The British Essayists: SpectatorLionel Thomas Berguer T. and J. Allman, 1823 |
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... matter ; roast and boiled would serve our turn . He smiled at my simplicity , and told me that it was his design to give us a tune upon it . As I was surprised at such a promise , he sent for an old frying - pan , and grating it upon ...
... matter ; roast and boiled would serve our turn . He smiled at my simplicity , and told me that it was his design to give us a tune upon it . As I was surprised at such a promise , he sent for an old frying - pan , and grating it upon ...
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... matter is actuated by this Almighty Being which passes through it . The heavens and the earth , the stars and planets , move and gravitate by virtue of this great principle within them . All the dead parts of nature are invigorated by ...
... matter is actuated by this Almighty Being which passes through it . The heavens and the earth , the stars and planets , move and gravitate by virtue of this great principle within them . All the dead parts of nature are invigorated by ...
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... matters not whether this present self be made up of the same or other substances . ' I was mightily pleased with a story in some mea- sure applicable to this piece of philosophy , which I read the other day in the Persian Tales , as ...
... matters not whether this present self be made up of the same or other substances . ' I was mightily pleased with a story in some mea- sure applicable to this piece of philosophy , which I read the other day in the Persian Tales , as ...
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... matter for their diversion . Zemroude was likewise fond of a little lap - dog which she kept in her apartment , and which one night happened to die . ( The king immediately found himself inclined to quit the shape of the nightingale ...
... matter for their diversion . Zemroude was likewise fond of a little lap - dog which she kept in her apartment , and which one night happened to die . ( The king immediately found himself inclined to quit the shape of the nightingale ...
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... matter with him , that the offering should always be brought by a chorus of young girls , who were none of them above seven years old . It was wonderful , says the author , to see how different the treatment was which the dogs gave to ...
... matter with him , that the offering should always be brought by a chorus of young girls , who were none of them above seven years old . It was wonderful , says the author , to see how different the treatment was which the dogs gave to ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 238 - It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well ; Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man ! Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes...
Seite 238 - I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them. [Laying his hand on his sword.\ Thus am I doubly arm'd ; my death and life, My bane and antidote, are both before me.
Seite 66 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Seite 184 - What shall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own ? was the result of a laudable ambition.
Seite 146 - Pleasure to look at, twas Music to hear. But now she is absent, I walk by its Side, And still, as it murmurs, do nothing but chide: 'Must you be so cheerful, while I go in pain? Peace there with your bubbling, and hear me complain.
Seite 58 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell ; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Seite 256 - 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?
Seite 38 - I say, might give itself up to that happiness which is at hand, considering that it is so very near, and that it would last so very long. But when the choice we actually have before us is this, whether we will...
Seite 194 - Not the red arm of angry Jove, That flings the thunder from the sky, And gives it rage to roar, and strength to fly. Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin, and confusion hurl'd, He, unconcern'd would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure, amidst a falling world.
Seite 146 - My dog I was ever well pleased to see •Come wagging his tail to my fair one and me ; And Phoebe was pleased too, and to my dog said, Come hither, poor fellow — and patted his head. But now, when he's fawning, I with a sour look Cry, Sirrah...