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... agreeable companion , a disinterested friend , and an unbiassed patriot , is the
hearty prayer of , SIR , Your most obliged and most obedient humble servant ,
THE GUARDIAN . THE GUARDIAN N° 83 . TUESDAY , JUNE 16 , DEDICATION .
... agreeable companion , a disinterested friend , and an unbiassed patriot , is the
hearty prayer of , SIR , Your most obliged and most obedient humble servant ,
THE GUARDIAN . THE GUARDIAN N° 83 . TUESDAY , JUNE 16 , DEDICATION .
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I am , SIR , " Your ever obliged servant , JOHN LIZARD ? ' N° 87 . SATURDAY ,
JUNE 20 , 1713 , - Constiterant hinc Thisbe , Pyramus illinc , Inque vicem fuerat
captatus anhelitus oris . OVID . Met . iv . 71 . Here Pyramus , there gentle Thisbe ...
I am , SIR , " Your ever obliged servant , JOHN LIZARD ? ' N° 87 . SATURDAY ,
JUNE 20 , 1713 , - Constiterant hinc Thisbe , Pyramus illinc , Inque vicem fuerat
captatus anhelitus oris . OVID . Met . iv . 71 . Here Pyramus , there gentle Thisbe ...
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... it was no new disaster , but the same a certain ancient poet had been subject
to , who is recorded to have been so light , that he was obliged to poise himself
against the wind with lead on one side , and his own works on the other . The
lover ...
... it was no new disaster , but the same a certain ancient poet had been subject
to , who is recorded to have been so light , that he was obliged to poise himself
against the wind with lead on one side , and his own works on the other . The
lover ...
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Georg . iii . 8 . I ' ll try the experiment . I HAVE lately entertained my reader with
two or three letters from a traveller ' , and may possibly , in some of my future
papers , oblige him with more from the same hand . The following one comes
from a ...
Georg . iii . 8 . I ' ll try the experiment . I HAVE lately entertained my reader with
two or three letters from a traveller ' , and may possibly , in some of my future
papers , oblige him with more from the same hand . The following one comes
from a ...
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I have now one before me , who , after having given many proofs of his
performances both in poetry and prose , obliged the world with several critical
works . The author I mean is Strada . His prolusion on the stile of the most famous
among the ...
I have now one before me , who , after having given many proofs of his
performances both in poetry and prose , obliged the world with several critical
works . The author I mean is Strada . His prolusion on the stile of the most famous
among the ...
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Page 23 - 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 32 - 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 32 - 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 32 - 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.
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| Title | The Guardian, Volume 2 The Guardian, Sir Richard Steele |
| Contributors | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele |
| Publisher | C. Whittingham, published John Sharpe, 1804 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 6 Mar 2007 |
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