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... foon met the godlike Socrates ! But to fit me for confabulation , eafe my mind at once , and tell me your opinion of the Chriftian superstition . Speak , is it not fuch ? - Socrates . To tell you what I know for certain , I am not per ...
... foon met the godlike Socrates ! But to fit me for confabulation , eafe my mind at once , and tell me your opinion of the Chriftian superstition . Speak , is it not fuch ? - Socrates . To tell you what I know for certain , I am not per ...
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... the reign of Henry III . The confequence of this removal was , that the inhabitants of the ancient city foon followed the church , whofe riches they had unquestionably before found very beneficial . Here riches [ 52 ]
... the reign of Henry III . The confequence of this removal was , that the inhabitants of the ancient city foon followed the church , whofe riches they had unquestionably before found very beneficial . Here riches [ 52 ]
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Several Hands. minifterial violations of the conftitution , & c . but he foon quits this melancholy walk , and fets out for the holy city of Salem ; where being arrived , down he fits , to give us the history of the people called , or ...
Several Hands. minifterial violations of the conftitution , & c . but he foon quits this melancholy walk , and fets out for the holy city of Salem ; where being arrived , down he fits , to give us the history of the people called , or ...
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... but it alfo blows up the love - fire effence . This love - fire has its root in the meek water , from whence it fprings , as the fierce fire from the harsh aftringent darkness . As foon as fire 80 MONTHLY CATALOGUE ,
... but it alfo blows up the love - fire effence . This love - fire has its root in the meek water , from whence it fprings , as the fierce fire from the harsh aftringent darkness . As foon as fire 80 MONTHLY CATALOGUE ,
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Several Hands. fire from the harsh aftringent darkness . As foon as this child of love is born , the whole birth of eternal nature ftands in great triumph of divine joy , all its powers and effences become fubftantial , and they fee ...
Several Hands. fire from the harsh aftringent darkness . As foon as this child of love is born , the whole birth of eternal nature ftands in great triumph of divine joy , all its powers and effences become fubftantial , and they fee ...
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Page 294 - And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
Page 374 - It is not in the Hercules, nor in the Gladiator, nor in the Apollo ; but in that form which is taken from all, and which partakes equally of the activity of the Gladiator, of the delicacy of the Apollo, and of the muscular strength of the Hercules.
Page 268 - But who the melodies of morn can tell ? — The wild brook babbling down the mountain side ; The lowing herd ; the sheepfold's simple bell ; The pipe of early shepherd dim descried In the lone valley ; echoing far and wide, The clamorous horn along the cliffs above ; The hollow murmur of the ocean-tide ; The hum of bees ; the linnet's lay of love ; And the full choir that wakes the universal grove.
Page 190 - ... policy. Sad experience and a large mind taught that great man, the President De Thou, this doctrine. Let any man read the many admirable things which, though a Papist, he hath...
Page 265 - Supremely blest, if to their portion fall Health, competence, and peace. Nor higher aim Had he whose simple tale these artless lines proclaim.
Page 329 - Of style and sentiment they take no cognizance. They admire him for virtues like their own, for contempt of order and violence of outrage, for rage of defamation and audacity of falsehood.
Page 313 - From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Page 372 - Phidias (the favourite artist of antiquity), to illustrate their assertions. As if they could not sufficiently express their admiration of his genius by what they knew, they have recourse to poetical enthusiasm. They call it inspiration ; a gift from heaven. The...
Page 338 - The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants: it is always unknown ; it is different in different men; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst, it is every vice, folly, and passion to which human nature is liable.
Page 265 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ; Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war ; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown...