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... obliged the world with productions too sublime to admit that the author of them should receive any addition to his reputation , from such loose occa- sional thoughts as make up these little treatises . For which reason , his name shall ...
... obliged the world with productions too sublime to admit that the author of them should receive any addition to his reputation , from such loose occa- sional thoughts as make up these little treatises . For which reason , his name shall ...
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... Spectator , but takes no notice of this ' Publisher to the Reader , ' which it is not improbable he would have thought himself obliged to do , if he had written it . Addison , for what reason is not very obvious , BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . XV.
... Spectator , but takes no notice of this ' Publisher to the Reader , ' which it is not improbable he would have thought himself obliged to do , if he had written it . Addison , for what reason is not very obvious , BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . XV.
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... obliged to take refuge at Boulogne . He is said to have been permitted afterwards to return home on condition of not meddling any longer with po- litics . He then carried on the trade of wine- merchant until his death in 1737 . This ...
... obliged to take refuge at Boulogne . He is said to have been permitted afterwards to return home on condition of not meddling any longer with po- litics . He then carried on the trade of wine- merchant until his death in 1737 . This ...
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... is the hearty prayer of , SIR , Your most obliged , and most obedient , humble servant , THE GUARDIAN . THE PUBLISHER TO THE READER . It is a justice 4 ORIGINAL DEDICATION . On Dedications-the Author to him- self POPE.
... is the hearty prayer of , SIR , Your most obliged , and most obedient , humble servant , THE GUARDIAN . THE PUBLISHER TO THE READER . It is a justice 4 ORIGINAL DEDICATION . On Dedications-the Author to him- self POPE.
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... obliged the world with productions too sublime to admit that the Author of them should receive any addition to his reputation , from such loose occasional thoughts as make up these little treatises . For which which reason his name ...
... obliged the world with productions too sublime to admit that the Author of them should receive any addition to his reputation , from such loose occasional thoughts as make up these little treatises . For which which reason his name ...
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Page 253 - The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 157 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart ; To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Page 140 - Thou, even thou, art Lord alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all ; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Page 106 - And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures?
Page 132 - He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Page 253 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided : they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Page 235 - Behold, I have done according to thy words : lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
Page 190 - Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain, Then, hid in shades, eludes her eager swain ; But feigns a laugh, to see me search around, And by that laugh the willing fair is found.
Page 141 - Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: they shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Page 141 - When he made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder, then did he see it and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.