The British Essayists;: ObserverJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1807 - English essays |
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... wish to elevate the Claudian family to the throne : It is not likely however that he altogether succeeded with liberius , or brought him to make any absolute promise of abdication ; for in that case he would not have failed to have ...
... wish to elevate the Claudian family to the throne : It is not likely however that he altogether succeeded with liberius , or brought him to make any absolute promise of abdication ; for in that case he would not have failed to have ...
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... wish to em- ploy these papers , I shall now devote the remainder of my attention to such rules and observations as occur to me upon the subject of the times and seasons . Men , who in the fashionable phrase live out of the world , have ...
... wish to em- ploy these papers , I shall now devote the remainder of my attention to such rules and observations as occur to me upon the subject of the times and seasons . Men , who in the fashionable phrase live out of the world , have ...
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... wish from my heart I could cure them of their complaints , -that species I mean which comes under my notice as an Observer , without intruding upon the more important pro- vince of the physician . Now as this island of our's is most ...
... wish from my heart I could cure them of their complaints , -that species I mean which comes under my notice as an Observer , without intruding upon the more important pro- vince of the physician . Now as this island of our's is most ...
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... wish they would well consider the land they live in ; if they do not know , they ought to be told , that we are a free people ; that freedom tends to make us independent of one another , fear- less in our persons , warm in our ...
... wish they would well consider the land they live in ; if they do not know , they ought to be told , that we are a free people ; that freedom tends to make us independent of one another , fear- less in our persons , warm in our ...
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... wish That fortune had bequeath'd me such a lot , A momentary sigh surpris'd my heart : Flocks , herds , and fields of golden grain , of these I envied not the owner ; but I saw The curling smoke from cottages ascend , And heard the 44 N ...
... wish That fortune had bequeath'd me such a lot , A momentary sigh surpris'd my heart : Flocks , herds , and fields of golden grain , of these I envied not the owner ; but I saw The curling smoke from cottages ascend , And heard the 44 N ...
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Page 119 - 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 94 - 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 127 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Page 157 - 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 134 - 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 129 - 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 110 - I may define it to be that faculty of the soul which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure and the imperfections with dislike.
Page 99 - 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.
Page 213 - But there is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than beauty, which immediately diffuses a secret satisfaction and complacency through the imagination, and gives a finishing to any thing that is great or uncommon. The very first discovery of it strikes the mind with an inward joy, and spreads a cheerfulness and delight through all its faculties.
Page 93 - They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.