Essays and Thoughts on Various Subjects, and from Various Authors, &c: Together with Nine Papers from the Olla Podrida; and Poems |
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... Prefatory Epistle to his Life , ad- dressed to the late WILLIAM STEVENS , Esq . says , " I have heard it observed of him by a gen- " tleman , who never was suspected of a want of " judgment , that , if some friend had followed.
... Prefatory Epistle to his Life , ad- dressed to the late WILLIAM STEVENS , Esq . says , " I have heard it observed of him by a gen- " tleman , who never was suspected of a want of " judgment , that , if some friend had followed.
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... mind , that in read- ing books upon the most common subjects , he never failed to give a religious or moral application where the fact or sentiment would admit of it ; and when the reader imagines he is merely perusing a iv PREFACE .
... mind , that in read- ing books upon the most common subjects , he never failed to give a religious or moral application where the fact or sentiment would admit of it ; and when the reader imagines he is merely perusing a iv PREFACE .
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... never dry , yet it adds con- siderably to the interest awakened and the enter- tainment experienced . Of these may be mentioned p . 37 , § 10. — 45 , § 11. — 105 , Honesty . - 120 , § 1 . -121 , § 1. - 143 , § 37. - 157 , § 4. - 175 ...
... never dry , yet it adds con- siderably to the interest awakened and the enter- tainment experienced . Of these may be mentioned p . 37 , § 10. — 45 , § 11. — 105 , Honesty . - 120 , § 1 . -121 , § 1. - 143 , § 37. - 157 , § 4. - 175 ...
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... never malevolent ; and it may be said of his satire , with greater truth than where the figure was originally applied , that " like the razor " it cuts the keener for its polished temper . " I know not to whom Cowper originally alluded ...
... never malevolent ; and it may be said of his satire , with greater truth than where the figure was originally applied , that " like the razor " it cuts the keener for its polished temper . " I know not to whom Cowper originally alluded ...
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... NEVER DESPAIR . The anecdote was as follows ; a young merchant , having suddenly experienced some heavy losses , and not knowing how to extricate himself , was returning home from the Exchange with a deter- mination of putting an end to ...
... NEVER DESPAIR . The anecdote was as follows ; a young merchant , having suddenly experienced some heavy losses , and not knowing how to extricate himself , was returning home from the Exchange with a deter- mination of putting an end to ...
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Page 68 - Remember thee! Yea, from the table of my memory I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there; And thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain, Unmix'd with baser matter: yes, by heaven!
Page 255 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow...
Page 43 - But rise; let us no more contend, nor blame Each other, blamed enough elsewhere; but strive, In offices of love, how we may lighten Each other's burden, in our share of woe...
Page 255 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of" some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Page 166 - It is an uncontrolled truth," says Swift, "that no man ever made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them.
Page 255 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Page 257 - A Proclamation for the encouragement of piety and virtue, and for preventing and punishing of vice, profaneness, and immorality.
Page 277 - SWEET Day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet Spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My Music shows ye have your closes, And all must die. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like...
Page 228 - He felt his own powers; he felt what he was capable of having performed ; and he saw how little, comparatively speaking, he had performed. Hence his apprehensions on the near prospect of the account to be made, viewed through the medium of constitutional and morbid melancholy, which often excluded from his sight the bright beams of divine mercy. May those beams ever shine upon us ! But let them not cause us to forget, that talents have been bestowed, of which an account must be rendered; and that...
Page 44 - Clergymen, who understand the least, and take the worst measure of human affairs, of all mankind that can write and read!