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Էջ 49
... desire my readers , when they meet with this pretender , to look into his parent- age , and to examine him strictly , whether or no he be remotely allied to Truth , and lineally descended from Good Sense ; if not , they may conclude him ...
... desire my readers , when they meet with this pretender , to look into his parent- age , and to examine him strictly , whether or no he be remotely allied to Truth , and lineally descended from Good Sense ; if not , they may conclude him ...
Էջ 93
... desire him to consider how we may . extend life beyond its natural dimensions , by applying ourselves diligently to the pursuit of knowledge . The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas , as those of a fool are by his passions ...
... desire him to consider how we may . extend life beyond its natural dimensions , by applying ourselves diligently to the pursuit of knowledge . The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas , as those of a fool are by his passions ...
Էջ 124
... desire no more than to be treated by this kind of retaliation . The case therefore before us seems to be what they call a case in point ; the relation between the child and the father being what comes nearest to that between a creature ...
... desire no more than to be treated by this kind of retaliation . The case therefore before us seems to be what they call a case in point ; the relation between the child and the father being what comes nearest to that between a creature ...
Էջ 125
... desire of him such a forgiveness as he himself refuses to grant ? To this I might add many other religious as well as many prudential considerations ; but if the last mentioned motive does not prevail , I despair of succeeding by any ...
... desire of him such a forgiveness as he himself refuses to grant ? To this I might add many other religious as well as many prudential considerations ; but if the last mentioned motive does not prevail , I despair of succeeding by any ...
Էջ 147
... desires . Madam Dacier obscrves there is something very pretty in that circumstance of this ode , wherein Venus is described as sending away her chariot upon her arrival at Sappho's lodgings , to denote that it was not a short transient ...
... desires . Madam Dacier obscrves there is something very pretty in that circumstance of this ode , wherein Venus is described as sending away her chariot upon her arrival at Sappho's lodgings , to denote that it was not a short transient ...
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Էջ 345 - I ascended the high hills of Bagdat in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and, passing from one thought to another, surely, said I, man is but a shadow and life a dream.
Էջ 59 - Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane, O, answer me!
Էջ 348 - Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of bubbles that glittered in their eyes and danced before them, but often when they thought themselves within the reach of them their footing failed and down they sunk.
Էջ 20 - Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
Էջ 346 - Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand.
Էջ 2 - Whether this might proceed from a law-suit which was then depending in the family, or my father's being a justice of the peace, I cannot determine; for I am not so vain as to think it presaged any dignity that I should arrive at in my future life, though that was the interpretation which the neighbourhood put upon it.
Էջ 4 - There is no place of general resort, wherein I do not often make my appearance; sometimes I am seen thrusting my head into a round of politicians at Will's, and listening with great attention to the narratives that are made in those little circular audiences.
Էջ 3 - I had not been long at the university before I distinguished myself by a most profound silence ; for during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of an hundred words ; and indeed do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole life.
Էջ 238 - Our Trees rise in Cones, Globes, and Pyramids. We see the Marks of the Scissars upon every Plant and Bush. I do not know whether I am singular in my Opinion, but, for my own part, I would rather look upon a Tree in all its Luxuriancy and Diffusion of Boughs and Branches, than when it is thus cut and trimmed into a Mathematical Figure...
Էջ 346 - I drew near with that reverence which is due to a superior nature ; and as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept. The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him.