AddisonClarendon Press, 1875 - 528 էջ |
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... Kings 99 85 Chance Readings . 99 120 On Instinct . 121 The same 39 227 The Lover's Leap 39 239 Modes of Argument " 9 247 On Female Rhetoric 99 261 On Courtship and Marriage . 93 343 On Metempsychosis • 99 475 On Advice . 476 On Method ...
... Kings 99 85 Chance Readings . 99 120 On Instinct . 121 The same 39 227 The Lover's Leap 39 239 Modes of Argument " 9 247 On Female Rhetoric 99 261 On Courtship and Marriage . 93 343 On Metempsychosis • 99 475 On Advice . 476 On Method ...
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... King William's reign , embarked in the hazards of a literary life in London . His chief plays have been already mentioned . Thackeray has kindly and humorously sketched poor ' little Dicky , ' immersed in all the follies of the town ...
... King William's reign , embarked in the hazards of a literary life in London . His chief plays have been already mentioned . Thackeray has kindly and humorously sketched poor ' little Dicky , ' immersed in all the follies of the town ...
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... King Charles's time jested upon nothing else during his whole reign . He then shewed , by the examples of Horace , Ju- venal , Boileau , and the best writers of every age , that the follies of the stage and court had never been ...
... King Charles's time jested upon nothing else during his whole reign . He then shewed , by the examples of Horace , Ju- venal , Boileau , and the best writers of every age , that the follies of the stage and court had never been ...
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... kings of Spain or Poland , he talks 30 very notably ; but if you go out of the gazette , you drop him . In short , a mere courtier , a mere soldier , a mere scholar , a mere anything , is an insipid pedantic character , and equally ...
... kings of Spain or Poland , he talks 30 very notably ; but if you go out of the gazette , you drop him . In short , a mere courtier , a mere soldier , a mere scholar , a mere anything , is an insipid pedantic character , and equally ...
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... king of Morocco's head . Among several other figures , he was very well pleased to see the statesman Cecil upon his knees ; and concluding them all to be great men , was conducted to the figure which represents that martyr to good ...
... king of Morocco's head . Among several other figures , he was very well pleased to see the statesman Cecil upon his knees ; and concluding them all to be great men , was conducted to the figure which represents that martyr to good ...
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Էջ 210 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Էջ 403 - The valley that thou seest, said he, is the vale of misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is part of the great tide of eternity. What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other ? What thou seest...
Էջ 470 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts -with joy.
Էջ 468 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Էջ 12 - 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, 20 Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator?
Էջ 403 - ... them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. • They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
Էջ 471 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...
Էջ 117 - Our ships are laden with the harvest of every climate. Our tables are stored with spices and oils and wines. Our rooms are filled with pyramids of China, and adorned with the workmanship of Japan. Our morning's draught comes to us from the remotest corners of the earth. We repair our bodies by the drugs of America, and repose ourselves under Indian canopies. My friend Sir Andrew calls the vineyards of France our gardens; the spice-islands, our hot-beds; the Persians our silk-weavers, and the Chinese...
Էջ 37 - Mr. such an one, if he pleased, might take the law of him for fishing in that part of the river. My friend Sir Roger heard them both upon a round trot; and after having paused some time, told them, with the air of a man who would not give his judgment rashly, that much might be said on both sides.
Էջ 20 - found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required of him, is, they tell me, a good scholar, though he does not show it. I have given him the parsonage of the parish ; and, because I know his value, have settled upon him a good annuity for life. If he outlives me, he shall find that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years ; and though he does...