quantity as suits the constitution of thy body, in reference to the sennces of the mind" But the point of view of culture, keeping...given by these words of Epictetus : "It is a sign of dqpvfa," says he, — that is, of a nature not finely tempered, — "to give yourself up to things... | |
 | George Haven Putnam - English essays - 1885 - 480 pages
...exact quantity as suits the constitution of thy body, in reference to the services of the mind.'' 1 But the point of view of culture, keeping the mark...given by these words of Epictetus: " It is a sign of dqputa," says he, — that is, of a nature not finely tempered,— "to give yourself up to things which... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Culture - 1891 - 438 pages
...just as explicitly: — "Eat and drink such an ' exact quantity as suits the constitution of thy body, in reference to the services of the mind." But the...to this perfection, as religion or utilitarianism assigns to it, a special and limited character, this point of view, I say, of culture is best given... | |
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Bodily exercise profiteth little ; but godliness is profitable unto all things," says the author of the Epistle to Timothy. And the utilitarian Franklin says just as explicitly : — " Eat and drink such an exact quantity as suits the constitution of... 
