The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and CriticalJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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... person came in , the conversation was carried on with the cheer- ful easy negligence of sensible good - humour : but we soon discovered that his discourse was a perpe- tual effort to betray the company into attempts to prove self ...
... person came in , the conversation was carried on with the cheer- ful easy negligence of sensible good - humour : but we soon discovered that his discourse was a perpe- tual effort to betray the company into attempts to prove self ...
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... persons who were present had lately professed the opinion which they now opposed ; and acted upon that very principle ... person of my acquaintance ; and Myrtilla , the wife of our friend , at whose house we were assembled to dine , and ...
... persons who were present had lately professed the opinion which they now opposed ; and acted upon that very principle ... person of my acquaintance ; and Myrtilla , the wife of our friend , at whose house we were assembled to dine , and ...
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... persons and particular affinities amongst them , have been long celebrated and admired : and if we examine their conduct as companions , we shall find , that the rites of their religion were not more sacred , more strongly ratified , or ...
... persons and particular affinities amongst them , have been long celebrated and admired : and if we examine their conduct as companions , we shall find , that the rites of their religion were not more sacred , more strongly ratified , or ...
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... person . A report , ' says Stra- da , thus transmitted from . one to one , is like a drop of water at the top of a house ; it descends but from tile to tile , yet at last makes its way to the gutter , and then is involved in the general ...
... person . A report , ' says Stra- da , thus transmitted from . one to one , is like a drop of water at the top of a house ; it descends but from tile to tile , yet at last makes its way to the gutter , and then is involved in the general ...
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... person . Thus all the forms of government instituted among mankind , perpetually tend towards mo- narchy ; and power , however diffused through the whole community , is by negligence or corruption , commotion or distress , reposed at ...
... person . Thus all the forms of government instituted among mankind , perpetually tend towards mo- narchy ; and power , however diffused through the whole community , is by negligence or corruption , commotion or distress , reposed at ...
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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
Beliebte Passagen
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.