The Little Female Orators, Or Nine Evenings Entertainment, with ObservationsT. Carnan, 1778 - 106 стор. |
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... human Nature . I have heard them fay , " That every one pities the Weakness of his Neighbour , and that , if he was in his Place , how he would act ; that , though in former Days there were faid to be only Seven wife Men in the World ...
... human Nature . I have heard them fay , " That every one pities the Weakness of his Neighbour , and that , if he was in his Place , how he would act ; that , though in former Days there were faid to be only Seven wife Men in the World ...
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... human Parade falls infinitely short of those Pleasures which arife from Industry . Splendor and Magnificence , acquired by Care and Toil , are indeed to be permitted ; but even here , Indolence and In- activity often become a grievous ...
... human Parade falls infinitely short of those Pleasures which arife from Industry . Splendor and Magnificence , acquired by Care and Toil , are indeed to be permitted ; but even here , Indolence and In- activity often become a grievous ...
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... human Life , and paffing from one Thought- to another , Surely , faid I , Man is but a Shadow , and Life a Dream . While I was thus mufing , I caft my Eyes towards the Sum- mit of a Rock that was not far from me , where I difcovered one ...
... human Life , and paffing from one Thought- to another , Surely , faid I , Man is but a Shadow , and Life a Dream . While I was thus mufing , I caft my Eyes towards the Sum- mit of a Rock that was not far from me , where I difcovered one ...
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... human Life ; confider it at- tentively . Upon a more leisurely Survey of it , I found that it confifted of three Score and ten entire Arches , with feveral broken Arches , which , added to thofe that were en- tire , made up the Number ...
... human Life ; confider it at- tentively . Upon a more leisurely Survey of it , I found that it confifted of three Score and ten entire Arches , with feveral broken Arches , which , added to thofe that were en- tire , made up the Number ...
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... Arches . Thefe , -faid the Genius , are Envy , Avarice , Super- ftition , Defpair , Love , with the like Cares and Paffions that infest human Life . I here * I here fetched a deep Sigh : Alas , Nine Evenings Entertainment . 31.
... Arches . Thefe , -faid the Genius , are Envy , Avarice , Super- ftition , Defpair , Love , with the like Cares and Paffions that infest human Life . I here * I here fetched a deep Sigh : Alas , Nine Evenings Entertainment . 31.
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Сторінка 31 - Upon looking up, What mean, said I, those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time ? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other feathered creatures several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches.
Сторінка 31 - ... on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. 'The Genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. Take thine eyes off the bridge...
Сторінка 32 - I here fetched a deep sigh; Alas, said I, man was made in vain! How is he given away to misery and mortality! tortured in life, and swallowed up in death! The Genius, being moved with compassion towards me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect; Look no more...
Сторінка 30 - ... them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
Сторінка 33 - I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. The islands...
Сторінка 27 - I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and' qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.
Сторінка 32 - Look no more, said he, on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it.
Сторінка 31 - What mean, said I, those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other feathered creatures several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches. These, said the Genius, are Envy, Avarice, Superstition, Despair, Love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life.
Сторінка 27 - I had been often told that the rock before me was the haunt of a genius and that several had been entertained with music who had passed by it but never heard that the musician had before made himself visible...
Сторінка 1 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights, explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot Folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man.