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... considered or promoted the interests , of men , without any fear of treading in a of good and wise , or bad and weak beaten track . In fact , silence is less conduct . Hence , it appears that the a figure of rhetoric than an offspring ...
... considered or promoted the interests , of men , without any fear of treading in a of good and wise , or bad and weak beaten track . In fact , silence is less conduct . Hence , it appears that the a figure of rhetoric than an offspring ...
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... considered as a post of honour , and there were but few below the rank of a knight aspired to it in counties ; 8 11 1 and it was held in high estimation , as This bill was sent by the church . the appointment came from the king . warden ...
... considered as a post of honour , and there were but few below the rank of a knight aspired to it in counties ; 8 11 1 and it was held in high estimation , as This bill was sent by the church . the appointment came from the king . warden ...
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... considered word , the word to the action ; with is the tone of voice in which any this special observance , that you thing ought to be read or spoken . o'erstep not the modesty of nature . " This is a capital point , and should I remain ...
... considered word , the word to the action ; with is the tone of voice in which any this special observance , that you thing ought to be read or spoken . o'erstep not the modesty of nature . " This is a capital point , and should I remain ...
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... considered as emblematical of the some insidious enemy seems to have translation of the empire to Nero . 46 The second relates to what is " Or , somnium . † L. lxvi . " Ogua , visio . † Xperiods , oraculum . Sueton . Vespas . Dion Cass ...
... considered as emblematical of the some insidious enemy seems to have translation of the empire to Nero . 46 The second relates to what is " Or , somnium . † L. lxvi . " Ogua , visio . † Xperiods , oraculum . Sueton . Vespas . Dion Cass ...
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... considered by the ancients as especially deceitful and vain , as leaving no significant impression ; they are spoken of by Virgil as those Fallacious - dreams which Ghosts to earth transmitt , and are directly opposite to the dreams ...
... considered by the ancients as especially deceitful and vain , as leaving no significant impression ; they are spoken of by Virgil as those Fallacious - dreams which Ghosts to earth transmitt , and are directly opposite to the dreams ...
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Page 517 - d, then she picks her way, Slowly and cautious, in the clinging clay ; Till, in mid-green, she trusts a place unsound, And deeply plunges in th' adhesive ground ; Thence, but with pain, her slender foot she takes, While hope the mind, as strength the frame, forsakes : For, when so full the cup of sorrow grows, Add but a drop, it instantly o'erflows.
Page 429 - ... would suppose him animated by the spirit of the creature he describes. And with all his drollery there is a mixture of rational and even religious reflection, at times, and always an air of pleasantry, good-nature, and humanity, that makes him, in my mind, one of the most amiable writers in the world.
Page 375 - My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.
Page 429 - I love the memory of Vinny Bourne. I think him a better Latin poet than Tibullus, Propertius, Ausonius, or any of the writers in his way, except Ovid, and not at all inferior to him. I love him too with a love of partiality, because he was usher of the fifth form at Westminster, when I passed through it.
Page 517 - Correct in thought, she judged a servant's place Preserved a rustic beauty from disgrace; But yet on Sunday-eve, in freedom's hour, With secret joy she felt that beauty's power, When some proud bliss upon the heart would steal, That, poor or rich, a beauty still must feel.
Page 429 - ... rational and even religious reflection at times ; and always an air of pleasantry, good-nature, and humanity, that makes him, in my mind, one of the most amiable writers in the world. It is not common to meet with an author who can make you smile, and yet at nobody's expense ; who is always entertaining, and yet always harmless ; and who, though always elegant, and classical to a degree not always found in the classics themselves, charms more by the simplicity and playfulness of his ideas, than...
Page 332 - I gave them, that I would never stir against you. But my misfortune was such as to meet with some horrid people, that made me believe things of your majesty, and gave me so many false arguments, that I was fully led away to believe, that it was a shame and a sin before God not to do it.
Page 517 - And tears unnoticed from their channels flow; Serene her manner, till some sudden pain Frets the meek soul, and then she's calm again; Her broken pitcher to the pool she takes, And every step with cautious terror makes; For not alone that infant in her arms, But nearer cause, her anxious soul alarms. With water burthen'd, then she picks her way, Slowly and cautious, in the clinging clay; Till, in mid-green, she trusts a place unsound, And deeply plunges in th...
Page 346 - A Descriptive Catalogue of the Oriental Library of the Late Tippoo Sultan of Mysore.
Page 517 - Lo! now with red rent cloak and bonnet black, And torn green gown loose hanging at her back, One who an infant in her arms sustains, And seems in patience striving with her pains...