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... fall in our way almost every day of our lives . A man has fre- quent opportunities of mitigating the fierceness of a party ; of doing justice to the character of a deserving man ; of softening the envious , quieting the angry , and ...
... fall in our way almost every day of our lives . A man has fre- quent opportunities of mitigating the fierceness of a party ; of doing justice to the character of a deserving man ; of softening the envious , quieting the angry , and ...
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... falling out with him about a fortnight ago for sending every one of her children upon some sleeveless errand , as she terms it . Her eldest son went to buy a halfpenny - worth of inkle at a shoemaker's ; the eldest daughter was ...
... falling out with him about a fortnight ago for sending every one of her children upon some sleeveless errand , as she terms it . Her eldest son went to buy a halfpenny - worth of inkle at a shoemaker's ; the eldest daughter was ...
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... fall short of us in those respects which stir up this passion . I am afraid I shall appear too abstracted in my specula- tions if I shew that , when a man of wit makes us laugh , it is by betraying some oddness or infirmity in his own ...
... fall short of us in those respects which stir up this passion . I am afraid I shall appear too abstracted in my specula- tions if I shew that , when a man of wit makes us laugh , it is by betraying some oddness or infirmity in his own ...
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... fall upon those who ought to be the most exempt from it . Virtue , merit , and everything that is praiseworthy , will be made the subject of ridicule and buffoonery . It is impossible to enumerate the evils which arise from these arrows ...
... fall upon those who ought to be the most exempt from it . Virtue , merit , and everything that is praiseworthy , will be made the subject of ridicule and buffoonery . It is impossible to enumerate the evils which arise from these arrows ...
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... fall , which he accordingly con- ferred upon him in a few months after . This had so good an effect upon the author , that he dedicated the second edition of his book to the cardinal , after having expunged the passages which had given ...
... fall , which he accordingly con- ferred upon him in a few months after . This had so good an effect upon the author , that he dedicated the second edition of his book to the cardinal , after having expunged the passages which had given ...
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Page 201 - HOW are thy servants blest, O Lord, How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help, omnipotence.
Page 263 - OUR sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action, without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.
Page 66 - When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys; Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Page 213 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Page 25 - I ascended the high hills of Bagdat in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and, passing from one thought to another, surely, said I, man is but a shadow and life a dream.
Page 210 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Page 200 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; these see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Page 116 - I have set the Lord always before me : Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth : My flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ; Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt show me the path of life : In thy presence is fulness of joy ; At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Page 268 - On the contrary, a spacious horizon is an image of liberty, where the eye has room to range abroad, to expatiate at large on the immensity of its views, and to lose itself amidst the variety of objects that offer themselves to its observation.
Page 67 - Ten thousand, thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.