The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The SpectatorE. Sargeant, and M. & W. Ward; and Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston., 1810 - English essays |
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... reason of his present mis- fortune , are of no use to him in the disposition of any thing . The incapacity of an infant or a lu- natic is designed for his provision and accommo- dation ; but that of a bankrupt , without any miti- gation ...
... reason of his present mis- fortune , are of no use to him in the disposition of any thing . The incapacity of an infant or a lu- natic is designed for his provision and accommo- dation ; but that of a bankrupt , without any miti- gation ...
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... reason all wise law- givers have been extremely tender how they let loose even the man who has right on his side , to act with any mixture of resentment against the defendant . Virtuous and modest men , though they be used with some ...
... reason all wise law- givers have been extremely tender how they let loose even the man who has right on his side , to act with any mixture of resentment against the defendant . Virtuous and modest men , though they be used with some ...
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... into as many vices as the most abandoned impudence ; and is * The motto from Hesiod was not prefixed to this paper in the Spect . in folio . the more inexcusable to reason , because it acts to 34 No. 458 . SPECTATOR .
... into as many vices as the most abandoned impudence ; and is * The motto from Hesiod was not prefixed to this paper in the Spect . in folio . the more inexcusable to reason , because it acts to 34 No. 458 . SPECTATOR .
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Alexander Chalmers. the more inexcusable to reason , because it acts to gratify others rather than itself , and is pun- ished with a kind of remorse , not only like other vicious habits when the crime is over , but even at the very time ...
Alexander Chalmers. the more inexcusable to reason , because it acts to gratify others rather than itself , and is pun- ished with a kind of remorse , not only like other vicious habits when the crime is over , but even at the very time ...
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... reason and virtue . In the second place , we are to consider false modesty , as it restrains a man from doing what is good and laudable . My reader's own thoughts will suggest to him many instances and examples under this head . I shall ...
... reason and virtue . In the second place , we are to consider false modesty , as it restrains a man from doing what is good and laudable . My reader's own thoughts will suggest to him many instances and examples under this head . I shall ...
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Page 99 - I have set the LORD always before me : because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Page 64 - I die: * remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: * lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 63 - There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Page 70 - Th' unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an almighty hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth: Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole...
Page 174 - We are somewhat more than ourselves in our sleeps, and the slumber of the body seems to be but the waking of the soul. It is the ligation of sense, but the liberty of reason, and our waking conceptions do not match the fancies of our sleeps.
Page 71 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Page 12 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 294 - WHEN rising from the bed of death, O'erwhelm'd with guilt and fear, I see my Maker, face to face, O how shall I appear!
Page 182 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Page 84 - Alas ! poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio ; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy ; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times ; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is ! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft.