The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and CriticalJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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... lived in want of what might so readily be procured , and suffered themselves to be debarred from happiness by obsta- cles which one united effort would have so easily surmounted . But this gigantic phantom of collective power vanishes ...
... lived in want of what might so readily be procured , and suffered themselves to be debarred from happiness by obsta- cles which one united effort would have so easily surmounted . But this gigantic phantom of collective power vanishes ...
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... of a religion , which is not of man but of God . It could be delivered as a precept only by Him , who lived and died to establish it by his ex- ample . At the close of that season , in which human N ° 48 . 35 ADVENTURER .
... of a religion , which is not of man but of God . It could be delivered as a precept only by Him , who lived and died to establish it by his ex- ample . At the close of that season , in which human N ° 48 . 35 ADVENTURER .
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... lived retired at the family seat , more than one hundred miles distant from the metropolis . After she had repined in this dreary solitude from April to August , she was surprised with a visit from her fa- ther , who brought with him ...
... lived retired at the family seat , more than one hundred miles distant from the metropolis . After she had repined in this dreary solitude from April to August , she was surprised with a visit from her fa- ther , who brought with him ...
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... lived in lodgings . The poet was , therefore , ordered to sell his house immediately , to buy wine with the money for their entertainment , in order to make some expiation for his enormous crime , and to teach him to live unsettled and ...
... lived in lodgings . The poet was , therefore , ordered to sell his house immediately , to buy wine with the money for their entertainment , in order to make some expiation for his enormous crime , and to teach him to live unsettled and ...
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... lived and died in an alehouse . As a certain blockhead wore his gown on one shoulder to mimic the negligence of Sir Thomas More , so these servile imitators fol- low their masters in all that disgraced them ; con- tract immoderate debts ...
... lived and died in an alehouse . As a certain blockhead wore his gown on one shoulder to mimic the negligence of Sir Thomas More , so these servile imitators fol- low their masters in all that disgraced them ; con- tract immoderate debts ...
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absurd acquainted ADVENTURER Æneid Agrestis Amana Amelia Amphinomus Anticlea appear Aristotle bagnio Bagshot beauty behold believe Boileau Caliph Captain character conceal conduct consider contempt countenance death desire dignity discovered distress dreadful effect equally Eugenio Euripides Eutyches evil excellence expected eyes falsehood father favour felicity folly fortune genius gentleman gratify guilt hand happiness heart Homer honour hope human Iliad imagination immediately indignation indulge kind labour Lady Forrest less Longinus looked mankind Mantua marriage ment mind misery morning nature ness never Nouraddin object Odyssey opinion Osmin OVID passion perceived perhaps person Pindar pleasure poet present principles produced Prosopopoeia punish Quintilian racters reason received ridiculous SATURDAY says scarce sensibility sentiments servant shew Sir James Socrates soon Sophocles suffered tain tears tenderness thou thought Tibullus tion truth TUESDAY Ulysses vanity Ventosus vice VIRG virtue wife wish wretched writers XXIV
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Seite 58 - And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Seite 54 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Seite 92 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth; when he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep; when he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment ; when he appointed the foundations of the earth : then I was by him, as one brought up with him; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of...
Seite 55 - And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him for they saw that his grief was very great.
Seite 307 - I will up, saith the Lord : and will help every one from him that swelleth against him, and will set him at rest. 7 The words of the Lord are pure words : even as the silver, which from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the fire.
Seite 96 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Seite 54 - Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit? or whither shall I go then from thy presence ? If I climb up into heaven, thou art there ; if I go down to hell, thou art there also.
Seite 55 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, And are counted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Seite 94 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Seite 93 - O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet ? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.