The Original, by T. Walker1836 |
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... observation and reflection ; for yours , by setting before you an alterative diet of sound and comfortable doctrines blended with innoxious amusement . It is my purpose to treat , as forcibly , perspicuously , and concisely as each ...
... observation and reflection ; for yours , by setting before you an alterative diet of sound and comfortable doctrines blended with innoxious amusement . It is my purpose to treat , as forcibly , perspicuously , and concisely as each ...
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... observed , almost every man must stoop to rise , and happy he who can do so without dishonour . You remember our ... observations on its construction and materials . Now the old man who used to occupy my house and accompany visiters to ...
... observed , almost every man must stoop to rise , and happy he who can do so without dishonour . You remember our ... observations on its construction and materials . Now the old man who used to occupy my house and accompany visiters to ...
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... observe it . We were , however , soon convinced that it was a living being ; but as we could literally see nothing but a pair of distended nostrils moving through the water , and two large eyes at a distance behind them , we were ...
... observe it . We were , however , soon convinced that it was a living being ; but as we could literally see nothing but a pair of distended nostrils moving through the water , and two large eyes at a distance behind them , we were ...
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... observation of even the worst part of mankind , I see so great an aptitude for the right path , and so little aberration , considering the quantity of neglect , that I feel confident an adequate enforcement of the real English ...
... observation of even the worst part of mankind , I see so great an aptitude for the right path , and so little aberration , considering the quantity of neglect , that I feel confident an adequate enforcement of the real English ...
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... observed with a tone of deference , " I perceive I am in the presence of an illustrious person . " " You are right , " said the stran- ger ; " and now tell me what it is I wish to know . " fortune - teller , again consulting his cards ...
... observed with a tone of deference , " I perceive I am in the presence of an illustrious person . " " You are right , " said the stran- ger ; " and now tell me what it is I wish to know . " fortune - teller , again consulting his cards ...
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Page 420 - But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Page 355 - tis not to me she speaks: Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, Having some business, do entreat her eyes To twinkle in their spheres till they return.
Page 328 - Not that I speak in respect of want ; for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound : everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
Page 328 - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 437 - Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice, And could of men distinguish her election, She hath seal'd thee for herself: for thou hast been As one, in suffering all, that suffers nothing ; A man, that fortune's buffets and rewards Hast ta'en with equal thanks...
Page 400 - This was the noblest Roman of them all: All the conspirators, save only he, Did that they did in envy of great Caesar; He, only, in a general honest thought, And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle; and the elements So mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up, And say to all the world, This was a man!
Page 355 - See! how she leans her cheek upon her hand: O! that I were a glove upon that hand, That I might touch that cheek.
Page 354 - But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks! It is the east, and Juliet is the sun ! — Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou her maid art far more fair than she...
Page 54 - Now entertain conjecture of a time, When creeping murmur, and the poring dark, Fills the wide vessel of the universe. From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night, The hum of either army stilly sounds, That the fix'd sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch...
Page 411 - If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions: I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.