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... turns discredited , —and which was beset by counsel- lors , the wits and the deists , who , practically , were inviting it to acquiesce in a life of reckless animalism , as though truth were unattainable , and virtue a dream . The sons ...
... turns discredited , —and which was beset by counsel- lors , the wits and the deists , who , practically , were inviting it to acquiesce in a life of reckless animalism , as though truth were unattainable , and virtue a dream . The sons ...
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... turn round , and volubly argue for the proposition which he had just demolished . Many of us know young barristers of the present day , who love to ' flesh their maiden sword ' upon their friends in a similar fashion . As for Will ...
... turn round , and volubly argue for the proposition which he had just demolished . Many of us know young barristers of the present day , who love to ' flesh their maiden sword ' upon their friends in a similar fashion . As for Will ...
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... turn came ; he quarrelled with the Duke of Bolton , then Lord Lieutenant , and was dismissed from his office ; upon which he became a virulent pamphleteer against the government . Addi- son , ever watchful and kind , interceded for him ...
... turn came ; he quarrelled with the Duke of Bolton , then Lord Lieutenant , and was dismissed from his office ; upon which he became a virulent pamphleteer against the government . Addi- son , ever watchful and kind , interceded for him ...
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... turn makes him at once both disinterested and agreeable ; as few of his thoughts are drawn from business , they are most of them fit for conversation . His taste of books is a little too just for the age he lives in ; he has read all ...
... turn makes him at once both disinterested and agreeable ; as few of his thoughts are drawn from business , they are most of them fit for conversation . His taste of books is a little too just for the age he lives in ; he has read all ...
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... turn ; and I find there is not one of the company , but myself , who rarely speak at all , but speaks of him as of that sort of man who is usually called a well - bred fine gentleman . To conclude his character , where women are not ...
... turn ; and I find there is not one of the company , but myself , who rarely speak at all , but speaks of him as of that sort of man who is usually called a well - bred fine gentleman . To conclude his character , where women are not ...
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Page 347 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 468 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 471 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale ; And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 405 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Page 394 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 470 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 160 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, And the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
Page 402 - I drew near with that reverence which is due to a superior nature ; and as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept. The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him.
Page 27 - Change, the whole parish politics being generally discussed in that place either after sermon or before the bell rings. My friend Sir Roger, being a good churchman, has beautified the inside of his church with several texts of his own choosing; he has likewise given a handsome pulpit-cloth, and railed in the communion table at his own expense.
Page 405 - I could discover nothing in it; but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them.