The British Essayists: ObserverC. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... nature a better man than his predecessor . The cautious timid character of Augustus kept him under constant awe of ... natural disposition . Tiberius seems on his part also to have had a jealous holding and respect towards Germanicus ...
... nature a better man than his predecessor . The cautious timid character of Augustus kept him under constant awe of ... natural disposition . Tiberius seems on his part also to have had a jealous holding and respect towards Germanicus ...
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... nature , which , though not absolutely to be termed a moral attribute , is nevertheless so grateful to society at large , and so recommendatory of those who possess it , that even the best and worthiest characters can- not be truly ...
... nature , which , though not absolutely to be termed a moral attribute , is nevertheless so grateful to society at large , and so recommendatory of those who possess it , that even the best and worthiest characters can- not be truly ...
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... natural to us to think fa- vourably of such a disposition , and although much of his discernment may be the effect of a good judg- ment and proper knowledge of the world , yet there must be a great proportion of sensibility , candour ...
... natural to us to think fa- vourably of such a disposition , and although much of his discernment may be the effect of a good judg- ment and proper knowledge of the world , yet there must be a great proportion of sensibility , candour ...
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... Nature formed him in straight lines , habit has stiffen- ed him into an unrelenting rigidity , and no famili- arity can bend him out of the upright . The uneducat- ed squire of rustic manners forms a contrast to this character , but he ...
... Nature formed him in straight lines , habit has stiffen- ed him into an unrelenting rigidity , and no famili- arity can bend him out of the upright . The uneducat- ed squire of rustic manners forms a contrast to this character , but he ...
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... nature to check festivity in any degree , but there is nothing sinks the spirit so effectually as boisterous mirth , nobody so apt to overact his character as a jolly fellow , and stunned with the vociferation of his own tongue to ...
... nature to check festivity in any degree , but there is nothing sinks the spirit so effectually as boisterous mirth , nobody so apt to overact his character as a jolly fellow , and stunned with the vociferation of his own tongue to ...
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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.