The British Essayists: ObserverC. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... manner of The Task . 58. The visit to Attalus concluded . 59. Notion that death may be avoided at will . 60. Meditations on the character of an infidel . 61. Of the morality of Christianity . 62. An argument for the evidences of the ...
... manner of The Task . 58. The visit to Attalus concluded . 59. Notion that death may be avoided at will . 60. Meditations on the character of an infidel . 61. Of the morality of Christianity . 62. An argument for the evidences of the ...
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... manner and circumstances , that they make a poor figure in other people's mouths , and suffer even more by printing than they do by repeating . It is also a very difficult thing to pen a witticism ; for by the time we have adjusted all ...
... manner and circumstances , that they make a poor figure in other people's mouths , and suffer even more by printing than they do by repeating . It is also a very difficult thing to pen a witticism ; for by the time we have adjusted all ...
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... manner , if it were only for the purpose of giving him lessons and instructions in the arts of government ; for in that case his vanity , which made him act a part for applause even in his expiring moments , would have opened his doors ...
... manner , if it were only for the purpose of giving him lessons and instructions in the arts of government ; for in that case his vanity , which made him act a part for applause even in his expiring moments , would have opened his doors ...
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... many excellent things ; and though his manners were not calculated for popularity , yet his reputation through the empire VOL . XXXIII . C was universal ; he regulated all domestic matters with consummate NO . 53 . 13 OBSERVER .
... many excellent things ; and though his manners were not calculated for popularity , yet his reputation through the empire VOL . XXXIII . C was universal ; he regulated all domestic matters with consummate NO . 53 . 13 OBSERVER .
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... manners , laws , and liber- ties , and correctly comprehend the duties and dis- tinctions of his own hereditary office , are points that no one will dispute . That he should travel through his kingdom I can hardly doubt , but whe- ther ...
... manners , laws , and liber- ties , and correctly comprehend the duties and dis- tinctions of his own hereditary office , are points that no one will dispute . That he should travel through his kingdom I can hardly doubt , but whe- ther ...
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Page 119 - I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, • Against the use of nature...
Page 134 - Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale! Light thickens; and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood: Good things of day begin to droop and drowse; Whiles night's black agents to their preys do rouse.
Page 100 - And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Page 157 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog...
Page 93 - Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments ; which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels ; 5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me ; for I am holier than thou.
Page 124 - The effect and it ! Come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murth'ring ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief ! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry "Hold, hold!
Page 88 - Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Page 124 - Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty ! make thick my blood, Stop up the access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose...
Page 168 - But will arise, and his great name assert : Dagon must stoop, and shall ere long receive Such a discomfit, as shall quite despoil him Of all these boasted trophies won on me, And with confusion blank his worshippers.
Page 99 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.