The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Band 1Nathan Drake Suttaby, Evance, and Company, 1811 |
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... never be capable of speed . These he had in great numbers about his hut ; and when he ' was himself in full vigour , he could take at full speed the swiftest goat running up a promon- tory , and never failed of catching them , but on a ...
... never be capable of speed . These he had in great numbers about his hut ; and when he ' was himself in full vigour , he could take at full speed the swiftest goat running up a promon- tory , and never failed of catching them , but on a ...
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... never had a moment heavy upon his hands ; his nights were untroubled , and his days joyous , from the prac- tice of temperance and exercise . It was his manner to use stated hours and places for ex- ercises of devotion , which he ...
... never had a moment heavy upon his hands ; his nights were untroubled , and his days joyous , from the prac- tice of temperance and exercise . It was his manner to use stated hours and places for ex- ercises of devotion , which he ...
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... never be so happy as when I was not worth a farthing . " THE ENGLISHMAN , No. 26 , Dec. 3 , 1713 , Though the story of Alexander Selkirk was originally published in the Voyage of Woodes Rogers , some doubt has been fately entertained as ...
... never be so happy as when I was not worth a farthing . " THE ENGLISHMAN , No. 26 , Dec. 3 , 1713 , Though the story of Alexander Selkirk was originally published in the Voyage of Woodes Rogers , some doubt has been fately entertained as ...
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... never said before , and affect the character of wits . It is pleasant to see the men of judgment start at a turn or a metaphor ; and the men of taste , as they call themselves , yawn at a plain and noble description . A na- tural critic ...
... never said before , and affect the character of wits . It is pleasant to see the men of judgment start at a turn or a metaphor ; and the men of taste , as they call themselves , yawn at a plain and noble description . A na- tural critic ...
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... never forsake them even till they bend upon the stick , and pore through spectacles . Such are the notions of fairies , demons , spectres , the powers of natural magick , and the terrors of witchcraft ; all which they entertain with a ...
... never forsake them even till they bend upon the stick , and pore through spectacles . Such are the notions of fairies , demons , spectres , the powers of natural magick , and the terrors of witchcraft ; all which they entertain with a ...
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Seite 260 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Seite 182 - Where — taming thought to human pride !The mighty chiefs sleep side by side. Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, 'Twill trickle to his rival's bier ; O'er PITT'S the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the notes rebound. The solemn echo seems to cry, ' Here let their discord with them die. Speak not for those a separate doom, Whom Fate made Brothers in the tomb ; But search the land of living men, Where wilt thou find their like agen...
Seite 328 - The quality of mercy is not strain'd, — It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd, — It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest : it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown...
Seite 122 - To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began.
Seite 53 - With quicken'd step, Brown night retires. Young day pours in apace, And opens all the lawny prospect wide. The dripping rock, the mountain's misty top, Swell on the sight, and brighten with the dawn.
Seite 4 - ... the Scriptures, and turning his thoughts upon the study of navigation, after the space of eighteen months he grew thoroughly reconciled to his condition.
Seite 182 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Seite 182 - Here, where the end of earthly things Lays heroes, patriots, bards, and kings ; Where stiff the hand, and still the tongue, Of those who fought, .and spoke, and sung ; Here, where the fretted aisles prolong The distant notes of holy song, As if some angel spoke agen, All peace on earth, good-will to men...
Seite 194 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.