Memoirs of the Forty-five First Years of the Life of James Lackington, Bookseller: In Forty-seven Letters to a FriendWhittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1830 - 347 páginas |
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... wish publicly to declare , as ( being a very modest man ) it might offend him ; I shall only say , the more you read the Memoirs contained in the following pages , the better you will become acquainted with him . I ground my decision on ...
... wish publicly to declare , as ( being a very modest man ) it might offend him ; I shall only say , the more you read the Memoirs contained in the following pages , the better you will become acquainted with him . I ground my decision on ...
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... wish not to travel the same road again , I here declare my perfect readi- ness to supply them with abundance of books , much more witty , much more whatever they please . They never shall want books while L. is able to assist them ; and ...
... wish not to travel the same road again , I here declare my perfect readi- ness to supply them with abundance of books , much more witty , much more whatever they please . They never shall want books while L. is able to assist them ; and ...
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... proceed thus , I shall produce one as long as my book , as indeed some of my seniors in authorship have done before me , though not altogether consistent with propriety . I will therefore conclude with a wish , that my xvi PREFACE .
... proceed thus , I shall produce one as long as my book , as indeed some of my seniors in authorship have done before me , though not altogether consistent with propriety . I will therefore conclude with a wish , that my xvi PREFACE .
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... wish , that my readers may enjoy the feast with the same good hu- mour with which I have prepared it . They will meet with some solid though not much coarse food , and the major part , I hope light and easy of digestion ; those with ...
... wish , that my readers may enjoy the feast with the same good hu- mour with which I have prepared it . They will meet with some solid though not much coarse food , and the major part , I hope light and easy of digestion ; those with ...
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... wishes . - By the bye , does the publication of a catalogue of books entitle the com- piler to the name of author ? If it does , many book- sellers have long had a claim to that distinction , by the annual publication of their ...
... wishes . - By the bye , does the publication of a catalogue of books entitle the com- piler to the name of author ? If it does , many book- sellers have long had a claim to that distinction , by the annual publication of their ...
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Página 347 - The burden of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us, Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father; For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, Forgive us all that is past; And grant that we may ever hereafter Serve and please thee In newness of life, To the honour and glory of thy name; Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Página 294 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Página 96 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Página 168 - 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 114 - Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Página 161 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Página 294 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my...
Página 252 - 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 119 - 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 347 - Original Sin standeth not in the following of Adam (as the Pelagians do vainly talk); but it is the fault and corruption of the Nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to the spirit; and therefore in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.