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... thousand endearments , which before glided off our minds without impression , a thousand favours unrepaid , a thousand duties un- performed ; and wish , vainly wish , for his return ; not so much that we may receive , as that we may be ...
... thousand endearments , which before glided off our minds without impression , a thousand favours unrepaid , a thousand duties un- performed ; and wish , vainly wish , for his return ; not so much that we may receive , as that we may be ...
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... thousand other reasons she alledged , some of little force in themselves , but so well seconded by pleasure , vanity , and idleness , that they soon overcame all the remain ing principles of kindness and piety ; and both I and my ...
... thousand other reasons she alledged , some of little force in themselves , but so well seconded by pleasure , vanity , and idleness , that they soon overcame all the remain ing principles of kindness and piety ; and both I and my ...
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... thousand instances will every day prove that the meanest may practise it with success . Riches cannot be within the reach of great numbers , because to be rich is to possess more than is common- ly placed in a single hand ; and if many ...
... thousand instances will every day prove that the meanest may practise it with success . Riches cannot be within the reach of great numbers , because to be rich is to possess more than is common- ly placed in a single hand ; and if many ...
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... thousand prodigalities , either from a trivial emulation of wealth and spirit , or a mean fear of contempt and ridicule ; an emulation for the prize of folly , or the dread of the laugh of fools . I am , Sir , Your humble , servant ...
... thousand prodigalities , either from a trivial emulation of wealth and spirit , or a mean fear of contempt and ridicule ; an emulation for the prize of folly , or the dread of the laugh of fools . I am , Sir , Your humble , servant ...
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... thousand fortunes in the business of a day , and complicate innumerable incidents in one great transaction , afford few lessons applicable to private life , which derives its comforts and its wretchedness from the right or wrong ...
... thousand fortunes in the business of a day , and complicate innumerable incidents in one great transaction , afford few lessons applicable to private life , which derives its comforts and its wretchedness from the right or wrong ...
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Page 210 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Page 210 - At once on the eastern cliff of Paradise He lights, and to his proper shape returns A seraph wing'd : six wings he wore, to shade His lineaments divine : the pair that clad Each shoulder broad came mantling o'er his breast With regal ornament ; the middle pair Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold And colours dipp'd in heaven ; the third his feet Shadow'd from either heel with feather'd mail, Sky-tinctured grain. Like Maia's son he stood, And shook...
Page 201 - 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.
Page 62 - ... every moment drawing nearer to safety or to destruction. At length, not fear, but labour, began to overcome him ; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down, in resignation to his fate, when he beheld, through the brambles, the glimmer of a taper. He advanced towards the light, and, finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called humbly at the door, and obtained admission. The old man set before him such provisions as he had collected...
Page 225 - THE reader is indebted for this day's entertainment to an author from whom the age has received greater favours, who has enlarged the knowledge of human nature, and taught the passions to move at the command of virtue.
Page 62 - Here the heart softens and vigilance subsides ; we are then willing to inquire whether another advance cannot be made, and whether we may not, at least, turn our eyes upon the gardens of pleasure. We approach them with scruple...
Page 59 - He did not, however, forget whither he was travelling, but found a narrow way, bordered with flowers, which appeared to have the same direction with the main road, and was pleased that, by this happy experiment, he had found means to unite pleasure with business, and to gain the rewards of diligence without suffering its fatigues.
Page 166 - Ordain'd by thee; and this delicious place For us too large, where thy abundance wants Partakers, and uncropt falls to the ground. But thou hast promis'd 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.
Page 137 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Page 37 - ... more knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants, than from a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral.