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... few paces are often the journey of a week ; and fo indifpofed to * See the Life of Petrarch , elegantly translated by Mrs. Dobfon . D3 move , move , that he never changes his place , but MORAL TALES . 29 SLOTH CONTRASTED WITH INDUSTRY.
... few paces are often the journey of a week ; and fo indifpofed to * See the Life of Petrarch , elegantly translated by Mrs. Dobfon . D3 move , move , that he never changes his place , but MORAL TALES . 29 SLOTH CONTRASTED WITH INDUSTRY.
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... THE PASSIONS . HEN the plague raged in At- tica , it was particularly fatal to the family of Pericles , the celebrated * See Rollin's History . E 2 Athenian Athenian general . But he did not fuffer himself to MORAL 43 TALES .
... THE PASSIONS . HEN the plague raged in At- tica , it was particularly fatal to the family of Pericles , the celebrated * See Rollin's History . E 2 Athenian Athenian general . But he did not fuffer himself to MORAL 43 TALES .
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... , the tenderness of life , The heart - fhed tear , th ' ineffable delight Of fweet humanity : these court the beam * See Goldsmith's Hiftory of the Earth . Of Of milder climes ; in selfish fierce defire , And 128 TALES . MORAL.
... , the tenderness of life , The heart - fhed tear , th ' ineffable delight Of fweet humanity : these court the beam * See Goldsmith's Hiftory of the Earth . Of Of milder climes ; in selfish fierce defire , And 128 TALES . MORAL.
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... ivory whiteness . † The intellectual and moral powers of these wretched people are uncultivated ; * Thomfon's Summer . See Goldsmith's History of the Earth . and and they are fubject to the moft barbarous defpotifm . MORAL TALES . 129.
... ivory whiteness . † The intellectual and moral powers of these wretched people are uncultivated ; * Thomfon's Summer . See Goldsmith's History of the Earth . and and they are fubject to the moft barbarous defpotifm . MORAL TALES . 129.
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... strong and durable heat , as to melt the fnow underneath . Their effect on blue is nearly fimilar ; but they seem not * See Franklin's Obfervations . to to penetrate the white : And the piece of that 152 MORAL TALES .
... strong and durable heat , as to melt the fnow underneath . Their effect on blue is nearly fimilar ; but they seem not * See Franklin's Obfervations . to to penetrate the white : And the piece of that 152 MORAL TALES .
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Էջ 142 - And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
Էջ 142 - And he said, My son shall not go down with you ; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone ; if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Էջ 142 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Էջ 142 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Էջ 142 - Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way : and thus did he unto them.
Էջ 145 - And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen ; and ye shall haste, and bring down my father hither.
Էջ 145 - And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen; and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast. And there will I nourish thee, (for yet there are five years of famine,) lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
Էջ xxiv - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Էջ 93 - I'll lay my life the thing is blue." "And I'll be sworn, that when you've seen The reptile, you'll pronounce him green." "Well, then, at once to ease the doubt," Replies the man, "I'll turn him out; And when before your eyes I've set him, If you don't find him black, I'll eat him...
Էջ 12 - Yon house, erected on the rising ground, With tempting aspect drew me from my road ; For plenty there a residence has found, And grandeur a magnificent abode. Hard is the fate of the...