The British Essayists: The ObserverJ. Richardson, 1823 - English essays |
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... hope now remained for mode- rate measures , when the people's representatives should again assemble ? In this fatal moment the fuel was prepared and the match lighted , to give life to the flames of civil war ; already Scotland had set ...
... hope now remained for mode- rate measures , when the people's representatives should again assemble ? In this fatal moment the fuel was prepared and the match lighted , to give life to the flames of civil war ; already Scotland had set ...
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... hope a little plain English , without the help of Sotades , will serve to open the eyes of a plain Englishman , and prevent him from strutting about the world merely to make sport for his neighbours ; for I declare in ⚫ truth , that so ...
... hope a little plain English , without the help of Sotades , will serve to open the eyes of a plain Englishman , and prevent him from strutting about the world merely to make sport for his neighbours ; for I declare in ⚫ truth , that so ...
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... hope it would be sufficient ) , is to take down his Bible from the shelf and look out for the parable of the Pharisee and Publican ; it is a short story and soon read , but the moral is so much to his pur- pose , that he may depend upon ...
... hope it would be sufficient ) , is to take down his Bible from the shelf and look out for the parable of the Pharisee and Publican ; it is a short story and soon read , but the moral is so much to his pur- pose , that he may depend upon ...
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... hope administers a cordial even in our last moments , that lulls the agonies of death . But where is the need of these had this discovery been established ? Why call in physicians and resort to cordials if we can hold danger at a ...
... hope administers a cordial even in our last moments , that lulls the agonies of death . But where is the need of these had this discovery been established ? Why call in physicians and resort to cordials if we can hold danger at a ...
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... hope of evading death , or there is something in a life of dissipation not worth preserving . I am astonished at the stupidity of any man who can deny himself the gratification of con- scious integrity . The proud man must be a consum ...
... hope of evading death , or there is something in a life of dissipation not worth preserving . I am astonished at the stupidity of any man who can deny himself the gratification of con- scious integrity . The proud man must be a consum ...
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Page 111 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill; cannot be good: if ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth? I am thane of Cawdor: If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature?
Page 116 - Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty ! make thick my blood, Stop up the access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose...
Page 222 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
Page 86 - And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon : and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves ; for the time of figs was not yet.
Page 149 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog...
Page 92 - And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Page 121 - I hear a knocking At the south entry : retire we to our chamber : A little water clears us of this deed : How easy is it, then ! Your constancy Hath left you unattended.
Page 126 - Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day ; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond "Which keeps me pale...
Page 77 - And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Page 91 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.