The British Essayists;: GuardianJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1807 |
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... Death - Country Bill of Mortality . 137. Advantages of illustrious Birth - how con- taminated - Pride of Mr. Ironside 138. On Regard for Posterity 139. History of Lions - Story of Androcles 140. On Female Dress - Letter to Pope Cle ...
... Death - Country Bill of Mortality . 137. Advantages of illustrious Birth - how con- taminated - Pride of Mr. Ironside 138. On Regard for Posterity 139. History of Lions - Story of Androcles 140. On Female Dress - Letter to Pope Cle ...
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... deaths , should he make such an attempt upon the honour of your family . It is well , my lord . And is then the honour of your daughter , whom still , though it had been violated , you might have maintained in plenty and even luxury ...
... deaths , should he make such an attempt upon the honour of your family . It is well , my lord . And is then the honour of your daughter , whom still , though it had been violated , you might have maintained in plenty and even luxury ...
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... death had leave to reign : Hence foxes earth'd , and wolves abhorr'd the day , And hungry churls ensnar'd the nightly prey . Rude arts at first ; but witty want refin'd The huntsman's wiles , and famine form'd the mind . Bold Nimrod ...
... death had leave to reign : Hence foxes earth'd , and wolves abhorr'd the day , And hungry churls ensnar'd the nightly prey . Rude arts at first ; but witty want refin'd The huntsman's wiles , and famine form'd the mind . Bold Nimrod ...
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... death , is no unfit emblem of such an artful , unsearchable projector . Were I to choose an enemy , whether should I wish for one that would stab me suddenly , or one that would give me an Italian poison , subtle and linger- ing , yet ...
... death , is no unfit emblem of such an artful , unsearchable projector . Were I to choose an enemy , whether should I wish for one that would stab me suddenly , or one that would give me an Italian poison , subtle and linger- ing , yet ...
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... death . " For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time , or is mea- sured by number of years . But wisdom is the hair to men , and an unspotted life is old age . " دو grey He was taken away speedily , lest that ...
... death . " For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time , or is mea- sured by number of years . But wisdom is the hair to men , and an unspotted life is old age . " دو grey He was taken away speedily , lest that ...
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Сторінка 231 - She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. 13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. 14 She is like the merchants' ships : she bringeth her food from afar.
Сторінка 232 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom ; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
Сторінка 232 - Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land. She maketh fine linen, and selleth it, and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
Сторінка 80 - What choice to choose for delicacy best, What order so contrived as not to mix Tastes, not well joined, inelegant, but bring Taste after taste upheld with kindliest change...
Сторінка 233 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Сторінка 43 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Сторінка 182 - Madam, (says he, to the first of them) you have been upon the earth about fifty years : what have you been doing there all this while ?' ' Doing ! (says she) really I do not know what I have been doing : I desire I may have time given me to recollect.
Сторінка 232 - She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Сторінка 49 - You formerly observed to me that nothing made a more ridiculous figure in a man's life than the disparity we often find in him sick and well ; thus one of an unfortunate constitution is perpetually exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of his mind, and of his body, in their turns. I have had frequent opportunities of late to consider myself in these different views, and, I hope, have received some advantage by it, if what Waller says be true, that The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd,...
Сторінка 197 - Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her, And imitates her actions, where she is not : It ought not to be sported with.