Memoirs of the Forty-five First Years of the Life of James Lackington ...Author, 1794 - 328 páginas |
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... turns of fortune , on poor writers wait ; The party flave will wound him as he can , And damn the merit , if he hates the man . W.HARTE . That I might not be justly charged with ingrati- tude , I take this opportunity of thanking my ...
... turns of fortune , on poor writers wait ; The party flave will wound him as he can , And damn the merit , if he hates the man . W.HARTE . That I might not be justly charged with ingrati- tude , I take this opportunity of thanking my ...
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... turn . E. LLOYD I here alfo prefent my compliments and fincere thanks to my impartial friends , under the fecond clafs of my dedication , for the friendly difpofition they have fhewn , in freely diftributing my . Memoirs among their ...
... turn . E. LLOYD I here alfo prefent my compliments and fincere thanks to my impartial friends , under the fecond clafs of my dedication , for the friendly difpofition they have fhewn , in freely diftributing my . Memoirs among their ...
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... turn'd his praise , To rivals now no more , and friends of former days . VERNON'S Parish Clerk . DEAR FRIEND , As I was the eldest , and my father for the first few years a careful hard - working man , I fared fomething better than my ...
... turn'd his praise , To rivals now no more , and friends of former days . VERNON'S Parish Clerk . DEAR FRIEND , As I was the eldest , and my father for the first few years a careful hard - working man , I fared fomething better than my ...
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... turn with us ; and as I offered to lead the van , they were prevailed on to make the attempt once more ; but faid , that it was rather prefumptuous , and , hoped that no dreadful confequence would enfue , as all the company , they ...
... turn with us ; and as I offered to lead the van , they were prevailed on to make the attempt once more ; but faid , that it was rather prefumptuous , and , hoped that no dreadful confequence would enfue , as all the company , they ...
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... of their own habitation , and entered the old houfe where the boy was feen to get in ; yet for a long time they ' could not discover any perfon , and were just turning to come out again , when one of the company 38 LIFE OF J. LACKINGTON .
... of their own habitation , and entered the old houfe where the boy was feen to get in ; yet for a long time they ' could not discover any perfon , and were just turning to come out again , when one of the company 38 LIFE OF J. LACKINGTON .
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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.