The British Essayists;: ObserverJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1807 |
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... meet , who love to say a good thing without the trouble of inventing it . We are also in a fair train of knowing every thing that a late celebrated author said , as well as wrote , without an exception even of his most secret ...
... meet , who love to say a good thing without the trouble of inventing it . We are also in a fair train of knowing every thing that a late celebrated author said , as well as wrote , without an exception even of his most secret ...
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... meets , and in the interim new grievances of a more awakening sort had supplied them with an ample field for complaint and remon- strance ; in the intermission of their sittings , he had exacted a loan , which they interpreted a tax ...
... meets , and in the interim new grievances of a more awakening sort had supplied them with an ample field for complaint and remon- strance ; in the intermission of their sittings , he had exacted a loan , which they interpreted a tax ...
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... of that class of men who are occupied in the education of youth , and not a few of the young men them- selves , who are educated by them , are of this des- N ° 55 . cription : We meet with many N ° 55 . 23 OBSERVER .
... of that class of men who are occupied in the education of youth , and not a few of the young men them- selves , who are educated by them , are of this des- N ° 55 . cription : We meet with many N ° 55 . 23 OBSERVER .
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Alexander Chalmers. N ° 55 . cription : We meet with many of Jack Lizard's cast in the Spectator , who will learnedly maintain there is no heat in fire . There is a disputatious pre- cision in these people , which lets nothing pass in ...
Alexander Chalmers. N ° 55 . cription : We meet with many of Jack Lizard's cast in the Spectator , who will learnedly maintain there is no heat in fire . There is a disputatious pre- cision in these people , which lets nothing pass in ...
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... meet with , who when the heart is open and the channel free , know how to keep their course within the buoys and marks , that true good - manners have set up for all men to steer by ! Jokes out of season , unpleasant truths touched upon ...
... meet with , who when the heart is open and the channel free , know how to keep their course within the buoys and marks , that true good - manners have set up for all men to steer by ! Jokes out of season , unpleasant truths touched upon ...
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Էջ 119 - I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, • Against the use of nature...
Էջ 94 - And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon : and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves ; for the time of figs was not yet.
Էջ 127 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Էջ 157 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog...
Էջ 134 - Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day ; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond "Which keeps me pale...
Էջ 129 - I hear a knocking At the south entry : retire we to our chamber : A little water clears us of this deed : How easy is it, then ! Your constancy Hath left you unattended.
Էջ 110 - I may define it to be that faculty of the soul which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure and the imperfections with dislike.
Էջ 99 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Էջ 213 - But there is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than beauty, which immediately diffuses a secret satisfaction and complacency through the imagination, and gives a finishing to any thing that is great or uncommon. The very first discovery of it strikes the mind with an inward joy, and spreads a cheerfulness and delight through all its faculties.
Էջ 93 - They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.