The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 19-20 |
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... eye is fixed with admiration , and whose praise is repeated by every voice . But it must be confessed that this is only the praise of prejudice and of custom : reason as yet sees no- thing either to commend or imitate : a more severe ...
... eye is fixed with admiration , and whose praise is repeated by every voice . But it must be confessed that this is only the praise of prejudice and of custom : reason as yet sees no- thing either to commend or imitate : a more severe ...
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... eye , and lost even to himself , he is reminded that he lives only by the necessities of life : he then starts as from a dream , and regrets that the day has passed unen- joyed , without affording means of happiness to the morrow . Will ...
... eye , and lost even to himself , he is reminded that he lives only by the necessities of life : he then starts as from a dream , and regrets that the day has passed unen- joyed , without affording means of happiness to the morrow . Will ...
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... eye may as easily multiply into a thousand , as in a tragedy battle it has been used to do half a dozen scene - shifters into an army . cules's method of cleansing this stable is well known ; I shall , therefore , let loose a whole ...
... eye may as easily multiply into a thousand , as in a tragedy battle it has been used to do half a dozen scene - shifters into an army . cules's method of cleansing this stable is well known ; I shall , therefore , let loose a whole ...
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... eyes were inflamed , and that my mouth was covered with foam , imagined that I was mad , and knocked out my brains with a flail . ' Soon after I had quitted this maimed and per- secuted carcase , I found myself under the wings of a ...
... eyes were inflamed , and that my mouth was covered with foam , imagined that I was mad , and knocked out my brains with a flail . ' Soon after I had quitted this maimed and per- secuted carcase , I found myself under the wings of a ...
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... eyes , and confining it in a less cage : to this hor- rid proposal my fair keeper agreed , upon being again assured that my song would be very greatly improv- ed ; and the next day performed herself the opera- tion , as she had been ...
... eyes , and confining it in a less cage : to this hor- rid proposal my fair keeper agreed , upon being again assured that my song would be very greatly improv- ed ; and the next day performed herself the opera- tion , as she had been ...
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Page 61 - Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Page 24 - And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him for they saw that his grief was very great.
Page 23 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 27 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
Page 61 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 61 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Page 97 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Page 51 - Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own : He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Page 96 - Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law, Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape, And show'da Newton as we show an ape.
Page 61 - Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.