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... thofe to whom we fpeak ; it is to conve to them our own ideas and emotions . N the tone of our voice , our looks and gefture interpret our ideas and emotions no lefs tha words do ; nay , the impreffion they make o others , is frequently ...
... thofe to whom we fpeak ; it is to conve to them our own ideas and emotions . N the tone of our voice , our looks and gefture interpret our ideas and emotions no lefs tha words do ; nay , the impreffion they make o others , is frequently ...
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... thofe that were entire , made up the number about an hundred . As I was counting the ar- ches , the genius told me that this bridge con- fifted at first of a thousand arches ; but that a great flood fwept away the reft , and left the ...
... thofe that were entire , made up the number about an hundred . As I was counting the ar- ches , the genius told me that this bridge con- fifted at first of a thousand arches ; but that a great flood fwept away the reft , and left the ...
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... thofe to whom it was moft dreadful ; they all had the art of concealing their danger from themselves ; and those who knew their inability to bear the fight of the terrors that embarrassed their way , took care never to look forward ...
... thofe to whom it was moft dreadful ; they all had the art of concealing their danger from themselves ; and those who knew their inability to bear the fight of the terrors that embarrassed their way , took care never to look forward ...
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... thofe virtuous thoughts which he awakens in us , by thofe fecret comforts and refreshments which he conveys into our fouls , and by those ravishing joys and inward fatisfactions which are perpetually fpringing up , and diffufing ...
... thofe virtuous thoughts which he awakens in us , by thofe fecret comforts and refreshments which he conveys into our fouls , and by those ravishing joys and inward fatisfactions which are perpetually fpringing up , and diffufing ...
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... thofe various turns of expreflion and thought which are peculiar in his writ- ings . I often confider mankind as ... thofe men who are in a perpetuał hurry of affairs , but of thofe only who are not always engaged in fcenes of actions ...
... thofe various turns of expreflion and thought which are peculiar in his writ- ings . I often confider mankind as ... thofe men who are in a perpetuał hurry of affairs , but of thofe only who are not always engaged in fcenes of actions ...
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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...