The Mirror: A Periodical Paper Published in Edinburgh in the Years 1779 and 1780, Volume 1J. Richardson, 1822 |
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... means , a relish for both . I once more took a share in the busy , and , sometimes , in the idle scenes of life . But a mind habituated to reflection , though it may seem occupied with the oc- currences of the day , ( a tax which ...
... means , a relish for both . I once more took a share in the busy , and , sometimes , in the idle scenes of life . But a mind habituated to reflection , though it may seem occupied with the oc- currences of the day , ( a tax which ...
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... mean to show the world what it is , and will sometimes endeavour to point out what it should be . Somebody has compared the publisher of a pe- riodical paper of this kind to the owner of a stage- coach , who is obliged to run his ...
... mean to show the world what it is , and will sometimes endeavour to point out what it should be . Somebody has compared the publisher of a pe- riodical paper of this kind to the owner of a stage- coach , who is obliged to run his ...
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... mean herself so far as to consider servants to be of the same species with their mistresses ; and that going to church is fit only for fools and old women . though I do not recommend the above , or the like practices on their own ...
... mean herself so far as to consider servants to be of the same species with their mistresses ; and that going to church is fit only for fools and old women . though I do not recommend the above , or the like practices on their own ...
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... means , tend to lessen my chagrin : there was nothing at table they could eat ; they ran out in praise of French cookery , and seemed even to be adepts in the science : they knew the component ingredients of the most fashionable ragouts ...
... means , tend to lessen my chagrin : there was nothing at table they could eat ; they ran out in praise of French cookery , and seemed even to be adepts in the science : they knew the component ingredients of the most fashionable ragouts ...
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... means an absurd ostentation of learning and stiffness of phraseology , proceeding from a misguided knowledge of books , and a total ignorance of men . But I have often thought that we might extend its signification a good deal farther ...
... means an absurd ostentation of learning and stiffness of phraseology , proceeding from a misguided knowledge of books , and a total ignorance of men . But I have often thought that we might extend its signification a good deal farther ...
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Page 251 - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Page 276 - And, he gave it for his opinion, that, whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Page 123 - Through the heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
Page 193 - I descend to the grave, May I a small house and large garden have, And a few friends, and many books, both true, Both wise, and both delightful too ! And since love ne'er will from me flee, A mistress moderately fair, And good as...
Page 122 - And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the...
Page 68 - The oaks of the mountains fall; the mountains themselves decay with years; the ocean shrinks and grows again; the moon herself is lost in heaven, but thou art for ever the same, rejoicing in the brightness of thy course.
Page 150 - Who, having been praised for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness ; and constrains the garb Quite from his nature : ,he cannot flatter, he ! — An honest mind and plain, — he must speak truth ! An they will take it, so ; if not, he's plain.
Page 122 - Through the high wood echoing shrill. Sometime walking, not unseen, By hedgerow elms, on hillocks green, Right against the eastern gate, Where the great sun begins his state...
Page 68 - When the world is dark with tempests, when thunder rolls, and lightning flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and laughest at the storm.
Page 229 - Father of mercies," said he, " forgive these tears; assist thy servant to lift up his soul to thee; to lift to thee the souls of thy people. My friends, it is good so to do, at all seasons it is good ; but in the days of our distress, what a privilege it is ! Well saith the sacred book, ' Trust in the Lord ; at all times trust in the Lord.