Memoirs of the Forty-five First Years of the Life of James Lackington ...Author, 1794 - 328 páginas |
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... strict adherence to truth , " To pomp or pathos I make no pretence , " But range in the broad path of common fenfe , " Nor ever burrow in the dark fublime . " And though no doubt you will meet with fome oc- 22 LIFE OF J. LACKINGTON .
... strict adherence to truth , " To pomp or pathos I make no pretence , " But range in the broad path of common fenfe , " Nor ever burrow in the dark fublime . " And though no doubt you will meet with fome oc- 22 LIFE OF J. LACKINGTON .
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James Lackington. And though no doubt you will meet with fome oc- currences in which you may find caufe for cenfure , yet I hope others will prefent themfelves , which your candour will induce you to commend . Difdain not then these ...
James Lackington. And though no doubt you will meet with fome oc- currences in which you may find caufe for cenfure , yet I hope others will prefent themfelves , which your candour will induce you to commend . Difdain not then these ...
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... doubts whether children fhould not be taught to defpife and deteft an unnatural brutal parent , as much as they are to love and revere a good one . Here , fir , permit me to drop fo gloomy a fubject , and relate an uncommon circunftance ...
... doubts whether children fhould not be taught to defpife and deteft an unnatural brutal parent , as much as they are to love and revere a good one . Here , fir , permit me to drop fo gloomy a fubject , and relate an uncommon circunftance ...
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... doubt of their windows being broken into a thousand pieces . By fports like these are all their care beguil'd , The fports of children fatisfy the child . TRAVELLER . This adventure , together with throwing the child out of the wheel ...
... doubt of their windows being broken into a thousand pieces . By fports like these are all their care beguil'd , The fports of children fatisfy the child . TRAVELLER . This adventure , together with throwing the child out of the wheel ...
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... doubt whether there might not exist in the scale of beings fome of a more aerial fubftance than mankind , who may poffefs both the inclination and the power of affuming our fhape , and may perhaps take as much delight in teazing the ...
... doubt whether there might not exist in the scale of beings fome of a more aerial fubftance than mankind , who may poffefs both the inclination and the power of affuming our fhape , and may perhaps take as much delight in teazing the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
acquainted afferted affured againſt alfo alſo befides beſt bookfeller bufinefs cafe called caufe confcience confequence courfe DEAR FRIEND defire devil difcovered divine Epicurus expences fafe faid fale fame fays feems feen fell fenfe fent fermon fervants feven feveral fhall fhillings fhop fhort fhould fifter fince fociety fome fometimes fons foon foul fpiritual ftate ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuperior fuppofe fure gentlemen heaven himſelf holy honeft houfe houſe HUDIBRAS increaſe informed inftances Lackington lady laft laſt lefs LETTER live mafter methodists mind moft moſt muft muſt myfelf never night o'er obferved occafion paffed paffion perfon philofopher Pindar pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed poor preachers preaching prefent purchaſe purpoſe reafon refpect SOAME JENYNS ſtate ſtill Taunton thefe themfelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand uſed vifited virtue Wefley Wefley's Wellington whofe wife worfe
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Página 159 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Página 110 - Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little do we need ! For nature's calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do.
Página 85 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Página 247 - Be even cautious in displaying your good sense. It will be thought you assume a superiority over the rest of the company.— But if you happen to have any learning, keep it a profound secret, especially from the men, who generally look with a jealous and malignant eye on a woman of great parts and a cultivated understanding.
Página 151 - If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Página 169 - To Banbury came I; O prophane one ! Where I saw a puritane one, Hanging of his cat on Monday, For killing of a mouse on Sunday.
Página 163 - This I take to be properly enthusiasm, which, though founded neither on reason nor divine revelation, but rising from the conceits of a warmed or overweening brain, works yet, where it once gets footing, more powerfully on the persuasions and actions of men than either of those two, or both together...
Página 81 - ... state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play?
Página 163 - God, I own, cannot be denied to be able to enlighten the understanding, by a ray darted into the mind immediately from the fountain of light...
Página 238 - The best time for bookselling, is when there is no kind of news stirring ; then many of those who for months would have done nothing but talk of war or peace, revolutions, and counter-revolutions, &c.