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... discourse on courage which he attributes to him in No. 350 , and his letter describing his uncle's death in No. 544 ; the latter by means of an amusing narrative , in No. 197 , of a dispute between the captain and a young barrister . In ...
... discourse on courage which he attributes to him in No. 350 , and his letter describing his uncle's death in No. 544 ; the latter by means of an amusing narrative , in No. 197 , of a dispute between the captain and a young barrister . In ...
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... discourses to my following writings , and shall give some account in them of the several persons that are engaged in this work . As the chief trouble of compiling , 10 digesting , and correcting , will fall to my share , I must do ...
... discourses to my following writings , and shall give some account in them of the several persons that are engaged in this work . As the chief trouble of compiling , 10 digesting , and correcting , will fall to my share , I must do ...
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... discourse gives the same pleasure that wit would in another man . He has made his fortunes himself ; and says that England may be richer than other kingdoms , by as plain methods as he himself is richer than other men ; though at the ...
... discourse gives the same pleasure that wit would in another man . He has made his fortunes himself ; and says that England may be richer than other kingdoms , by as plain methods as he himself is richer than other men ; though at the ...
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... discourse with which men usually entertain women . He has all his life dressed very well , and remembers habits as others do men . He can smile when one speaks to him , and laughs easily . He knows the history of every mode , and can ...
... discourse with which men usually entertain women . He has all his life dressed very well , and remembers habits as others do men . He can smile when one speaks to him , and laughs easily . He knows the history of every mode , and can ...
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... discourse of the family . The 20 maid will ask her mistress , though I am by , whether the gentleman is ready to go to dinner , as the mistress , who is indeed an excel- lent housewife , scolds at the servants as heartily before my face ...
... discourse of the family . The 20 maid will ask her mistress , though I am by , whether the gentleman is ready to go to dinner , as the mistress , who is indeed an excel- lent housewife , scolds at the servants as heartily before my face ...
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Page 210 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 403 - The valley that thou seest, said he, is the vale of misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is part of the great tide of eternity. What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other ? What thou seest...
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 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 12 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep ; All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, 20 Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator?
Page 403 - ... them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. • They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
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...
Page 117 - Our ships are laden with the harvest of every climate. Our tables are stored with spices and oils and wines. Our rooms are filled with pyramids of China, and adorned with the workmanship of Japan. Our morning's draught comes to us from the remotest corners of the earth. We repair our bodies by the drugs of America, and repose ourselves under Indian canopies. My friend Sir Andrew calls the vineyards of France our gardens; the spice-islands, our hot-beds; the Persians our silk-weavers, and the Chinese...
Page 37 - Mr. such an one, if he pleased, might take the law of him for fishing in that part of the river. My friend Sir Roger heard them both upon a round trot; and after having paused some time, told them, with the air of a man who would not give his judgment rashly, that much might be said on both sides.
Page 20 - found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required of him, is, they tell me, a good scholar, though he does not show it. I have given him the parsonage of the parish ; and, because I know his value, have settled upon him a good annuity for life. If he outlives me, he shall find that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years ; and though he does...