The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 17-18 |
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... hope to dispose the lights by which we look upon futurity . The good and ill of different modes of life are sometimes so equally opposed , that perhaps no man ever yet made his choice between them upon a full conviction and adequate ...
... hope to dispose the lights by which we look upon futurity . The good and ill of different modes of life are sometimes so equally opposed , that perhaps no man ever yet made his choice between them upon a full conviction and adequate ...
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... tale . OBIDAH , the son of Abensina , left the caravansera early in the morning , and pursued his journey through the plains of Indostan . He was fresh and vigorous with rest ; he was animated with hope ; he NO . 65 . 23 RAMBLER .
... tale . OBIDAH , the son of Abensina , left the caravansera early in the morning , and pursued his journey through the plains of Indostan . He was fresh and vigorous with rest ; he was animated with hope ; he NO . 65 . 23 RAMBLER .
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British essayists Alexander Chalmers. with rest ; he was animated with hope ; he was in- cited by desire ; he walked swiftly forward over the valleys , and saw the hills gradually rising before him . As he passed along , his ears were ...
British essayists Alexander Chalmers. with rest ; he was animated with hope ; he was in- cited by desire ; he walked swiftly forward over the valleys , and saw the hills gradually rising before him . As he passed along , his ears were ...
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... hope , with gaiety and with diligence , and travel on a while in the straight road of piety towards the mansions of rest . In a short time we remit our fervour , and endeavour to find some mitigation of our duty , and some more easy ...
... hope , with gaiety and with diligence , and travel on a while in the straight road of piety towards the mansions of rest . In a short time we remit our fervour , and endeavour to find some mitigation of our duty , and some more easy ...
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... hope can we endeavour to persuade the ladies , that the time spent at the toilette is lost in vanity , when they have every moment some new conviction , that their interest is more effectually promoted by a riband well disposed , than ...
... hope can we endeavour to persuade the ladies , that the time spent at the toilette is lost in vanity , when they have every moment some new conviction , that their interest is more effectually promoted by a riband well disposed , than ...
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Page 167 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar...
Page 33 - O first created Beam, and thou great Word, " Let there be light, and light was over all...
Page 192 - THE reader is indebted for this day's entertainment to an author from whom the age has received greater favours, who has enlarged the knowledge of human nature, and taught the passions to move at the command of virtue.
Page 252 - Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise : He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream which stopp'd him should be gone, Which runs, and, as it runs, for ever will run on.
Page 106 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Page 145 - To heaven removed where first it grew, there grows, And flowers aloft shading the fount of life, And where the river of bliss through midst of heaven Rolls o'er Elysian flowers her amber stream...
Page 248 - A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. He that willingly suffers the corrosions of inveterate hatred, and gives up his days and nights to the gloom of malice and perturbations of stratagem, cannot surely be said to consult his ease.
Page 136 - Ordain'd by thee ; and this delicious place For us too large, where thy abundance wants Partakers, and uncropt falls to the ground. But...
Page 145 - Mosaic ; under foot the violet, Crocus, and hyacinth, with rich inlay Broider'd the ground, more colour'd than with stone Of costliest emblem : other creature here, Beast, bird, insect, or worm, durst enter none, Such was their awe of man.
Page 26 - He tugged, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors...