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... wife men , and yourself bear- ing a thare in it . Think after what manner , with what tones and inflexions of voice , you would on fuch an occafion exprefs yourfelf , when you were moft in earnest , and fought most to be listened to ...
... wife men , and yourself bear- ing a thare in it . Think after what manner , with what tones and inflexions of voice , you would on fuch an occafion exprefs yourfelf , when you were moft in earnest , and fought most to be listened to ...
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... wife being make fuch glorious crca- purpofe ? A brute arrives at a point of per - tures for fo mean a purpofe ? Can he delight fection that he can never pafs : in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of ; and were he to ...
... wife being make fuch glorious crca- purpofe ? A brute arrives at a point of per - tures for fo mean a purpofe ? Can he delight fection that he can never pafs : in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of ; and were he to ...
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... wife the other day look out himself as he ought to the other . But when of the window , and turn as pale as afhes reafon interpofes against inftinct , where it upon fecing my younger boy fliding upon the would carry either out of the ...
... wife the other day look out himself as he ought to the other . But when of the window , and turn as pale as afhes reafon interpofes against inftinct , where it upon fecing my younger boy fliding upon the would carry either out of the ...
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... wife as any in the country . Rhadamanthus have done , but I had made a firm refolution . miled at the fimplicity of the good woman , to have changed my life , if I had not ben fnatched 9. On Truth and Sincerity , Truth and reality have ...
... wife as any in the country . Rhadamanthus have done , but I had made a firm refolution . miled at the fimplicity of the good woman , to have changed my life , if I had not ben fnatched 9. On Truth and Sincerity , Truth and reality have ...
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... wife of a huf- band who was as dear to me in his old age as in his youth . I have been a mother , and very happy in my children , whom I endea voured to bring up in every thing that is good . My eldeft fon is bleft by the poor , and ...
... wife of a huf- band who was as dear to me in his old age as in his youth . I have been a mother , and very happy in my children , whom I endea voured to bring up in every thing that is good . My eldeft fon is bleft by the poor , and ...
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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...