The Guardian, Volume 2C. Whittingham, published John Sharpe, 1804 |
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... consider that there is a profligate set of fellows too ready to taint the character of the virtuous , or blast the charms of the blooming virgin . The young lady from whom I had the honour of receiving the following letter , deserves ...
... consider that there is a profligate set of fellows too ready to taint the character of the virtuous , or blast the charms of the blooming virgin . The young lady from whom I had the honour of receiving the following letter , deserves ...
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... consider vice as it is ridiculous , and accompanied with gallantry , else I find in a very short time I shall lie like waste paper on the tables of coffee - houses . Where I have taken most pains I often find myself least read . There ...
... consider vice as it is ridiculous , and accompanied with gallantry , else I find in a very short time I shall lie like waste paper on the tables of coffee - houses . Where I have taken most pains I often find myself least read . There ...
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... consider the happiness which grows out of a fatherly conduct towards servants , it would encourage a man to that sort of care , as much as the effects of a libertine behaviour to them would affright us . Lycurgus is a man of that noble ...
... consider the happiness which grows out of a fatherly conduct towards servants , it would encourage a man to that sort of care , as much as the effects of a libertine behaviour to them would affright us . Lycurgus is a man of that noble ...
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... consider- eth all their works . He knoweth our down - sitting and up - rising . He compasseth our path , and count- eth our steps . He is acquainted with all our ways ; and when we enter our closet , and shut our door , he seeth us . He ...
... consider- eth all their works . He knoweth our down - sitting and up - rising . He compasseth our path , and count- eth our steps . He is acquainted with all our ways ; and when we enter our closet , and shut our door , he seeth us . He ...
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... consider the boundless activity of our minds , the remembrance we have of things past , our foresight of what is to come ; when I reflect on the noble discoveries and vast improve- ments by which these minds have advanced arts and ...
... consider the boundless activity of our minds , the remembrance we have of things past , our foresight of what is to come ; when I reflect on the noble discoveries and vast improve- ments by which these minds have advanced arts and ...
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acquainted ADDISON ants appear Barsisa beauty body called charms coffee-house corn courser creatures daughter death desire dress DRYDEN Dunkirk earth entertainment Eveites eyes favour female free-thinkers French gentleman give GUARDIAN hand hath heart Helim honour human humble servant John Sharpe Julius Cæsar JUNE 24 kind king lady late learned letter lion live look Lord Lord Roscommon Lucretius mankind manner marriage matter means ment mind mocketh nature neck nest NESTOR IRONSIDE never noble observed occasion OVID paper particular passion Persia person Pharisee pleased pleasure poet present Pulcheria racters reader reason Rhadamanthus roar Sadducees santon says shew soul species Spect Statius STEELE sword tell thee thing thou thought tion town turn VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman word young youth
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Page 25 - Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? 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.
Page 134 - 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...
Page 400 - She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed ; her husband also, and he praiseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. 175 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
Page 399 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household : For all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry ; Her clothing is silk and purple.
Page 34 - Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
Page 399 - 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. 12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. 13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants ' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Page 34 - They shall perish; but thou remainest; And they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shall thou fold them up, And they shall be changed: But thou art the same, And thy years shall not fail.
Page 197 - A new commandment I give unto you : That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love one for another.
Page 34 - Thou, even thou, art Lord alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all ; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Page 165 - Upon their separating from one another into distant countries, they agreed to withdraw themselves punctually into their closets at a certain hour of the day, and to converse with one another by means of this their invention. 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.