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... Nature's Gifts Unknown . 405. On the Improvement of sacred Music Addison . 406. Letters on the Joys and Satisfactions of pri- vate Life - Translation of a Lapland Song Steele . 407. Character of English Oratory - Use of proper Gestures ...
... Nature's Gifts Unknown . 405. On the Improvement of sacred Music Addison . 406. Letters on the Joys and Satisfactions of pri- vate Life - Translation of a Lapland Song Steele . 407. Character of English Oratory - Use of proper Gestures ...
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... nature : it does not throw the mind into a condition improper for the present state of humanity , and is very con- spicuous in the characters of those who are looked upon as the greatest philosophers among the heathens , as well as ...
... nature : it does not throw the mind into a condition improper for the present state of humanity , and is very con- spicuous in the characters of those who are looked upon as the greatest philosophers among the heathens , as well as ...
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... natural effect of virtue and innocence . Cheerfulness in an ill man deserves a harder name than language can furnish us ... nature in the prospect of non- existence , that I cannot but wonder , with many ex- cellent writers , how it is ...
... natural effect of virtue and innocence . Cheerfulness in an ill man deserves a harder name than language can furnish us ... nature in the prospect of non- existence , that I cannot but wonder , with many ex- cellent writers , how it is ...
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... nature , as well as in right reason , I cannot think of any other that ought to banish this happy temper from a virtuous mind . Pain and sickness , shame and reproach , poverty and old age , nay death itself , considering the shortness ...
... nature , as well as in right reason , I cannot think of any other that ought to banish this happy temper from a virtuous mind . Pain and sickness , shame and reproach , poverty and old age , nay death itself , considering the shortness ...
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... nature , gives to every character of life its due regards , and is ready to account for their imperfec- tions , and receive their accomplishments as if they were his own . It must appear that you receive law from , and not give it , to ...
... nature , gives to every character of life its due regards , and is ready to account for their imperfec- tions , and receive their accomplishments as if they were his own . It must appear that you receive law from , and not give it , to ...
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Page 1 - Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often raised into the greatest transports of mirth, who are subject to the greatest depressions of melancholy; on the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents us from falling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightning that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and fills it with...
Page 123 - He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. He meets with a secret refreshment in a description, and often feels a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the possession. It gives him indeed a kind of property in every thing he sees...
Page 184 - And missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green. To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon. Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
Page 184 - And, as I wake, sweet music breathe Above, about, or underneath, Sent by some Spirit to mortals good, Or the unseen Genius of the wood.
Page 243 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Page 53 - And higher than that wall a circling row Of goodliest trees, loaden with fairest fruit, Blossoms and fruits at once of golden hue, Appear'd, with gay...
Page 252 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 114 - I think I may define it to be that faculty of the soul which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure and the imperfections with dislike.
Page 67 - Your Grace's displeasure, and my imprisonment, are things so strange unto me, as what to write, or what to excuse, I am altogether ignorant. Whereas you send unto me (willing me to confess a truth, and so obtain your favour) by such an one, whom you know to be mine ancient professed enemy; I no sooner received this message by him than I rightly conceived your meaning; and if, as you say, confessing a truth, indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty perform your command.
Page 69 - ... where both you and myself must shortly appear, and in whose judgment I doubt not (whatsoever the world may think of me) mine innocence shall be openly known, and sufficiently cleared. ' My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burden of your grace's displeasure...