The Guardian, with Notes, and General Indexes: Complete in One VolumeDesilver, Thomas, 1837 - 244 pages |
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... received maxims and honest arts of life . If it were pos- sible to laugh at so melancholy an affair as what hazards salvation , it would be no unpleasant in- quiry to ask , what satisfactions they reap , what extraordinary gratification ...
... received maxims and honest arts of life . If it were pos- sible to laugh at so melancholy an affair as what hazards salvation , it would be no unpleasant in- quiry to ask , what satisfactions they reap , what extraordinary gratification ...
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... received . in the evening by one as agreeable as the best of them . When he came home , his lackey met him with a saucy and joyful familiarity , crying out , " She is as handsome as an angel , ( for there is no other simile on these ...
... received . in the evening by one as agreeable as the best of them . When he came home , his lackey met him with a saucy and joyful familiarity , crying out , " She is as handsome as an angel , ( for there is no other simile on these ...
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... received unravel , and the shyness , the distrust , the secret scorns , and all the base satisfactions men had in each other's faults and misfortunes , are dispelled , and their souls appear in their native whiteness , without the least ...
... received unravel , and the shyness , the distrust , the secret scorns , and all the base satisfactions men had in each other's faults and misfortunes , are dispelled , and their souls appear in their native whiteness , without the least ...
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... received sentiments of mankind . He at the same time desired me to give him any other rules of conversation which I thought might be for his improvement . I told him I would think of it ; and accordingly , as I have a particular ...
... received sentiments of mankind . He at the same time desired me to give him any other rules of conversation which I thought might be for his improvement . I told him I would think of it ; and accordingly , as I have a particular ...
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... received with great applause in coffee - house disputes ; and that side the laugh joins with , is generally observed to gain the better of his antagonist , The prude hath a wonderful esteem for the Chian laugh or dimple : she looks upon ...
... received with great applause in coffee - house disputes ; and that side the laugh joins with , is generally observed to gain the better of his antagonist , The prude hath a wonderful esteem for the Chian laugh or dimple : she looks upon ...
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Page 54 - Excellent wretch ! Perdition catch my soul, But I do love thee ! and when I love thee not Chaos is come again.
Page 225 - ... she layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff : she stretcheth out her hand to the poor, yea she reacheth forth her hands to the needy...
Page 76 - THE beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon : lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 225 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom ; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
Page 128 - Hitherto shalt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.
Page 225 - Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land. She maketh fine linen, and selleth it, and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
Page 155 - Behold, I have done according to thy words : lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
Page 225 - Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. ' ' The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
Page 125 - He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
Page 34 - And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures?