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... influence of time , remarks , that the old man is dilator , spe longus , given to procrastination , and in clined to extend his hopes to a great distance . So far are we generally from thinking what we often say of the shortness of life ...
... influence of time , remarks , that the old man is dilator , spe longus , given to procrastination , and in clined to extend his hopes to a great distance . So far are we generally from thinking what we often say of the shortness of life ...
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... influence upon us , and make the draught of life sweet or bitter by imperceptible instil- lations . They operate unseen and unregarded , as change of air makes us sick or healthy , though we breathe it without attention , and only know ...
... influence upon us , and make the draught of life sweet or bitter by imperceptible instil- lations . They operate unseen and unregarded , as change of air makes us sick or healthy , though we breathe it without attention , and only know ...
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... influence before that of kindness . He that re- gards the welfare of others , should make his virtue approachable , that it may be loved and copied ; and he that considers the wants which every man feels , or will feel , of external ...
... influence before that of kindness . He that re- gards the welfare of others , should make his virtue approachable , that it may be loved and copied ; and he that considers the wants which every man feels , or will feel , of external ...
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... influence which I had always ex- erted on the side of virtue , in the defence of inno- cence , and the assertion of truth . I now find my opinions slighted , my sentiments criticised , and my arguments opposed by those that used to ...
... influence which I had always ex- erted on the side of virtue , in the defence of inno- cence , and the assertion of truth . I now find my opinions slighted , my sentiments criticised , and my arguments opposed by those that used to ...
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should not always exemplify his rules . His instruc- tions may diffuse their influence to regions , in which it will not be inquired , whether the author be albus an ater , good or bad ; to times , when all his faults and all his ...
should not always exemplify his rules . His instruc- tions may diffuse their influence to regions , in which it will not be inquired , whether the author be albus an ater , good or bad ; to times , when all his faults and all his ...
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Página 441 - 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 136 - 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.
Página 104 - ... harmonically conjoined, and, by consequence, the flow of the verse is longer interrupted, It is pronounced by Dryden, that a line of monosyllables is almost always harsh. This, with regard to our language, is evidently true, not because monosyllables cannot compose harmony, but because our monosyllables being of Teutonick original, or formed by contraction, commonly begin and end with consonants, as, • Every lower faculty Of sense, whereby they hear, see, smell, touch, taste.
Página 443 - 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 435 - He tugg'd, he shook, till down they came and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors...
Página 148 - I fled, and cried out Death; Hell trembled at the hideous name, and sighed From all her caves, and back resounded Death.
Página 120 - 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.
Página 411 - Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell.
Página 94 - But thou hast promised 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 105 - ... to the ground With solemn adoration down they cast Their crowns inwove with amarant and gold ; Immortal amarant, a flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom ; but soon for man's offence...