The Guardian, Volume 2T. Gillet, 1797 |
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... fide before and the other caft upon the collateral fhoulder . But there is a friend of mine who never talks to me but he throws that which I wear forward upon my shoulder , fo that in reftoring it to its place I lose two or three hairs ...
... fide before and the other caft upon the collateral fhoulder . But there is a friend of mine who never talks to me but he throws that which I wear forward upon my shoulder , fo that in reftoring it to its place I lose two or three hairs ...
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... fide of Ruffel - ftreet , about two doors from Covent - garden . Here it was that the wits of that time ufed to affemble . It is faid that when Addifon had fuffered any vexation from the countess , he withdrew the company from Button's ...
... fide of Ruffel - ftreet , about two doors from Covent - garden . Here it was that the wits of that time ufed to affemble . It is faid that when Addifon had fuffered any vexation from the countess , he withdrew the company from Button's ...
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... fide of the house , and her humble fervant the footman was fo happy a man as to be employed in cleaning the fame glass on the fide towards the street . The wench began with the greatest severity of aspect imaginable , and breathing on ...
... fide of the house , and her humble fervant the footman was fo happy a man as to be employed in cleaning the fame glass on the fide towards the street . The wench began with the greatest severity of aspect imaginable , and breathing on ...
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... fide of the window . He ftill worked on and languished , until at last his fair one smiled , but covered herself , and spreading the napkin in her hand , concealed herfelf from her admirer , while he took pains , as it were , to work ...
... fide of the window . He ftill worked on and languished , until at last his fair one smiled , but covered herself , and spreading the napkin in her hand , concealed herfelf from her admirer , while he took pains , as it were , to work ...
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... fide , and his own works on the other . The lover confeffed the other night that he had been cured of love to a tall woman by reading over the legend of Ragotine in Scaron , with his tea , three mornings fucceffively . hero rarely ...
... fide , and his own works on the other . The lover confeffed the other night that he had been cured of love to a tall woman by reading over the legend of Ragotine in Scaron , with his tea , three mornings fucceffively . hero rarely ...
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ADDISON Addiſon's againſt alfo anſwer ants aſked beauty becauſe beſt buſineſs confider confiderable converfation defign defire diftinguiſhed drefs Dunkirk Engliſh faid fame faſhion fays fecret feems fenfe fent feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide figned filk fince firſt fome fomething foon foul fpecies fpirit ftill fubject fuch fure furniſh fword gentleman George Berkeley give greateſt Guardian hand hath Helim herſelf himſelf honour houſe humble fervant huſband IRONSIDE itſelf juſt lady laft laſt leaſt lefs letter likewife lion mafter mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neft NESTOR obferved occafion OVID paffed paffion paper perfon philofopher pleaſed pleaſure poet prefent publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reader reafon reprefented Rhadamanthus ſee ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſmall ſpeak ſtanding ſtill thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand Tickell tion underſtanding uſe VIRG virtue whofe
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Page 465 - Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Page 258 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 158 - And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour, so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
Page 34 - After it a voice roareth; he thundereth with the voice of his excellency: and he will not stay them when his voice is heard. God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
Page 428 - ... this notion, that they place the whole idea of honour in a kind of brutal courage ; by which means we have had many among us who have called themselves men of honour, that would have been a disgrace to a gibbet.
Page 34 - The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, and lifteth up. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, And lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, To set them among princes, And to make them inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, And he hath set the world upon them.
Page 23 - The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
Page 495 - With deeper red the full pomegranate glows, The branch here bends beneath the weighty pear, And verdant olives flourish round the year. The balmy spirit of the western gale Eternal breathes on fruits untaught to fail : Each dropping pear a' following pear supplies, On apples apples, figs on figs arise : The same mild season gives the blooms to blow, The buds to harden, and the fruits to grow.
Page 157 - Ask what I shall give thee. And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast...
Page 191 - Accordingly, when they were some hundred miles asunder, each of them shut himself up in his closet at the time appointed, and immediately cast his eye upon his dial-plate. If he had a mind to write any thing to his friend, he directed his needle to every letter that formed the -words...