Museum of Foreign Literature and Science, Volume 6Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith E. Littell, 1825 |
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... living which , joined to his own improvidence , rendered his income as fluctuating as his Occupation . He wrote many Essays for various periodical publi- cations , and afterwards collected them into one volume , finding that they were ...
... living which , joined to his own improvidence , rendered his income as fluctuating as his Occupation . He wrote many Essays for various periodical publi- cations , and afterwards collected them into one volume , finding that they were ...
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... living , the example of simple manners , and good conversation . " The reception given to the Deserted Village , so full of natural elegance , simplicity , and pathos , was of the warmest kind . The publisher showed at once his skill ...
... living , the example of simple manners , and good conversation . " The reception given to the Deserted Village , so full of natural elegance , simplicity , and pathos , was of the warmest kind . The publisher showed at once his skill ...
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... American reviewer writing according to his knowledge where he retorts it on us ? Does he believe that Bishop Watson's living away from his soe , or the Bishop of Derry's sojourn in Italy , are really 22 America and England .
... American reviewer writing according to his knowledge where he retorts it on us ? Does he believe that Bishop Watson's living away from his soe , or the Bishop of Derry's sojourn in Italy , are really 22 America and England .
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... living God ! " Alas ! - ( generally speaking . ) MISS PORTER- ( properly . ) " Providence had seen fit to smite him indeed : -but how mer- cifully ! " Reflections commencing with " how " always have this mark after them . MISS PORTER ...
... living God ! " Alas ! - ( generally speaking . ) MISS PORTER- ( properly . ) " Providence had seen fit to smite him indeed : -but how mer- cifully ! " Reflections commencing with " how " always have this mark after them . MISS PORTER ...
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... living frame of man ; I have caught it , and it burns here ; " and he wildly smote his forehead , adding , " Oh ! till I felt this pain , I knew not the virtue of the boon which nature has given . Surely despair is but a deadly malady ...
... living frame of man ; I have caught it , and it burns here ; " and he wildly smote his forehead , adding , " Oh ! till I felt this pain , I knew not the virtue of the boon which nature has given . Surely despair is but a deadly malady ...
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Page 85 - Friend after friend departs ; Who hath not lost a friend? There is no union here of hearts, That finds not here an end.
Page 92 - Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind nature's signal of retreat...
Page 161 - AND is there care in heaven ? and is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures base, That may compassion of their evils move ? There is : else much more wretched were the case Of men than beasts...
Page 161 - How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come to succour us that succour want ! How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting...
Page 86 - Beyond the reign of death, There surely is some blessed clime Where life is not a breath, Nor life's affections transient fire, Whose sparks fly upward and expire.
Page 375 - I shall detain you now no longer in the demonstration of what we should not do, but straight conduct you to a hill-side, where I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education ; laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect, and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming-.