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... occasion to disturb Jupiter and the conclave of Olympus , by thus calling upon them so abruptly . The vulgarity of the prophets is demonstrated by the Rev. C. ABBOT . These are his words : " But it unhappily often occurs , that , with ...
... occasion to disturb Jupiter and the conclave of Olympus , by thus calling upon them so abruptly . The vulgarity of the prophets is demonstrated by the Rev. C. ABBOT . These are his words : " But it unhappily often occurs , that , with ...
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... occasion for a college in Virginia . Blair repre- sented to him , that its intention was to educate and qualify young men to be ministers of the Gospel , much wanted there ; and begged Mr. Attorney - general would consider , that the ...
... occasion for a college in Virginia . Blair repre- sented to him , that its intention was to educate and qualify young men to be ministers of the Gospel , much wanted there ; and begged Mr. Attorney - general would consider , that the ...
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... occasion was taken from his subject to appoint him a suitable employment ; if , for instance , he talked about dogs , he was made master of the buck - hounds ; if he boasted of his courage , he was made a knight , or perhaps a field ...
... occasion was taken from his subject to appoint him a suitable employment ; if , for instance , he talked about dogs , he was made master of the buck - hounds ; if he boasted of his courage , he was made a knight , or perhaps a field ...
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... occasions , the meeting does not ap- pear to be complete before the expiration of a day or two . soon as all the deputies have arrived , a very general noise and croaking ensue ; and shortly after , the whole fall upon one or two ...
... occasions , the meeting does not ap- pear to be complete before the expiration of a day or two . soon as all the deputies have arrived , a very general noise and croaking ensue ; and shortly after , the whole fall upon one or two ...
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... occasion . A few of the flock sit with drooping heads , says Landt ; others seem as grave as if they were on the woolsack ; and some are exceedingly active and noisy . In the course of about an hour , the assembly dis- perse ; and it is ...
... occasion . A few of the flock sit with drooping heads , says Landt ; others seem as grave as if they were on the woolsack ; and some are exceedingly active and noisy . In the course of about an hour , the assembly dis- perse ; and it is ...
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Page 276 - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent : To waste long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow...
Page 313 - Man, being reasonable, must get drunk ; The best of life is but intoxication : Glory, the grape, love, gold, in these are sunk The hopes of all men, and of every nation ; Without their sap, how branchless were the trunk Of life's strange tree, so fruitful on occasion : But to return, — Get very drunk ; and when You wake with headache, you shall see what then.
Page 45 - And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
Page 47 - And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die. who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel ? God forbid : as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground ; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
Page 291 - ... pace, with an air and a grace, swimming about, now in and now out, with a deal of state, in a figure of eight, without pipe or string, or any such thing; and now I have writ, in a rhyming fit, what will make you dance, and as you advance, will keep you still, though against your will, dancing away, alert and gay, till you come to an end of what I have...
Page 324 - Of heaven's ascent they lift their feet, when, lo! A violent cross wind from either coast Blows them transverse, ten thousand leagues awry Into the devious air; then might ye see Cowls, hoods, and habits, with their wearers, tost And flutter'd into rags ; then relics, beads, Indulgences, dispenses, pardons, bulls, The sport of winds...
Page 291 - I have heard before, of a room with a floor, laid upon springs, and such like things, with so much art, in every part, that when you went in, you...
Page 250 - There are a bundle of curiosities, not only in philosophy but in divinity, proposed and discussed by men of most supposed abilities, which indeed are not worthy our vacant hours, much less our serious studies; pieces only fit to be placed in Pantagruel's library, or bound up with Tartaretus de modo cacandi.
Page 291 - ... tis only her plan, to catch if she can, the giddy and gay as they go that way, by a production on a new construction. She has baited her trap, in hopes to snap all that may come, with a sugar -plum.