Beauties of History; Or, Pictures of Virtue and ViceMozley, 1808 |
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... heart en- nobling solicitude for one another's welfare ; that ten- der sympathy which alleviates affliction , and that parti- cipated pleasure which heightens prosperity and joy itself . A good wife makes the cares of the world sit easy ...
... heart en- nobling solicitude for one another's welfare ; that ten- der sympathy which alleviates affliction , and that parti- cipated pleasure which heightens prosperity and joy itself . A good wife makes the cares of the world sit easy ...
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... heart of Cleombrutus , says Plu- tarch , was not entirely depraved by vain - glory , and a boundless ambition to reign , he would have been sensi- ble that even banishment itself , with so virtuous a com- panion , was a felicity ...
... heart of Cleombrutus , says Plu- tarch , was not entirely depraved by vain - glory , and a boundless ambition to reign , he would have been sensi- ble that even banishment itself , with so virtuous a com- panion , was a felicity ...
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... heart . You would smile to see the concern she is in when I have a cause to plead , and the joy she shows when it is over . She finds means to have the first news brought her of the success I meet with in court , how I am heard , and ...
... heart . You would smile to see the concern she is in when I have a cause to plead , and the joy she shows when it is over . She finds means to have the first news brought her of the success I meet with in court , how I am heard , and ...
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... , my Terentia , my heart's de- sire , farewell . METHINKS , it is a pleasure to see this great man in bis family , who makes so different a figure in the forum or senate of Rome . Every one admires the orator 10 AFFECTION CONJUGAL .
... , my Terentia , my heart's de- sire , farewell . METHINKS , it is a pleasure to see this great man in bis family , who makes so different a figure in the forum or senate of Rome . Every one admires the orator 10 AFFECTION CONJUGAL .
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... heart of a father must have been affect- ed with the sighs and groans of a son expiring in tor- tures to save his life . He could bear it no longer ; but quitting the place of his concealment , he presented him- self to the assassins ...
... heart of a father must have been affect- ed with the sighs and groans of a son expiring in tor- tures to save his life . He could bear it no longer ; but quitting the place of his concealment , he presented him- self to the assassins ...
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Page 183 - And it is pity that commonly more care is had, yea, and that amongst very wise men, to find out rather a cunning man for their horse than a cunning man for their children.
Page 14 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Page 56 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Page 188 - Train up a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Page 240 - Pale, cold, and half speechless in the arms of his Damon, Pythias replied in broken accents, " Fatal haste ! — Cruel impatience! — What envious powers have wrought impossibilities in your favour? But I will not be wholly disappointed. Since I cannot die to save, I will not survive you.
Page 227 - They were accompanied by three hundred and sixty five youths, agreeable to the number of days in a year, clothed in purple robes. Afterwards came a chariot consecrated to Jupiter/ drawn by white horses, and followed by a courser of a prodigious size, to whom they gave the name of the sun's horse ; and the equerries were dressed in white, each...
Page 152 - ... assured the pope that all was transacted by the express will and command of the king, it was immediately decreed that the pope should march with his cardinals to the church of St. Mark, and in the most solemn manner give thanks to God for so great a blessing conferred on the See of Rome, and the Christian world...
Page 275 - Then accosting the Spaniard, he said, " Christian, the person you have killed is my son : his body is now in my house. You ought to suffer ; but you have eaten with me, and I have given you my faith, which must not be broken.
Page 273 - Good unexpected, evils unforeseen, Appear by turns, as fortune shifts the scene: Some, rais'd aloft, come tumbling down amain; Then fall so hard, they bound and rise again.
Page 238 - This the tyrant intended peremptorily to refuse, by granting it, as he conceived, on the impossible conditions of his procuring some one to remain as hostage for his return, under equal forfeiture of life. Pythias heard the conditions, and did not wait for an application upon the part of Damon : he instantly offered himself as security for his friend; which being accepted, Damon was immediately set at liberty.