The British Essayists;: SpectatorJ. 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], 1808 |
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... would be tolerated in me , if they considered that the greatest pleasure I know I receive at my eyes , and that I am obliged to an agreeable person for coming abroad into my view , as another is for a visit B 3 N ° 454 . 5 SPECTATOR .
... would be tolerated in me , if they considered that the greatest pleasure I know I receive at my eyes , and that I am obliged to an agreeable person for coming abroad into my view , as another is for a visit B 3 N ° 454 . 5 SPECTATOR .
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... and Long - acre . The fright , you must believe , brought down the lady's coach door , and obliged her , with her mask off , to inquire into the bustle , when she sees the man shẹ . would avoid . The tackle of the coach - N454 . SPECTATOR .
... and Long - acre . The fright , you must believe , brought down the lady's coach door , and obliged her , with her mask off , to inquire into the bustle , when she sees the man shẹ . would avoid . The tackle of the coach - N454 . SPECTATOR .
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... they say of me after I am dead , that I had an hundred or fifty thousand pounds more than I wanted when I was living . T. Your obliged humble servant . ' N ° 457. THURSDAY , AUGUST 14 , 1712 . 20 N. 456 . SPECTATOR .
... they say of me after I am dead , that I had an hundred or fifty thousand pounds more than I wanted when I was living . T. Your obliged humble servant . ' N ° 457. THURSDAY , AUGUST 14 , 1712 . 20 N. 456 . SPECTATOR .
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... obliged to conceal any serious sentiment of this nature , and very often to appear a greater libertine than he is , that he may keep himself in countenance among the men of mode . Our excess of modesty makes us shame- faced in all the ...
... obliged to conceal any serious sentiment of this nature , and very often to appear a greater libertine than he is , that he may keep himself in countenance among the men of mode . Our excess of modesty makes us shame- faced in all the ...
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... obliged to publish compliments above my desert in the following let- ters . It is no small satisfaction , to have given occa- sion to ingenious men to employ their thoughts upon sacred subjects from the approbation of such pieces of ...
... obliged to publish compliments above my desert in the following let- ters . It is no small satisfaction , to have given occa- sion to ingenious men to employ their thoughts upon sacred subjects from the approbation of such pieces of ...
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Página 60 - 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 ; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Página 171 - Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, And HE bringeth them out of their distresses. HE maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet ; So HE bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Página 60 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball ; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found ; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Página 60 - There is neither speech nor language : but their voices are heard among them. Their sound is gone out into all lands : and their words into the ends of the world.
Página 171 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters, these see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. For he commandeth and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
Página 53 - Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD ? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Página 88 - I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Página 48 - Satan, I know thy strength, and thou know'st mine: Neither our own but...
Página 2 - If gratitude, when exerted towards one another, naturally produces a very pleasing sensation in the mind of a grateful man, it exalts the soul into rapture, when it is employed on this great object of gratitude ; on this beneficent Being, who has given us every thing we already possess, and from whom we expect every thing we yet hope for.
Página 59 - The Supreme Being has made the best arguments for his own existence, in the formation of the heavens and the earth, and these are arguments which a man of sense cannot forbear attending to, who is out of the noise and hurry of human affairs.