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... Some original letters , which paffed between thefe experienced wooers on that occafion , are extant in the unpublished Talbot MSS . but the etiquette of courtship in thofe days required more time than could be fpared by two lovers ...
... Some original letters , which paffed between thefe experienced wooers on that occafion , are extant in the unpublished Talbot MSS . but the etiquette of courtship in thofe days required more time than could be fpared by two lovers ...
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... Some learned men , it is true , like thofe Egyptian priests who concealed their trifling myfteries from the reft of the nation , would have all books written folely for their own ufe , and would take away from the people every spark of ...
... Some learned men , it is true , like thofe Egyptian priests who concealed their trifling myfteries from the reft of the nation , would have all books written folely for their own ufe , and would take away from the people every spark of ...
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... some doubt whether the jate Lord Temple , whenever he is introduced , may not be in- tended to appear as the principal hero in the drama . The matter and style of these anecdotes may be conceived from two or three fpecimens ; the firft ...
... some doubt whether the jate Lord Temple , whenever he is introduced , may not be in- tended to appear as the principal hero in the drama . The matter and style of these anecdotes may be conceived from two or three fpecimens ; the firft ...
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... some writer may be as liberal of praise to our prefent worthy fove- reign ; and with equal fincerity . Thus much for the spirit that pervades the whole of these vo- lumes ; as to the anecdotes refpecting Mr. Pitt , we have a preg- nant ...
... some writer may be as liberal of praise to our prefent worthy fove- reign ; and with equal fincerity . Thus much for the spirit that pervades the whole of these vo- lumes ; as to the anecdotes refpecting Mr. Pitt , we have a preg- nant ...
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... Some critics have thought that the word here might be beft expreffed by mala mea , afflicti- ones meee : the LXX appear to have allotted to it a proper fenfe , when they faid , fortes meæ , my lots , my different circum- fances . It has ...
... Some critics have thought that the word here might be beft expreffed by mala mea , afflicti- ones meee : the LXX appear to have allotted to it a proper fenfe , when they faid , fortes meæ , my lots , my different circum- fances . It has ...
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Page 280 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Page 42 - Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, give unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
Page 208 - ... independent of men ; in the same manner, I mean, to prevent misconstruction, as one man is independent of another. Nay, marriage will never be held sacred till women, by being brought up with men, are prepared to be their companions rather than their mistresses ; for the mean doublings of cunning will ever render them contemptible, whilst oppression renders them timid.
Page 77 - Poetry, indeed cannot be translated ; and, therefore, it is the poets that preserve languages ; for we would not be at the trouble to learn a language, if we could have all that is written in it just as well in a translation. But as the beauties of poetry cannot be preserved in any language except that in which it was originally written, we learn the language.
Page 79 - So morbid was his temperament that he never knew the natural joy of a free and vigorous use of his limbs; when he walked, it was like the struggling gait of one in fetters; when he rode, he had no command or direction of his horse, but was carried as if in a balloon.
Page 207 - I am much mistaken if some latent vigour would not soon give health and spirit to their eyes, and some lines drawn by the exercise of reason on the blank cheeks, which before were only undulated by dimples, might restore lost dignity to the character, or rather enable it to attain the true dignity of its nature. Virtue is not to be acquired even by speculation, much less by the negative supineness that wealth naturally generates.
Page 384 - And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea like a man's hand.
Page 362 - Nor think him all thy own. To-morrow, in the church to wed, Impatient, both prepare ! But know, fond maid ; and know, false man, That Lucy will be there ! " Then bear my corse, my comrades, bear, This bridegroom blithe to meet, He in his wedding-trim so gay, I in my winding-sheet.
Page 207 - What can be a more melancholy sight to a thinking mind than to look into the numerous carriages that drive helter-skelter about this metropolis in a morning full of pale-faced creatures who are flying from themselves ! I have often wished, with Dr.
Page 214 - Felix trembled, and anfwered, Go " thy way for this time, when I have a convenient feafon