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Page ii
... kind , is such as must call down upon us the approbation of all favourers of the proverb - since it is one of our objects , and indeed no small part of the design of this work , to reduce books to their natural size ; a process which we ...
... kind , is such as must call down upon us the approbation of all favourers of the proverb - since it is one of our objects , and indeed no small part of the design of this work , to reduce books to their natural size ; a process which we ...
Page iv
... kind are too obvious - the uncompromising vigor of in- tellect , and the sturdy and unshrinking adherence to prin- ciple , which have been distinguishing characteristics of Englishmen , cannot for any length of time resist the relax ...
... kind are too obvious - the uncompromising vigor of in- tellect , and the sturdy and unshrinking adherence to prin- ciple , which have been distinguishing characteristics of Englishmen , cannot for any length of time resist the relax ...
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... kind hand has yet unveiled and pre- sented to the public view , but who like some sequester'd star That rolls in its creator's beams afar , Unseen by man ; till telescopic eye , Sounding the blue abysses of the sky , Draws forth its ...
... kind hand has yet unveiled and pre- sented to the public view , but who like some sequester'd star That rolls in its creator's beams afar , Unseen by man ; till telescopic eye , Sounding the blue abysses of the sky , Draws forth its ...
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... kind of misprision of treason . " The character of the state ( of Venice ) is to employ strangers in their wars ; but shall a poet thence fancy that they will set a Negro to be their general ; or trust a Moor to defend them against the ...
... kind of misprision of treason . " The character of the state ( of Venice ) is to employ strangers in their wars ; but shall a poet thence fancy that they will set a Negro to be their general ; or trust a Moor to defend them against the ...
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... kind to him , and to his wife ; was his countrywoman , a dame of quality . For him to abet her murder , shews nothing of a soldier , nothing of a man , nothing of nature in it . The Ordinary of Newgate never had the like monster to pass ...
... kind to him , and to his wife ; was his countrywoman , a dame of quality . For him to abet her murder , shews nothing of a soldier , nothing of a man , nothing of nature in it . The Ordinary of Newgate never had the like monster to pass ...
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Page 74 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Page 90 - ... it cannot be long before we lie down in darkness and have our light in ashes...
Page 312 - tis the soul of peace ; Of all the virtues 'tis nearest kin to heaven ; It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breath'd.
Page 90 - The number of the dead long exceedeth all that shall live. The night of time far surpasseth the day, and who knows when was the equinox?
Page 136 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Page 93 - Darkness and light divide the course of time, and oblivion shares with memory a great part even of our living beings; we slightly remember our felicities, and the smartest strokes of affliction leave but short smart upon us. Sense endureth no extremities, and sorrows destroy us or themselves.
Page 93 - To be ignorant of evils to come, and forgetful of evils past, is a merciful provision in nature, whereby we digest the mixture of our few and evil days ; and our delivered senses not relapsing into cutting remembrances, our sorrows are not kept raw by the edge of repetitions.
Page 18 - That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads ; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness ; instead of a chain she had an oblong collar of gold and jewels.
Page 90 - Oblivion is not to be hired. The greater part must be content to be as though they had not been, to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man.
Page 91 - And therefore restless inquietude for the diuturnity of our memories unto present considerations, seems a vanity almost out of date, and superannuated piece of folly. We cannot hope to live so long in our names as some have done in their persons ; one face of Janus holds no proportion unto the other. It is too late to be ambitious.