The British Essayists: SpectatorLionel Thomas Berguer T. and J. Allman, 1823 |
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... pleasure of him , that at all times and in all places is intimately united with him . He is able to disquiet the soul , and vex it in all its faculties . He can hinder any of the greatest comforts of life from re- freshing us , and give ...
... pleasure of him , that at all times and in all places is intimately united with him . He is able to disquiet the soul , and vex it in all its faculties . He can hinder any of the greatest comforts of life from re- freshing us , and give ...
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... pleasure in us . must take care not to grieve his Holy Spirit , and endeavour to make the meditations of our hearts always acceptable in his sight , that he may delight thus to reside and dwell in us . The light of nature could direct ...
... pleasure in us . must take care not to grieve his Holy Spirit , and endeavour to make the meditations of our hearts always acceptable in his sight , that he may delight thus to reside and dwell in us . The light of nature could direct ...
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... pleasure . While I was in these thoughts , I unluckily called to mind a story of an ingenious gentleman of the last age , who lying violently afflicted with the gout , a person came and offered his services to cure him by a method which ...
... pleasure . While I was in these thoughts , I unluckily called to mind a story of an ingenious gentleman of the last age , who lying violently afflicted with the gout , a person came and offered his services to cure him by a method which ...
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... pleasure in my life than from this declaration ; but I composed my face to a grave air , and said the news of his en- gagement had touched me to the heart , that in a rash jealous fit I had married a man I could never have thought on ...
... pleasure in my life than from this declaration ; but I composed my face to a grave air , and said the news of his en- gagement had touched me to the heart , that in a rash jealous fit I had married a man I could never have thought on ...
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... pleasures and conveniences of life lie in a nar- row compass ; but it is the humour of mankind to be always looking forward , and straining after one who has got the start of them in wealth and honour . For this reason , as there are ...
... pleasures and conveniences of life lie in a nar- row compass ; but it is the humour of mankind to be always looking forward , and straining after one who has got the start of them in wealth and honour . For this reason , as there are ...
Términos y frases comunes
admirer Æneid Aglaüs agreeable appear bacon battles of Blenheim beauty body consider creature delight dervis desire divine doth endeavour entertain eternity eyes faculties fancy fear fortune freebench FRIDAY gentleman give glory Gregorio Leti Gyges hæc hand happiness Harpath hath hear heart heaven Hilpa Hockley-in-the-Hole honour humour husband imagination kind king lady light lived lives single look love-casuist lover mankind manner marriage married mind MONDAY nature naufraga never night NOVEMBER 24 observed occasion OCTOBER 27 ourselves OVID pain paper passion periwig persons pleased pleasure present pretty quæ quaqua reader reason received rise fast roundhead scene secret Shalum shew soul SPECTATOR steward sure tell thing thou thought tion Tirzah Tom Tyler town truth vanity verses VIRG virtue Waitfort walk WEDNESDAY Whichenovre whig whole widow wife wonder words write young
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Página 238 - It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well ; Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man ! Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes...
Página 238 - I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them. [Laying his hand on his sword.\ Thus am I doubly arm'd ; my death and life, My bane and antidote, are both before me.
Página 66 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Página 184 - What shall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own ? was the result of a laudable ambition.
Página 146 - Pleasure to look at, twas Music to hear. But now she is absent, I walk by its Side, And still, as it murmurs, do nothing but chide: 'Must you be so cheerful, while I go in pain? Peace there with your bubbling, and hear me complain.
Página 58 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell ; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Página 256 - And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
Página 38 - I say, might give itself up to that happiness which is at hand, considering that it is so very near, and that it would last so very long. But when the choice we actually have before us is this, whether we will...
Página 194 - Not the red arm of angry Jove, That flings the thunder from the sky, And gives it rage to roar, and strength to fly. Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin, and confusion hurl'd, He, unconcern'd would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure, amidst a falling world.
Página 146 - My dog I was ever well pleased to see •Come wagging his tail to my fair one and me ; And Phoebe was pleased too, and to my dog said, Come hither, poor fellow — and patted his head. But now, when he's fawning, I with a sour look Cry, Sirrah...