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... supposed trade . The present code of excise her wishes were to be gratified , than laws at which , he observes , the most re- the mighty fabric has tumbled to solute shrink back with disgust would pieces . Many , he observed , may re ...
... supposed trade . The present code of excise her wishes were to be gratified , than laws at which , he observes , the most re- the mighty fabric has tumbled to solute shrink back with disgust would pieces . Many , he observed , may re ...
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... supposed that he may col value of his losses in Germany , Po- lect together , in safety , the cardinals merania , and Finland , will discover around him , and thence issue his or- of how little consequence he has been ders to the ...
... supposed that he may col value of his losses in Germany , Po- lect together , in safety , the cardinals merania , and Finland , will discover around him , and thence issue his or- of how little consequence he has been ders to the ...
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... supposed to be higher than readers will perhaps be disposed to ever known before in this country . exclaim with Hamlet , something An equal degree of heat was expe too much of this " Indeed we should rienced in Bury ; and , exposed to ...
... supposed to be higher than readers will perhaps be disposed to ever known before in this country . exclaim with Hamlet , something An equal degree of heat was expe too much of this " Indeed we should rienced in Bury ; and , exposed to ...
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... supposed that I regard a creature of wretchedness in this with indifference an action which life , and ultimately , perhaps , without has in every age been marked with hope in the next . Let this thought opprobrium . The seduction of ...
... supposed that I regard a creature of wretchedness in this with indifference an action which life , and ultimately , perhaps , without has in every age been marked with hope in the next . Let this thought opprobrium . The seduction of ...
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... supposed this must be the fresh - water polypus , for instance , in skeleton of a Roman ; but because which neither nerve , vessel , nor Agricola , in his expedition into Scot- muscles are to be discovered , has an land did not ...
... supposed this must be the fresh - water polypus , for instance , in skeleton of a Roman ; but because which neither nerve , vessel , nor Agricola , in his expedition into Scot- muscles are to be discovered , has an land did not ...
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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...