The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Том 15 |
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... pretty wo- man and a great fortune ; it vexed me a little , but not enough to make me neglect the advice of my cousin Wishwell , that came to see me the day my lord went into the country with Russel ; she told me experimentally ...
... pretty wo- man and a great fortune ; it vexed me a little , but not enough to make me neglect the advice of my cousin Wishwell , that came to see me the day my lord went into the country with Russel ; she told me experimentally ...
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... pretty late in the evening , the dogs flew at him with so much fury , that they would have worried him if his brethren had not come in to his assistance ; upon which , says my author , the dogs were all of them hanged , as having lost ...
... pretty late in the evening , the dogs flew at him with so much fury , that they would have worried him if his brethren had not come in to his assistance ; upon which , says my author , the dogs were all of them hanged , as having lost ...
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... pretty saying of Thales , • Falsehood is just as far distant from truth as the ears are from the eyes * . ' By which he would intimate , that a wise man should not easily give credit to the report of actions which he has not seen . I ...
... pretty saying of Thales , • Falsehood is just as far distant from truth as the ears are from the eyes * . ' By which he would intimate , that a wise man should not easily give credit to the report of actions which he has not seen . I ...
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... in favour with the fair sex . I am at present in the one - and- twentieth year of my age ; and should have made choice of a she bedfellow many years since , had not my father , who has a pretty good estate 124 N ° 596 . SPECTATOR .
... in favour with the fair sex . I am at present in the one - and- twentieth year of my age ; and should have made choice of a she bedfellow many years since , had not my father , who has a pretty good estate 124 N ° 596 . SPECTATOR .
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British essayists Alexander Chalmers. not my father , who has a pretty good estate of his own getting , and passes in the world for a prudent man , been pleased to lay it down as a maxim , that nothing spoils a young fellow's fortune so ...
British essayists Alexander Chalmers. not my father , who has a pretty good estate of his own getting , and passes in the world for a prudent man , been pleased to lay it down as a maxim , that nothing spoils a young fellow's fortune so ...
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Стр. 256 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Стр. 104 - Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now does always last.
Стр. 239 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Стр. 36 - They may show him that his discontent is unreasonable, but are by no means sufficient to relieve it. They rather give despair than consolation. In a word, a man might reply to one of these comforters, as Augustus did to his friend, who advised him not to grieve for the death of a person whom he loved, because his grief could not fetch him again. " It is for that very reason (said the emperor) that I grieve.
Стр. 113 - Our inimitable Shakespear is a stumbling-block to the whole tribe of these rigid critics. Who would not rather read one of his plays, where there is not a single rule of the stage observed, than any production of a modern critic, where there is not one of them violated...
Стр. 256 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Стр. 18 - God is present with us, by the effects which he produceth in us. Our outward senses are too gross to apprehend him; we may, however, taste and see how gracious he is, by his influence upon our minds, by those virtuous thoughts which he awakens in us, by those secret comforts and refreshments which he...
Стр. 209 - THE man resolv'd and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamours and tumultuous cries; The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles, And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies, And with superior greatness smiles.
Стр. 71 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Стр. 35 - Hammond, written by Bishop FelL As this good man was troubled with a complication of distempers, when he had the gout upon him, he used to thank God that it was not the stone ; and when he had the stone, that he had not both these distempers on him at the same time.