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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... shapes his way to reach the fronting gate , Doubles his majesty , and walks in state . It chanc'd upon a radiant throne reclin❜d , Venus her golden tresses did unbind . Proud to be thus employ d , on either hand Th ' Idalian sisters ...
... shapes his way to reach the fronting gate , Doubles his majesty , and walks in state . It chanc'd upon a radiant throne reclin❜d , Venus her golden tresses did unbind . Proud to be thus employ d , on either hand Th ' Idalian sisters ...
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... shapes and fig- ures . To represent the fatality of fevers and agues , with many other distempers and accidents that destroy the life of man , death enters first of all in a body of fire ; a little after he appears like a man of snow ...
... shapes and fig- ures . To represent the fatality of fevers and agues , with many other distempers and accidents that destroy the life of man , death enters first of all in a body of fire ; a little after he appears like a man of snow ...
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... shape two days together ; so that we may impute the scarcity of geniuses in our climate to the stagnation of fashions . The ladies among us have a superior genius to the men ; which have for some years past shot out in several ...
... shape two days together ; so that we may impute the scarcity of geniuses in our climate to the stagnation of fashions . The ladies among us have a superior genius to the men ; which have for some years past shot out in several ...
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... shape by the stays , so as to preserve the intestines , that while she corrects the body , she may not inter- fere with the pleasures of the palate . The lady's woman must have all the qualities of a critic in poetry ; as her dress ...
... shape by the stays , so as to preserve the intestines , that while she corrects the body , she may not inter- fere with the pleasures of the palate . The lady's woman must have all the qualities of a critic in poetry ; as her dress ...
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... , who was much taller and better shaped than the Polish women generally are . She was very fair , her skin exceeding fine , and her hair and shape No. 150 . 145 GUARDIAN . Letters from a Swaggerer-concerning a Challenge-Advertisement.
... , who was much taller and better shaped than the Polish women generally are . She was very fair , her skin exceeding fine , and her hair and shape No. 150 . 145 GUARDIAN . Letters from a Swaggerer-concerning a Challenge-Advertisement.
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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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