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Էջ 53
... creature made on the day of my master's death . He has ne'er joyed himself since ; no more has any of us . ' Twas the melancholiest day for the poor people that ever happened in Worcestershire . This being all from , — Honoured Sir ...
... creature made on the day of my master's death . He has ne'er joyed himself since ; no more has any of us . ' Twas the melancholiest day for the poor people that ever happened in Worcestershire . This being all from , — Honoured Sir ...
Էջ 58
... creatures several little winged boys , that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches . These , said the genius , are envy , avarice , superstition , despair , love , with the like cares and passions that infest human life . 12. " I ...
... creatures several little winged boys , that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches . These , said the genius , are envy , avarice , superstition , despair , love , with the like cares and passions that infest human life . 12. " I ...
Էջ 68
... creatures groaning under their respective burdens , and to consider that prodigious bulk of human calamities which lay before me . 4. There were however several persons who gave me great diversion upon this occasion . I observed one ...
... creatures groaning under their respective burdens , and to consider that prodigious bulk of human calamities which lay before me . 4. There were however several persons who gave me great diversion upon this occasion . I observed one ...
Էջ 74
... creatures with sentiments of humanity and compassion . 16. ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 1. I have somewhere read of an eminent person , who used in his private offices of devotion to give thanks to Heaven that he was born a Frenchman : for ...
... creatures with sentiments of humanity and compassion . 16. ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 1. I have somewhere read of an eminent person , who used in his private offices of devotion to give thanks to Heaven that he was born a Frenchman : for ...
Էջ 82
... animals that fill the element of water , we meet with the same repetitions among several species , that differ very little from one another , but in size and bulk . You find the same creature that is drawn at large , copied out in ...
... animals that fill the element of water , we meet with the same repetitions among several species , that differ very little from one another , but in size and bulk . You find the same creature that is drawn at large , copied out in ...
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Էջ 59 - ... thick for the eye to penetrate, I saw the valley opening at the farther end, and spreading forth into an immense ocean, that had a huge rock of adamant running through the midst of it, and dividing it into two equal parts. The clouds still rested on one half of it, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it; but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among...
Էջ 20 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if, by chance, he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and, if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servants to them.
Էջ 56 - ... him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him. He lifted me from the ground, and taking me by the hand, 'Mirza,' said he, 'I have heard thee in thy soliloquies; follow me.
Էջ 55 - I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.
Էջ 14 - He will often argue, that if this part of our trade were Well cultivated, we should gain from one nation ; and if another, from another. I have heard him prove, that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valour, and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword. He abounds in several frugal •maxims, amongst which the greatest favourite is,. ' A penny saved is a penny got.
Էջ 13 - He is now in his fifty-sixth year, cheerful, gay, and hearty; keeps a good house both in town and country; a great lover of mankind; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company.
Էջ 7 - I have observed that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor; with other particulars of a like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Էջ 58 - I, man was made in vain ! How is he given away to misery and mortality! tortured in life, and swallowed up in death! The genius being moved with compassion towards me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect. Look no more...
Էջ 59 - I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. The islands...
Էջ 92 - The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.