The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The GuardianE. Sargeant, and M. & W. Ward; and Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston., 1810 |
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... hope you will invite the city into it , and desire those who have any thing by them relating to that part of natural his- tory , to communicate it to , Sir , SIR , your humble servant , HUMPHRY BINICORN . ' ' I HUMBLY beg leave to drop ...
... hope you will invite the city into it , and desire those who have any thing by them relating to that part of natural his- tory , to communicate it to , Sir , SIR , your humble servant , HUMPHRY BINICORN . ' ' I HUMBLY beg leave to drop ...
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... hope would have pleased , but was unluckily prevented by the pre- sence of a bear , which constantly as I approach- * Is this strange word for hyæna ? VOL . III . C ed with my present , threw his eyes in my No. 124 . 17 GUARDIAN .
... hope would have pleased , but was unluckily prevented by the pre- sence of a bear , which constantly as I approach- * Is this strange word for hyæna ? VOL . III . C ed with my present , threw his eyes in my No. 124 . 17 GUARDIAN .
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... hope the reader will pardon me for taking his eye from our present subject of the spring , by this landskip , since it is at this time of the year only that prospects excel in beauty . But if the eye is delighted , the ear hath likewise ...
... hope the reader will pardon me for taking his eye from our present subject of the spring , by this landskip , since it is at this time of the year only that prospects excel in beauty . But if the eye is delighted , the ear hath likewise ...
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... hope I have received some advantage by it . If what Mr. Waller says be true , that , " The soul's dark cottage , batter'd and decay'd , Lets in new light through chinks that time has made : " Then surely sickness , contributing no less ...
... hope I have received some advantage by it . If what Mr. Waller says be true , that , " The soul's dark cottage , batter'd and decay'd , Lets in new light through chinks that time has made : " Then surely sickness , contributing no less ...
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... HOPE you will not endure this Dumb club , for I am the lucky spouse of one of those gentle- men and when my dear comes from this joyless society , I am an impertinent , noisy rattle - snake , my maid is a saucy sow , the man is a thick ...
... HOPE you will not endure this Dumb club , for I am the lucky spouse of one of those gentle- men and when my dear comes from this joyless society , I am an impertinent , noisy rattle - snake , my maid is a saucy sow , the man is a thick ...
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Сторінка 223 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Сторінка 222 - 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 223 - 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 190 - 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.
Сторінка 59 - For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years ; but wisdom is the grey hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age.
Сторінка 27 - A new commandment I give unto you : That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love one for another.
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Сторінка 57 - 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 223 - She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed ; Her husband also, and he praiseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, But thou excellest them all.
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