AddisonClarendon Press, 1875 - 528 էջ |
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... passions " on the side of truth . " He had sketched beforehand in his own mind the likeness of a reasonable being , and by this he shaped his conduct , as much from reflection as from instinct . He rested every virtue on a series of ...
... passions " on the side of truth . " He had sketched beforehand in his own mind the likeness of a reasonable being , and by this he shaped his conduct , as much from reflection as from instinct . He rested every virtue on a series of ...
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... passions themselves , when he should be inquiring into the debates among men which 10 arise from them . He knows the argument of each of the orations of Demosthenes and Tully ; but not one case in the reports of our own courts . No one ...
... passions themselves , when he should be inquiring into the debates among men which 10 arise from them . He knows the argument of each of the orations of Demosthenes and Tully ; but not one case in the reports of our own courts . No one ...
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... passion , that he never liked pedantry in spelling , and that he spelt like a gentleman , and not like a scholar : upon this Will had recourse to his old topic of shew- ing the narrow - spiritedness , the pride and ignorance of pedants ...
... passion , that he never liked pedantry in spelling , and that he spelt like a gentleman , and not like a scholar : upon this Will had recourse to his old topic of shew- ing the narrow - spiritedness , the pride and ignorance of pedants ...
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... passion for a certain beautiful Widow , whom he had first seen some three and thirty years before , and who , without absolutely re- jecting his suit , had tantalized and led him captive ever since , a willing thrall to her incomparable ...
... passion for a certain beautiful Widow , whom he had first seen some three and thirty years before , and who , without absolutely re- jecting his suit , had tantalized and led him captive ever since , a willing thrall to her incomparable ...
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... passion for the widow abated , and old age came on , he left off fox - hunting ; but a hare is not yet safe that sits within ten miles of his house . There is no kind of exercise which I would so recommend to my readers of both sexes as ...
... passion for the widow abated , and old age came on , he left off fox - hunting ; but a hare is not yet safe that sits within ten miles of his house . There is no kind of exercise which I would so recommend to my readers of both sexes as ...
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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...