The British Essayists: SpectatorLionel Thomas Berguer T. and J. Allman, 1823 |
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... side of every sin which is mentioned by that excellent author ; so that he had converted one of the best books in the world into a libel against the ' squire , churchwardens , overseers of the poor , 6 N ° 568 . SPECTATOR . The Use of ...
... side of every sin which is mentioned by that excellent author ; so that he had converted one of the best books in the world into a libel against the ' squire , churchwardens , overseers of the poor , 6 N ° 568 . SPECTATOR . The Use of ...
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... side - glances , concluded himself the favourite ; and when I used him like a dog for my diversion , he thought it was all prudence and fear ; and pitied the violence I did my own in- clinations to comply with my friends , when I mar ...
... side - glances , concluded himself the favourite ; and when I used him like a dog for my diversion , he thought it was all prudence and fear ; and pitied the violence I did my own in- clinations to comply with my friends , when I mar ...
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... side of it he ought to close with . But however right we are in theory , it is plain that in practice we adhere to the wrong side of the question . We make provisions for this life as though it were never to have an end , and for the ...
... side of it he ought to close with . But however right we are in theory , it is plain that in practice we adhere to the wrong side of the question . We make provisions for this life as though it were never to have an end , and for the ...
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... side ; whereas the frenzy of one who is given up for a lunatic is a frenzy hors d'œuvre ; ' that is , in other words , something which is singular in its kind , and does not fall in with the madness of a multitude . The subject of this ...
... side ; whereas the frenzy of one who is given up for a lunatic is a frenzy hors d'œuvre ; ' that is , in other words , something which is singular in its kind , and does not fall in with the madness of a multitude . The subject of this ...
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... side of the phial . The fomes , or spot in the middle of it , was not large , but of a red fiery colour , and seemed to be the cause of these violent agitations . " That , " says my instructor , " is the heart of Tom Dreadnought , who ...
... side of the phial . The fomes , or spot in the middle of it , was not large , but of a red fiery colour , and seemed to be the cause of these violent agitations . " That , " says my instructor , " is the heart of Tom Dreadnought , who ...
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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...