Winter Evenings, Or, Lucubrations on Life and Letters, Volumen2John Ronalds, 1805 |
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... render him who should relinquish them for musty books obnoxious to the imputation of an ascetic or a book - worm . Indeed the mind is unfit for contemplation after a full meal and a generous glass . Various amuse- ments intervene to ...
... render him who should relinquish them for musty books obnoxious to the imputation of an ascetic or a book - worm . Indeed the mind is unfit for contemplation after a full meal and a generous glass . Various amuse- ments intervene to ...
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... render the page in which his own should be re- corded , foul indeed . Time has unfortunately done much to accomplish the nefarious wish of Caligula , in the destruction of the works of Livy ; but enough re- mains to delight every man of ...
... render the page in which his own should be re- corded , foul indeed . Time has unfortunately done much to accomplish the nefarious wish of Caligula , in the destruction of the works of Livy ; but enough re- mains to delight every man of ...
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... renders life more comfortable , but more useful . It is however , true , that in the vigorous seasons of youth and health , some serious and important employ- ment should be engaged in , which may serve society , ad- vance the interests ...
... renders life more comfortable , but more useful . It is however , true , that in the vigorous seasons of youth and health , some serious and important employ- ment should be engaged in , which may serve society , ad- vance the interests ...
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... the reigning topic . Vices are often prac- tised with a desire of being rendered remarkable ; and many plume themselves , as persons of the first conse quence , if their profligacy causes them to become the OR , LUCUBRATIONS . 27.
... the reigning topic . Vices are often prac- tised with a desire of being rendered remarkable ; and many plume themselves , as persons of the first conse quence , if their profligacy causes them to become the OR , LUCUBRATIONS . 27.
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... render the communication of ideas , in a mixed society , agreeable . Men associate , in the con- vivial hour of leisure from their professional or commer- cial employment , more for the sake of passing their time with ease , and even ...
... render the communication of ideas , in a mixed society , agreeable . Men associate , in the con- vivial hour of leisure from their professional or commer- cial employment , more for the sake of passing their time with ease , and even ...
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Página 128 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them : for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Página 209 - I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Página 209 - And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD ; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Página 208 - And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom : but they could not. Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel : and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
Página 28 - They will either teach you so to regulate your conduct as to be able to set the most malicious inquiries at defiance ; or, if that be a lost hope, they will teach you prudence enough not to attract the public attention to a character which will only pass without censure when it passes without observation.
Página 131 - All the Books of the Bible are either already most admirable, and exalted pieces of Poesie, or are the best Materials in the world for it. Yet, though they be in themselves so proper to be made use of for this purpose ; None but a good Artist will know how to do it : neither must we think to cut and polish Diamonds with so little pains and skill as we do Marble. For if any man design to compose a Sacred Poem, by only turning a story of the Scripture, like Mr. Quarles's, or some other godly matter,...
Página 84 - Gramineae" — the last of the natural orders elaborated for the "Genera Plantarum": — " Much has been done, however, for the elucidation of the order in local Floras. Already at the close of the last century and the commencement of the present...
Página 273 - For pride is the beginning of sin, and he that hath it shall pour out abomination: and therefore the Lord brought upon them strange calamities, and overthrew them utterly.
Página 128 - A man that useth much swearing shall be filled with iniquity, And the plague shall never depart from his house...
Página 132 - The paucity of its topics enforces perpetual repetition ; and the sanctity of the matter rejects the ornaments of figurative diction. It is sufficient for Watts to have done better than others what no man has done well.