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... observation left any impression upon the mind ; and perhaps , if my readers will turn their thoughts back upon their old friends , they will find it difficult to call a single man to remem- brance , who appeared to know that life was ...
... observation left any impression upon the mind ; and perhaps , if my readers will turn their thoughts back upon their old friends , they will find it difficult to call a single man to remem- brance , who appeared to know that life was ...
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Samuel Johnson. a case which I have reason from observation to believe very common , and which I know by ex- perience to be very miserable . And though the querulous are seldom received with great ardour of kindness , I hope to escape ...
Samuel Johnson. a case which I have reason from observation to believe very common , and which I know by ex- perience to be very miserable . And though the querulous are seldom received with great ardour of kindness , I hope to escape ...
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... observations of one who has been taught to know mankind by unwelcome information , and whose opinions are the result , not of solitary conjectures , but of practice and experience . I was born to a large fortune , and bred to the ...
... observations of one who has been taught to know mankind by unwelcome information , and whose opinions are the result , not of solitary conjectures , but of practice and experience . I was born to a large fortune , and bred to the ...
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... Observations like these , are commonly nothing better than covert insults , which serve to give vent to the flatulence of pride , but they are now and then imprudently uttered by honesty and benevolence , and inflict pain where kindness ...
... Observations like these , are commonly nothing better than covert insults , which serve to give vent to the flatulence of pride , but they are now and then imprudently uttered by honesty and benevolence , and inflict pain where kindness ...
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... observed all the rules of politeness , which he is now so far from relaxing , that when- ever he serves the tea , he obstinately carries me the first dish , in defiance of the frowns and whis- pers of the table . This , Mr. RAMBLER , is ...
... observed all the rules of politeness , which he is now so far from relaxing , that when- ever he serves the tea , he obstinately carries me the first dish , in defiance of the frowns and whis- pers of the table . This , Mr. RAMBLER , is ...
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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.