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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... tion : nay , they who enjoy it must value things only as they are the objects of speculation , with- out drawing any worldly advantage to themselves from them , but just as they are what contribute to their amusement , or the ...
... tion : nay , they who enjoy it must value things only as they are the objects of speculation , with- out drawing any worldly advantage to themselves from them , but just as they are what contribute to their amusement , or the ...
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... tion of which I avoid giving her the least provoca- tion ; and indeed we live better together than usually folks do who hated one another when they were first joined . To evade the sin against pa- rents , or at least to extenuate it ...
... tion of which I avoid giving her the least provoca- tion ; and indeed we live better together than usually folks do who hated one another when they were first joined . To evade the sin against pa- rents , or at least to extenuate it ...
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... tion of themselves and their creditors . The wretched man , who was lately master of abund- ance , is now under the direction of others ; and the wisdom , economy , good sense , and skill in human life before , by reason of his present ...
... tion of themselves and their creditors . The wretched man , who was lately master of abund- ance , is now under the direction of others ; and the wisdom , economy , good sense , and skill in human life before , by reason of his present ...
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... tion or discourse , however unjustifiable in itself , so it be in vogue among the present party . This , though one of the most common , is one of the most ridiculous dispositions in human nature , that men should not be ashamed of ...
... tion or discourse , however unjustifiable in itself , so it be in vogue among the present party . This , though one of the most common , is one of the most ridiculous dispositions in human nature , that men should not be ashamed of ...
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... tion . I have only touched on these several heads , which every one who is conversant in discourses of this nature will easily enlarge upon in his own thoughts , and draw conclusions from them - which may be useful to him in the conduct ...
... tion . I have only touched on these several heads , which every one who is conversant in discourses of this nature will easily enlarge upon in his own thoughts , and draw conclusions from them - which may be useful to him in the conduct ...
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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.
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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...
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Page 12 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
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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.