The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and CriticalJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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... affection , and that grounded upon the principles of reason , not the impulses of instinct . 6 It is from the common prejudices which men receive from their parents , that hatreds are kept alive from one generation to another ; and when ...
... affection , and that grounded upon the principles of reason , not the impulses of instinct . 6 It is from the common prejudices which men receive from their parents , that hatreds are kept alive from one generation to another ; and when ...
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... affectionate mother ' A. T. ! ' 6 I WILL come down to - morrow and pay the money on my knees . Pray write so no more . I will take care you never shall , for I will be for ever here- after • Your most dutiful son , 6 F. T. ' ' I will ...
... affectionate mother ' A. T. ! ' 6 I WILL come down to - morrow and pay the money on my knees . Pray write so no more . I will take care you never shall , for I will be for ever here- after • Your most dutiful son , 6 F. T. ' ' I will ...
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... affectionate looks which we cast upón one an- other . After which the knight told me my good friend his chaplain was very well , and much at my service , and that the Sunday before he had made a most incomparable sermon out of Dr ...
... affectionate looks which we cast upón one an- other . After which the knight told me my good friend his chaplain was very well , and much at my service , and that the Sunday before he had made a most incomparable sermon out of Dr ...
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... affection I retain for my old employment that I have placed my greens so liberally about the church , but out of a particular spleen I conceived against Mrs. Simper ( and others of the same sisterhood ) some time ago . As to her- self ...
... affection I retain for my old employment that I have placed my greens so liberally about the church , but out of a particular spleen I conceived against Mrs. Simper ( and others of the same sisterhood ) some time ago . As to her- self ...
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... affection , as this is opposed to corruption and grossness.- There are pedants in breeding , as well as in learn- ing . The eye that cannot bear the light is not de- licate , but sore . A good constitution appears in the soundness and ...
... affection , as this is opposed to corruption and grossness.- There are pedants in breeding , as well as in learn- ing . The eye that cannot bear the light is not de- licate , but sore . A good constitution appears in the soundness and ...
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Página 238 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Página 242 - Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and hardening in his strength Glories...
Página 241 - Though without number still, amidst the hall Of that infernal court. But far within, And in their own dimensions like themselves, The great seraphic lords and cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat, A thousand demigods on golden seats, Frequent and full.
Página 148 - Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Página 276 - Typhoean rage more fell Rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the air In whirlwind; hell scarce holds the wild uproar.
Página 236 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Página 279 - With horse and chariots rank'd in loose array; So wide they stood, and like a furnace mouth Cast forth redounding smoke and ruddy flame.
Página 169 - Seth: 4 and the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: 5 and all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Página 240 - Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded; the love-tale Infected Sion's daughters with like heat; Whose wanton passions in the sacred porch Ezekiel saw, when, by the vision led, His eye surveyed the dark idolatries Of alienated Judah.
Página 35 - True love has ten thousand griefs, impatiences, and resentments, that render a man unamiable in the eyes of the person whose affection he solicits ; besides that it sinks his figure, gives him fears, apprehensions, and poorness of spirit, and often makes him appear ridiculous where he has a mind to recommend himself. Those marriages generally abound most with love and constancy, that are preceded by a long courtship.