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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Сторінка 165
... rain , besides the neighbourhood of a granary , was a most delightful spot of ground for ants ; and therefore they had made three nest there , without doubt for the same reason that men build cities in fruitful and convenient places ...
... rain , besides the neighbourhood of a granary , was a most delightful spot of ground for ants ; and therefore they had made three nest there , without doubt for the same reason that men build cities in fruitful and convenient places ...
Сторінка 169
... rain , which the ants foresaw ; whereas the Milan almanack had foretold there would be no rain upon that day . I have said before , that those ants which I did so particularly consider , fetched their corn out of a garret . I went very ...
... rain , which the ants foresaw ; whereas the Milan almanack had foretold there would be no rain upon that day . I have said before , that those ants which I did so particularly consider , fetched their corn out of a garret . I went very ...
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... rain , they shelter themselves un- der some tile , or something else , and do not come out until the rain is over . The ants of the princi- pal nest found out a wonderful expedient to keep out the rain : there was a small piece of a ...
... rain , they shelter themselves un- der some tile , or something else , and do not come out until the rain is over . The ants of the princi- pal nest found out a wonderful expedient to keep out the rain : there was a small piece of a ...
Сторінка 175
... rain . They laid over their holes several pieces of old and dry plaister one upon the other ; but they were still troubled with the rain , and the next day they took a world of pains to repair the damage . Hence it is , that those ...
... rain . They laid over their holes several pieces of old and dry plaister one upon the other ; but they were still troubled with the rain , and the next day they took a world of pains to repair the damage . Hence it is , that those ...
Сторінка 176
... rain was over , most of them went away to repair their old habitation ; but finding it im- practicable by reason of the smell of the powder and brimstone , which kills them , they came back again , and settled in the place I had ...
... rain was over , most of them went away to repair their old habitation ; but finding it im- practicable by reason of the smell of the powder and brimstone , which kills them , they came back again , and settled in the place I had ...
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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.