Selected English EssaysOxford University Press, 1963 - 543 pages |
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Page 184
... grace . It is not other- wise easy to be understood , why the blessing of food -the act of eating - should have had a particular expression of thanksgiving annexed to it , distinct from that implied and silent gratitude with which we ...
... grace . It is not other- wise easy to be understood , why the blessing of food -the act of eating - should have had a particular expression of thanksgiving annexed to it , distinct from that implied and silent gratitude with which we ...
Page 185
... grace . That which is least stimulative to appetite , leaves the mind most free for foreign considerations . A man may feel thankful , heartily thankful , over a dish of plain mutton with turnips , and have leisure to reflect upon the ...
... grace . That which is least stimulative to appetite , leaves the mind most free for foreign considerations . A man may feel thankful , heartily thankful , over a dish of plain mutton with turnips , and have leisure to reflect upon the ...
Page 189
... grace or gracefulness , a man should be sure , before he ventures so to grace them , that while he is pretend- ing his devotions otherwhere , he is not secretly kissing his hand to some great fish - his Dagon - with a special ...
... grace or gracefulness , a man should be sure , before he ventures so to grace them , that while he is pretend- ing his devotions otherwhere , he is not secretly kissing his hand to some great fish - his Dagon - with a special ...
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FRANCIS BACON VISCOUNT ST ALBANS | 1 |
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 30 |
Of Myself | 36 |
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