The Philosophy of Living: Or, The Way to Enjoy Life and Its Comforts |
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Page 25 - LORD empty: every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
Page 165 - Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many wounded : yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Page 80 - Witch's mummy, maw and gulf Of the ravined salt-sea shark, Root of hemlock digged i'th' dark, Liver of blaspheming Jew, Gall of goat and slips of yew Slivered in the moon's eclipse...
Page 80 - 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, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. All. Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. 3 Witch. Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf : Witches...
Page 10 - ... feed themselves and help feed us also. I must own with the Gentleman in the NewsLetter, that we have been too Extravagant in our Buildings, Cloathing, Furniture, and Tables, and I confess it is a fault to exceed in these Things ; But Solomon tells us, That there is nothing better under the Sun then for a Man to Eat and Drink, and Enjoy the good of his Labour...
Page 238 - Italian climate, is that which renders it dangerous, because deceitful— namely, the long intervals of fine weather between vicissitudes of great magnitude. This is the bane of Italy, whose brilliant suns and balmy zephyrs flatter only to betray. They first enervate the constitution ; and, when the body is ripe for the impression of the TRAMONTANE, that ruthless blast descends from the mountains on its hapless victim, more fierce and destructive than the outlawed bandit on the unsuspecting traveller...
Page 92 - They cannot wait until the smoke of the infernal regions surrounds them, but encompass themselves with smoke of their own accord, and .drink a poison which God made black, that it might bear the devil's color.
Page 37 - ... of its benign influence throughout his whole body — the opportunity was too tempting to be lost — Davy cast an intelligent glance at Mr.