The British Essayists: SpectatorLionel Thomas Berguer T. and J. Allman, 1823 |
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... virtue of two or three well - written & cs . A sprinkling of the words ' faction , Frenchman , papist , plunderer , ' and the like significant terms , in an Italic character , have also a very good effect upon the eye of the purchaser ...
... virtue of two or three well - written & cs . A sprinkling of the words ' faction , Frenchman , papist , plunderer , ' and the like significant terms , in an Italic character , have also a very good effect upon the eye of the purchaser ...
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... virtue of an inuendo to recommend their productions , that of late they never mention the Q- ―n or Pt at length , though they speak of them with honour , and with that deference which is due to them from every private person . It gives ...
... virtue of an inuendo to recommend their productions , that of late they never mention the Q- ―n or Pt at length , though they speak of them with honour , and with that deference which is due to them from every private person . It gives ...
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... virtue of this great principle within them . All the dead parts of nature are invigorated by the pre- sence of their Creator , and made capable of exert- ing their respective qualities . The several instincts , in the brute creation ...
... virtue of this great principle within them . All the dead parts of nature are invigorated by the pre- sence of their Creator , and made capable of exert- ing their respective qualities . The several instincts , in the brute creation ...
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... virtue and good works , opens this commu- nication between God and his own soul ! Though the whole creation frowns upon him , and all nature looks black about him , he has his light and support within him , that are able to cheer his ...
... virtue and good works , opens this commu- nication between God and his own soul ! Though the whole creation frowns upon him , and all nature looks black about him , he has his light and support within him , that are able to cheer his ...
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... virtues of their medicines . One of these gentleman indeed pretends to an effectual cure for leanness : what effects it may have upon those who have tried it , I cannot tell ; but I am cre- dibly informed that the call for it has been ...
... virtues of their medicines . One of these gentleman indeed pretends to an effectual cure for leanness : what effects it may have upon those who have tried it , I cannot tell ; but I am cre- dibly informed that the call for it has been ...
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...