Essays: On the Following Subjects: Celibacy, Wedlock, Seduction, Pride, Duelling, Self-murder, Lying, Detraction, Avarice, Justice, Generosity, Temperance, Excess, DeathSmart and Cowslade, 1806 - Всего страниц: 190 |
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... amends , for what , in the first instance , was a deficiency of wealth . In point of fortune , where other recommen- dations are approved , the sincerity of the per- son son might be called in question , who would seriously 36.
... amends , for what , in the first instance , was a deficiency of wealth . In point of fortune , where other recommen- dations are approved , the sincerity of the per- son son might be called in question , who would seriously 36.
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... called in question , who would seriously cavil about that , if a reasonable suffi- ciency was on either side ; and who refused to accommodate demands to circumstances . " On this subject it may not be unsuitable to bring forward the ...
... called in question , who would seriously cavil about that , if a reasonable suffi- ciency was on either side ; and who refused to accommodate demands to circumstances . " On this subject it may not be unsuitable to bring forward the ...
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... called upon to swear to the father : it may be , that aware of this matter , he has absconded ; a warrant is issued out against him , and he is apprehended ; if the culprit cannot give security , or indemnify the demands of the parish ...
... called upon to swear to the father : it may be , that aware of this matter , he has absconded ; a warrant is issued out against him , and he is apprehended ; if the culprit cannot give security , or indemnify the demands of the parish ...
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... called eds ad dog h the Trembler , whose bravery is well known , was seized with a violent tremour whenever he was going to give battle ; and said once to his squire , who was arming him , and en- deavouring to animate him , “ Poor man ...
... called eds ad dog h the Trembler , whose bravery is well known , was seized with a violent tremour whenever he was going to give battle ; and said once to his squire , who was arming him , and en- deavouring to animate him , “ Poor man ...
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... called honour , this is called satisfaction , and “ a thistle is hence a sallad in an ass's mouth . " : The following story , told by Mr. Seward in his anecdotes , places duelling in a truly ridiculous light : " General Guise going over ...
... called honour , this is called satisfaction , and “ a thistle is hence a sallad in an ass's mouth . " : The following story , told by Mr. Seward in his anecdotes , places duelling in a truly ridiculous light : " General Guise going over ...
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Стр. 113 - tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die: to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life...
Стр. 189 - Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. . What is this absorbs me quite ! Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul!
Стр. 92 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it ? No. Doth he hear it ? No. Is it insensible then ? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why? Detraction will, not suffer it: — therefore I'll none of it: Honour is a mere scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
Стр. 190 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death ! where is thy sting ? The Universal Prayer FATHER of all!
Стр. 172 - Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Стр. 132 - tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Стр. 171 - God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!
Стр. 92 - tis no matter; Honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on, how then ? Can honour set to a leg ? No. Or an arm ? No. Or take away the grief of a wound? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour? A word. What is in that word, honour ? What is that honour ? Air. A trim reckoning ! — Who hath it ? He that died o
Стр. 47 - These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die : like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume.
Стр. 151 - HEAVEN eternal fountain of our feelings! 'tis here I trace thee and this is thy divinity which stirs within me not that, in some sad and sickening moments, my soul shrinks back upon herself, and startles at destruction mere pomp of words!