The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Հատոր 3Nathan Drake Suttaby, Evance, and Company, 1811 |
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... hand of relief ; so that , in a little time , our all was to- tally exhausted , and my unhappy father with the venerable partner of his youth were above a day without any sustenance whatsoever , when , unable to see them expiring for ...
... hand of relief ; so that , in a little time , our all was to- tally exhausted , and my unhappy father with the venerable partner of his youth were above a day without any sustenance whatsoever , when , unable to see them expiring for ...
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... hand can prove my alibi , " " How ! " replied the judge ; " is this true ? or is it merely a vain pretext to procrastinate the just sentence of the law ? Pray , sir , let me ask you ( continued his lordship , addressing himself to the ...
... hand can prove my alibi , " " How ! " replied the judge ; " is this true ? or is it merely a vain pretext to procrastinate the just sentence of the law ? Pray , sir , let me ask you ( continued his lordship , addressing himself to the ...
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... hand , like a well - tuned in- strument , " discourses most eloquent music , " under their management utters nothing but dis- cord . The rattling of their periods and tumi- dity of their phrases , like the noise of a drum , or swell of ...
... hand , like a well - tuned in- strument , " discourses most eloquent music , " under their management utters nothing but dis- cord . The rattling of their periods and tumi- dity of their phrases , like the noise of a drum , or swell of ...
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... hand . A certain freedom of style , a manly flow of language , will distinguish the authors of such a school ; whose periods will not be divided into formal com- partments , like the squares of a Mosaick pave- ment , exactly answering ...
... hand . A certain freedom of style , a manly flow of language , will distinguish the authors of such a school ; whose periods will not be divided into formal com- partments , like the squares of a Mosaick pave- ment , exactly answering ...
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... hands of such ignorant nations , a know- ledge which he has not thought proper to be- stow : a supposition of such a nature ... hand . No , from such only as have received much , much is expected ; and per- haps 52 NO . 106 . THE GLEANER .
... hands of such ignorant nations , a know- ledge which he has not thought proper to be- stow : a supposition of such a nature ... hand . No , from such only as have received much , much is expected ; and per- haps 52 NO . 106 . THE GLEANER .
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Էջ 236 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow...
Էջ 236 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Էջ 236 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Էջ 149 - What he attempted, he performed ; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity ; his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison, HUGHES.
Էջ 160 - That reaching home, the night, they said, is near, We must not now be parted, sojourn here — The new acquaintance soon became a guest, -And made so welcome at their simple feast...
Էջ 149 - His prose is the model of the middle style; on grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not grovelling; pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration; always equable, and always easy, without glowing words or pointed sentences.
Էջ 201 - And Abraham arose and met him, and said unto him, Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night ; and thou shalt arise early in the morning, and go on thy way.
Էջ 54 - For forms of government let fools contest, Whate'er is best administered is best.
Էջ 151 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Էջ 37 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.