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... Death 62 On the great Hiftorical Ages 63 On the English Conftitution 130 64 Of Columbus , and America 130 65 Influence of Science on Men 66 Refpect paid to old Age 131 131 133 134 134 135 67 On Pætus and Arria 68 Sidonians Choice of a ...
... Death 62 On the great Hiftorical Ages 63 On the English Conftitution 130 64 Of Columbus , and America 130 65 Influence of Science on Men 66 Refpect paid to old Age 131 131 133 134 134 135 67 On Pætus and Arria 68 Sidonians Choice of a ...
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... Death of Henry VI . Salif . 19256 Character of Edward IV . Livy . 192 57 Another - Hume . 214 Smollett . 215 Hume . 216 Smollett . 216 --- 60 Character of Richard III . 61 Another - 62 Character of Henry VII . 63 Another Rapin . 216 217 ...
... Death of Henry VI . Salif . 19256 Character of Edward IV . Livy . 192 57 Another - Hume . 214 Smollett . 215 Hume . 216 Smollett . 216 --- 60 Character of Richard III . 61 Another - 62 Character of Henry VII . 63 Another Rapin . 216 217 ...
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... Death 3 Alcander and Septimius 4 The Monk 5 Sir Bertrand ; a Fragment 6 On Human Grandeur Sterne . 245 250 Byzant . Hift . 251 Sterne . 253 Aikin . 254 Goldsmith . 257 Akin . 259 7 The Hill of Science ; a Vifion 8 The Canal and the ...
... Death 3 Alcander and Septimius 4 The Monk 5 Sir Bertrand ; a Fragment 6 On Human Grandeur Sterne . 245 250 Byzant . Hift . 251 Sterne . 253 Aikin . 254 Goldsmith . 257 Akin . 259 7 The Hill of Science ; a Vifion 8 The Canal and the ...
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... death ! The genius being moved with compaffion towards me , bid me quit fo uncomfortable a profpect . Look no more , faid he , on man in the first stage of his exiftence , in his fetting out for eternity ; but caft thine eye on that ...
... death ! The genius being moved with compaffion towards me , bid me quit fo uncomfortable a profpect . Look no more , faid he , on man in the first stage of his exiftence , in his fetting out for eternity ; but caft thine eye on that ...
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... death , he confiders the pains of his diffolution to be nothing elfe but the breaking down of that partition , which stands betwixt his foul , and the fight of that being who is always pre- fent with him , and is about to manifest ...
... death , he confiders the pains of his diffolution to be nothing elfe but the breaking down of that partition , which stands betwixt his foul , and the fight of that being who is always pre- fent with him , and is about to manifest ...
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Page 3 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Page 1 - The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him. He lifted me from the ground, and, taking me by the hand, Mirza, said he, I have heard thee in thy soliloquies; follow me.
Page 70 - But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea ; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Page 249 - The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in, and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.
Page 36 - Every blessing we enjoy, by what means soever it may be derived upon us, is the gift of Him who is the great Author of Good, and Father of Mercies.
Page 365 - A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think 'Tis day, and will never be night...
Page 1 - I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him he applied it to his lips, and began to play upon it. The sound of it was...
Page 36 - It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction, that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance. It is not like the practice of many other virtues, difficult and painful, but attended with so much pleasure, that were there no positive command .which enjoined it, nor any recompense laid up for it hereafter, a generous mind would indulge in it, for the natural gratification that accompanies it.
Page 1 - Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream. Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand.
Page 338 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together...