Sancho; Or The ProverbialistCadell, 1816 - 181 páginas |
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... fortune upon the elder sister , gave such authority to the tones of the one , and such insignificance to those of the other , that I , and others who were foolish enough to mistake 66 confidence for sagacity , were accustomed to think ...
... fortune upon the elder sister , gave such authority to the tones of the one , and such insignificance to those of the other , that I , and others who were foolish enough to mistake 66 confidence for sagacity , were accustomed to think ...
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... fortune to be backed by a crown piece ; and , therefore , had little or no authority for me . Thus have I discharged the duty of intro- ducing my two aunts to the public - a duty , indeed , from which I might have easily delivered ...
... fortune to be backed by a crown piece ; and , therefore , had little or no authority for me . Thus have I discharged the duty of intro- ducing my two aunts to the public - a duty , indeed , from which I might have easily delivered ...
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... the currant jelly . What then could be done ? Fortune sometimes assists those whom wisdom and literature refuse to help . And thus it happened now . For at this critical · moment a carriage drove up to the front door 24.
... the currant jelly . What then could be done ? Fortune sometimes assists those whom wisdom and literature refuse to help . And thus it happened now . For at this critical · moment a carriage drove up to the front door 24.
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... fortune , that I was put in possession also of these . In my trunk lay the " code " of my aunt - nothing less than the con- densed wisdom , not only of her life , but of many lives not less illustrious ; and , according to the strict ...
... fortune , that I was put in possession also of these . In my trunk lay the " code " of my aunt - nothing less than the con- densed wisdom , not only of her life , but of many lives not less illustrious ; and , according to the strict ...
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... fortune to be conveyed in a trite popular maxim , they could endure no competition with the brief , pithy , pointed saying , " Many men many minds . " In conclusion , as so many persons doubted , I decided to add myself to the community ...
... fortune to be conveyed in a trite popular maxim , they could endure no competition with the brief , pithy , pointed saying , " Many men many minds . " In conclusion , as so many persons doubted , I decided to add myself to the community ...
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Página 159 - By thine Agony and bloody Sweat ; by thy Cross and Passion ; by thy precious Death and Burial ; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension ; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, Good Lord, deliver us.
Página 107 - the eleventh," said the archbishop, " and you " certainly will. — A new commandment I give " unto you, — that ye love one another.
Página 104 - ... and benevolence is more intelligible and pardonable, to arise, and thus to address his countrymen : " ' Peruvians — You are far too precipitate. Consider, I beseech you, the character and circumstances of the persons for whom this privilege is demanded. " ' In the first place, they are civilized nations — they read and write, they sleep in beds, and ride in coaches-- they wear coats and trowsers : who then will say that bark is meant for such persons as these " " 'In the second place, their...
Página 103 - Imagine him to arise amidst the tawny multi102 hide, and, with much feeling and emphasis, to state, that at least sixty millions of people de.pended upon their determination for health and life. At once, I am persuaded, the cry of that multitude would interrupt the pleadings of the orator, and one, and all, would exclaim, ' Give them bark ! give them bark ! and let not an European perish, whom it is possible for a Peruvian to save.
Página 103 - ... exclaim, • Give them bark ! give them bark ! and let not an European perish, whom it is possible for a Peruvian to save.' Thus far all would be well. But conceive, instead of the assembly being permitted to act upon this benevolent decision, some Peruvian, of an age in which the prevalence of policy or mere prudence over justice and benevolence is more intelligible and pardonable, to arise, and thus to address his countrymen: • " ' Peruvians, you are far too precipitate. Consider, I beseech...
Página 105 - Sixthly, when the time comes for the general cure of fevers and agues, 1 have no doubt but the Great Spirit will give us some sign from the mountains. " ' Such, Peruvians, are my reasons for opposing the wish of the speaker ; and whoever promotes it, or opposes me, is a madman, and an enemy both to the incas and the Great Spirit*
Página 102 - Having made my speech, I will own that I F3 101 expected, as the very smallest return, the loud acclamations of the astonished assembly. But a most profound silence ensued ; till a clergyman, who, as I then thought, looked old enough to know better, arose, and thus addressed the assembly: — " Instead, Sir, of replying directly to the reasonings of the speaker who has preceded me, I will simply put another case, and request his decision upon it. Suppose, instead of the present assembly, a thousand...
Página 100 - Heathen, convened a meeting near my aunt's mansion-house, to consider the means of extending to about sixty millions of poor idolatrous Hindoos the knowledge of Christianity. Now, whatever Religion and sound Wisdom might urge upon so plain a point, mere Prudence could not but be alarmed at an attempt, however quiet, to disturb the creed of sixty millions of people. Accordingly, having entered the assembly, I rose, and to the admiration of my aunt, made the following oration. '" I rise, Sir, to oppose...