The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumen15 |
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... thought the Spectator had gone too far in writing so many letters of my lady Q - p - t - s's name ; but , however , ' says I , he has made a little amends for it in his next sentence , where he leaves a blank space without so much as a ...
... thought the Spectator had gone too far in writing so many letters of my lady Q - p - t - s's name ; but , however , ' says I , he has made a little amends for it in his next sentence , where he leaves a blank space without so much as a ...
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... thoughts . ( ROSCOMMON . No vices are so incurable as those which men are apt to glory in . One would wonder how drunken- ness should have the good luck to be of this number . Anacharsis , being invited to a match of drinking at Corinth ...
... thoughts . ( ROSCOMMON . No vices are so incurable as those which men are apt to glory in . One would wonder how drunken- ness should have the good luck to be of this number . Anacharsis , being invited to a match of drinking at Corinth ...
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... thought by an adven- ture I lately met with . I was the other day at a tavern , where the master of the house * accommodating us himself with every thing we wanted , I accidentally fell into a discourse with him ; and talking of a ...
... thought by an adven- ture I lately met with . I was the other day at a tavern , where the master of the house * accommodating us himself with every thing we wanted , I accidentally fell into a discourse with him ; and talking of a ...
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... thought . ¿ SIR , In your paper of Friday the 9th instant you had occasion to consider the ubiquity of the Godhead , and at the same time to show , that , as he is present to every thing , he cannot but be atten- tive to every thing ...
... thought . ¿ SIR , In your paper of Friday the 9th instant you had occasion to consider the ubiquity of the Godhead , and at the same time to show , that , as he is present to every thing , he cannot but be atten- tive to every thing ...
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... thought of being an outcast from his presence , that is , from the comforts of it , or of feeling it only in its ter- rors ! How pathetic is that expostulation of Job , when for the trial of his patience he was made to look upon himself ...
... thought of being an outcast from his presence , that is , from the comforts of it , or of feeling it only in its ter- rors ! How pathetic is that expostulation of Job , when for the trial of his patience he was made to look upon himself ...
Términos y frases comunes
acquainted Aglaüs agreeable alderman appear bacon bailiff battle of Blenheim beauty body casuist consider creature dear delight desire discourse divine DRYDEN endeavour entertain eternity eyes faculties fair ladies fancy favours flitch of bacon fortune freebench FRIDAY gentleman give Gyges hand happiness hath hear heart heaven Hilpa honour humour husband imagination inclinations kind king lady Lancelot Addison Lesbia letter light lived look lord of Whichenovre lover mankind manner Marcus Aurelius marriage married Middle Temple mind miserable MONDAY nature neighbours never night observed occasion OCTOBER 15 OVID pain paper passion persons Phoebe pleased pleasure present pretty reader reason Richard Cumberland secret Shalum sight soul SPECTATOR stancy sure taborets tell thing thou thought tion Tirzah told truth VIRG virtue WEDNESDAY whole widow wife words write young
Pasajes populares
Página 256 - 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.
Página 104 - Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now does always last.
Página 239 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Página 36 - They may show him that his discontent is unreasonable, but are by no means sufficient to relieve it. They rather give despair than consolation. In a word, a man might reply to one of these comforters, as Augustus did to his friend, who advised him not to grieve for the death of a person whom he loved, because his grief could not fetch him again. " It is for that very reason (said the emperor) that I grieve.
Página 113 - Our inimitable Shakespear is a stumbling-block to the whole tribe of these rigid critics. Who would not rather read one of his plays, where there is not a single rule of the stage observed, than any production of a modern critic, where there is not one of them violated...
Página 256 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Página 18 - God is present with us, by the effects which he produceth in us. Our outward senses are too gross to apprehend him; we may, however, taste and see how gracious he is, by his influence upon our minds, by those virtuous thoughts which he awakens in us, by those secret comforts and refreshments which he...
Página 209 - THE man resolv'd and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamours and tumultuous cries; The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles, And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies, And with superior greatness smiles.
Página 71 - 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 35 - Hammond, written by Bishop FelL As this good man was troubled with a complication of distempers, when he had the gout upon him, he used to thank God that it was not the stone ; and when he had the stone, that he had not both these distempers on him at the same time.