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... less power than is ascribed to it by those that want it . I had formed schemes which I cannot exe- cute , I had supposed events which do not come to pass , and the rest of my life must pass in craving solicitude , unless you can find ...
... less power than is ascribed to it by those that want it . I had formed schemes which I cannot exe- cute , I had supposed events which do not come to pass , and the rest of my life must pass in craving solicitude , unless you can find ...
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... less doubtful evidence ; for though peevishness may sometimes justly boast its descent from learning or from wit , it is much oftener of base extraction , the child of vanity , and nurseling of ignorance . No 75. TUESDAY , DECEMBER 4 ...
... less doubtful evidence ; for though peevishness may sometimes justly boast its descent from learning or from wit , it is much oftener of base extraction , the child of vanity , and nurseling of ignorance . No 75. TUESDAY , DECEMBER 4 ...
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... less glitter , but with equal spirit . I found myself received at every visit , with sorrow beyond what is naturally felt for calami- ties in which we have no part , and was enter- tained with condolence and consolation so fre- quently ...
... less glitter , but with equal spirit . I found myself received at every visit , with sorrow beyond what is naturally felt for calami- ties in which we have no part , and was enter- tained with condolence and consolation so fre- quently ...
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... less I have never known any lady , who did not think wealth a title to some stipulations in her favour : and surely what is claimed by the possession of money is justly for- feited by its loss . She that has once demanded 28 No 75 THE ...
... less I have never known any lady , who did not think wealth a title to some stipulations in her favour : and surely what is claimed by the possession of money is justly for- feited by its loss . She that has once demanded 28 No 75 THE ...
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... less understanding , or less attention . When their hearts are burthened with the consciousness of a crime , instead of seeking for some remedy within themselves , they look round upon the rest of mankind , to find others tainted with ...
... less understanding , or less attention . When their hearts are burthened with the consciousness of a crime , instead of seeking for some remedy within themselves , they look round upon the rest of mankind , to find others tainted with ...
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Ajax amusements Aristotle attention beauty CAPRICE celebrated censure considered contempt curiosity danger delight Demochares desire dignity dili diligence discover DRYDEN endeavoured envy equally excellence expected falsehood fancy favour fear FEBRUARY 16 flattered folly fortune frequently Galba genius gratifications happiness heart honour hope hopes and fears hour human imagination inclination innu inquiry JUPITER justice justly kind knowledge labour ladies learning lence less lives long con look mankind MARCH 12 marriage ment Milton mind miscarriage nature necessary negligence ness never nity numbers observed once opinion OVID passed passions perhaps perpetual pleased pleasure poets praise pride prudence racterize RAMBLER reason regard reproach rest rience SATURDAY scarcely seldom sentiments sometimes soon sophisms sound species SPECTA suffer surely syllables thing thou thought thousand tion truth TUESDAY vanity verse Virgil virtue writers
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Página 94 - But thou hast promis'd from us two a race To fill the earth, who shall with us extol Thy goodness infinite, both when we wake, And when we seek, as now, thy gift of sleep.
Página 422 - Whom have I to complain of but myself? Who this high gift of strength committed to me, In what part lodged, how easily bereft me, Under the seal of silence could not keep, But weakly to a woman must reveal it O'ercome with importunity and tears.
Página 433 - The Sun to me is dark And silent as the Moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the Soul, She all in every part; why was the sight To such a tender ball as the eye confined?
Página 135 - 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 : When Ajax strives some rock's vast- weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Página 431 - Nor the other light of life continue long, But yield to double darkness nigh at hand : So much I feel my genial spirits droop, My hopes all flat, nature within me seems In all her functions weary of herself ; My race of glory run, and race of shame, And I shall shortly be with them that rest.
Página 94 - Thus at their shady lodge arriv'd, both stood, Both turn'd, and under open sky ador'd The GOD that made both sky, air, earth, and heav'n Which they beheld, the moon's resplendent globe, And starry pole. Thou also mad'st the night, Maker Omnipotent, and thou the day...
Página 119 - gan war, and fowl with fowl, And fish with fish ; to graze the herb all leaving Devour'd each other ; nor stood much in awe Of man, but fled him, or, with countenance grim, Glared on him passing. These were from without The growing miseries, which Adam saw Already in part, though hid in gloomiest shade, To sorrow...
Página 60 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Página 431 - No strength of man or fiercest wild beast could withstand ; Who tore the lion...
Página 433 - Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.