The British Essayists: The ObserverJ. Richardson, 1823 - English essays |
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... pass in free conversation , that is not mathematically true ; they will confute a jest by syllogism , canvass a merry tale by cross examination and dates , work every common calculation by X the unknown quan- tity , and in the festive ...
... pass in free conversation , that is not mathematically true ; they will confute a jest by syllogism , canvass a merry tale by cross examination and dates , work every common calculation by X the unknown quan- tity , and in the festive ...
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... pass it till their pilot bird , The winter - sleeping swallow , points the way ; But envy not their suns , and sigh not thou For the clear azure of their cloudless skies ; The same strong blast that beds the knotted oak Firm in his clay ...
... pass it till their pilot bird , The winter - sleeping swallow , points the way ; But envy not their suns , and sigh not thou For the clear azure of their cloudless skies ; The same strong blast that beds the knotted oak Firm in his clay ...
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... pass'd , And what remains for me ere night comes on , But one still hour perchance of glimmering eve For sober contemplation ? Come , my Muse , Come then ! and as from some high mountain's top The careful shepherd counts his straggling ...
... pass'd , And what remains for me ere night comes on , But one still hour perchance of glimmering eve For sober contemplation ? Come , my Muse , Come then ! and as from some high mountain's top The careful shepherd counts his straggling ...
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... pass'd I cried- " Why was it not my fortune to have said Go and be happy ? " - On a rising slope Full to the south the stately mansion stands , Where dwells the master of this rich domain ; Plain and of chaste proportion the device ...
... pass'd I cried- " Why was it not my fortune to have said Go and be happy ? " - On a rising slope Full to the south the stately mansion stands , Where dwells the master of this rich domain ; Plain and of chaste proportion the device ...
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... pass . It behoves me then to be upon my guard . He may approach in terrors that agonize me to think of ; he may seize my soul in the commission of some dreadful act , and transport it to a place whose horrors have no termination : I ...
... pass . It behoves me then to be upon my guard . He may approach in terrors that agonize me to think of ; he may seize my soul in the commission of some dreadful act , and transport it to a place whose horrors have no termination : I ...
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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.