The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and CriticalJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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... appear in any public places with your husband , and never to saunter about St. James's Park together : if you presume to enter the ring at Hyde Park toge- ther , you are ruined for ever ; nor must you take the least notice of one ...
... appear in any public places with your husband , and never to saunter about St. James's Park together : if you presume to enter the ring at Hyde Park toge- ther , you are ruined for ever ; nor must you take the least notice of one ...
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... appear- ance in town ; I shall frequent no public places , or make any visits where the character of a modest wife is ridiculous . As for your wild raillery on ma- trimony , it is all hypocrisy ; you , and all the hand- some young women ...
... appear- ance in town ; I shall frequent no public places , or make any visits where the character of a modest wife is ridiculous . As for your wild raillery on ma- trimony , it is all hypocrisy ; you , and all the hand- some young women ...
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... appear amidst the brightness that surrounds them ; but a blot of a deeper nature casts a shade on all the other beauties , and darkens the whole character . How difficult therefore is it to preserve a great name , when he that has ...
... appear amidst the brightness that surrounds them ; but a blot of a deeper nature casts a shade on all the other beauties , and darkens the whole character . How difficult therefore is it to preserve a great name , when he that has ...
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... appear from several considerations . There are many virtues , which in their own nature are incapable of any outward representation ; many silent perfections in the soul of a good man , which are great ornaments to human nature , but ...
... appear from several considerations . There are many virtues , which in their own nature are incapable of any outward representation ; many silent perfections in the soul of a good man , which are great ornaments to human nature , but ...
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... actions may represent a man as hypocritical and designing to one , which make him appear a saint or hero to another . He therefore who looks upon the soul through its outward actions , often sees it through a 18 N ° 257 . SPECTATOR .
... actions may represent a man as hypocritical and designing to one , which make him appear a saint or hero to another . He therefore who looks upon the soul through its outward actions , often sees it through a 18 N ° 257 . SPECTATOR .
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Էջ 238 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Էջ 242 - Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and hardening in his strength Glories...
Էջ 241 - Though without number still, amidst the hall Of that infernal court. But far within, And in their own dimensions like themselves, The great seraphic lords and cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat, A thousand demigods on golden seats, Frequent and full.
Էջ 148 - Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Էջ 276 - Typhoean rage more fell Rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the air In whirlwind; hell scarce holds the wild uproar.
Էջ 236 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Էջ 279 - With horse and chariots rank'd in loose array; So wide they stood, and like a furnace mouth Cast forth redounding smoke and ruddy flame.
Էջ 169 - Seth: 4 and the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: 5 and all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Էջ 240 - Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded; the love-tale Infected Sion's daughters with like heat; Whose wanton passions in the sacred porch Ezekiel saw, when, by the vision led, His eye surveyed the dark idolatries Of alienated Judah.
Էջ 35 - True love has ten thousand griefs, impatiences, and resentments, that render a man unamiable in the eyes of the person whose affection he solicits ; besides that it sinks his figure, gives him fears, apprehensions, and poorness of spirit, and often makes him appear ridiculous where he has a mind to recommend himself. Those marriages generally abound most with love and constancy, that are preceded by a long courtship.