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... feems only fent into the world to propagate his kind . He provides himfelf with a fuccef- for , and immediately quits his post to make room for him . -Hæres Hæredem alterius , velut unda fupervenit undam . HOR . Ep . ii . 1. 2. v . 175 ...
... feems only fent into the world to propagate his kind . He provides himfelf with a fuccef- for , and immediately quits his post to make room for him . -Hæres Hæredem alterius , velut unda fupervenit undam . HOR . Ep . ii . 1. 2. v . 175 ...
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... feems to have had a truer idea of the divine nature , told the votary , by way of reproof , that in recompence for his hymn , he heartily wished he might have a daughter of the fame temper with the goddefs he celebrated .--- It was ...
... feems to have had a truer idea of the divine nature , told the votary , by way of reproof , that in recompence for his hymn , he heartily wished he might have a daughter of the fame temper with the goddefs he celebrated .--- It was ...
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... feems to follow rather than to lead him . Many are the arts of thefe corrupters ; but their principal art is ridicule . By this they endeavour to laugh out of countenance all the better principles of their wavering pro- felyte ; and ...
... feems to follow rather than to lead him . Many are the arts of thefe corrupters ; but their principal art is ridicule . By this they endeavour to laugh out of countenance all the better principles of their wavering pro- felyte ; and ...
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... to fee Such a perfon feems to have made a refolu - how they liked her , and often looked on the The Goddefs of Pleasure here broke in upon her difcourfe figure BOOK I. 43 MORAL RELIGIOUS . AND The Choice of Hercules Tatier.
... to fee Such a perfon feems to have made a refolu - how they liked her , and often looked on the The Goddefs of Pleasure here broke in upon her difcourfe figure BOOK I. 43 MORAL RELIGIOUS . AND The Choice of Hercules Tatier.
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... feems to carry so harsh a found ) the fponfor only engages for the child , as any one would engage for another , in a matter which is manifeftly for his advantage : and on a fuppofition , that the child hereafter will fee it to be fo ...
... feems to carry so harsh a found ) the fponfor only engages for the child , as any one would engage for another , in a matter which is manifeftly for his advantage : and on a fuppofition , that the child hereafter will fee it to be fo ...
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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...