The British Essayists: ObserverC. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... Discovery of a curious Greek fragment . 100. Athenian vision . 101. Athenian vision concluded . 102. Upon the taste for acting private plays . OBSERVER . -Multorum providus urbes , Et mores hominum inspexit.- CONTENTS . vii.
... Discovery of a curious Greek fragment . 100. Athenian vision . 101. Athenian vision concluded . 102. Upon the taste for acting private plays . OBSERVER . -Multorum providus urbes , Et mores hominum inspexit.- CONTENTS . vii.
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... discovered long ago , viz . That a proud man is the most contemptible being in nature . ' Now if these proud men ... discovery that concerns himself so materially ? I admit , indeed , that pride is a very foolish thing , but I contend ...
... discovered long ago , viz . That a proud man is the most contemptible being in nature . ' Now if these proud men ... discovery that concerns himself so materially ? I admit , indeed , that pride is a very foolish thing , but I contend ...
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... discovered a further bad consequence of these habits upon society and good fellowship , for such of the neighbouring gen- try , who had not copied his example , were deterred from making him any visits , not presuming to dis- turb him ...
... discovered a further bad consequence of these habits upon society and good fellowship , for such of the neighbouring gen- try , who had not copied his example , were deterred from making him any visits , not presuming to dis- turb him ...
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... discovered of preventing it . Religion and vir- tue are the great physicians of the soul ; patience and resignation ... discovery been established ? Why call in physicians , and resort to cordials , if we can hold danger at a distance ...
... discovered of preventing it . Religion and vir- tue are the great physicians of the soul ; patience and resignation ... discovery been established ? Why call in physicians , and resort to cordials , if we can hold danger at a distance ...
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interesting discovery above - mentioned , but who un- luckily missed some step in the proof , that was to have established it . To what lengths of credulity they may really go , is hard to say , but some such hopes as these must buoy ...
interesting discovery above - mentioned , but who un- luckily missed some step in the proof , that was to have established it . To what lengths of credulity they may really go , is hard to say , but some such hopes as these must buoy ...
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Página 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...
Página 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! Light thickens; and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood: Good things of day begin to droop and drowse; Whiles night's black agents to their preys do rouse.
Página 100 - And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Página 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...
Página 93 - Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments ; which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels ; 5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me ; for I am holier than thou.
Página 124 - The effect and it ! Come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murth'ring ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief ! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry "Hold, hold!
Página 88 - Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Página 124 - Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty ! make thick my blood, Stop up the access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose...
Página 168 - But will arise, and his great name assert : Dagon must stoop, and shall ere long receive Such a discomfit, as shall quite despoil him Of all these boasted trophies won on me, And with confusion blank his worshippers.
Página 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.