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... of Arguing Expedients in Absence between Lovers .. Story of a Lottery Ticket . Learned Ladies ...... On parental and filial Duty Page 23 26 30 33 37 39 43 47 51 55 60 63 824 712 -L 1.2 . L Page Sir Roger in Town .... 67 Dissection of Sir.
... of Arguing Expedients in Absence between Lovers .. Story of a Lottery Ticket . Learned Ladies ...... On parental and filial Duty Page 23 26 30 33 37 39 43 47 51 55 60 63 824 712 -L 1.2 . L Page Sir Roger in Town .... 67 Dissection of Sir.
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... learned Dr. Kennet , with whose words I shall conclude my present : paper : These wakes , says he , were in imitation of the antient ayana , or love - feasts ; and were first esta- blished in England by pope Gregory the great , who , in ...
... learned Dr. Kennet , with whose words I shall conclude my present : paper : These wakes , says he , were in imitation of the antient ayana , or love - feasts ; and were first esta- blished in England by pope Gregory the great , who , in ...
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... learned man , began to fret inwardly at his son's usage , and , producing a letter which he had written to him about three posts afore , You see here ( says he ) , when he writes for money he knows how to speak intelligibly enough ...
... learned man , began to fret inwardly at his son's usage , and , producing a letter which he had written to him about three posts afore , You see here ( says he ) , when he writes for money he knows how to speak intelligibly enough ...
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... Rome , there is the trunk of a statue which has lost the arms , legs and head , but dis- covers such an exquisite workmanship in what remains of it , that Michael Angelo declared he had learned D 2 of THE SPECTATOR . 39.
... Rome , there is the trunk of a statue which has lost the arms , legs and head , but dis- covers such an exquisite workmanship in what remains of it , that Michael Angelo declared he had learned D 2 of THE SPECTATOR . 39.
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of it , that Michael Angelo declared he had learned his whole art from it . Indeed he studied it so attentively , that he made most of his statues , and even his pic- tures , in that gusto , to make use of the Italian phrase ; for which ...
of it , that Michael Angelo declared he had learned his whole art from it . Indeed he studied it so attentively , that he made most of his statues , and even his pic- tures , in that gusto , to make use of the Italian phrase ; for which ...
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Сторінка 1 - Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and passing from one thought to another, Surely, said I, man is but a shadow and life a dream.
Сторінка 179 - A man of a polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures that the vulgar are not capable of receiving. He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. He meets with a secret refreshment in a description, and often feels a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the possession.
Сторінка 3 - What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other? What thou seest, said he, is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine now...
Сторінка 6 - Are not these, O Mirza, habitations worth contending for? Does life appear miserable, that gives thee opportunities of earning such a reward ? Is death to be feared, that will convey thee to so happy an existence ? Think not man was made in vain, who has such an eternity reserved for him.
Сторінка 2 - 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 3 - The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life, consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which added to those that were entire, made up the number about a hundred.
Сторінка 5 - 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 2 - ... transporting airs which he played, to taste the pleasures of his conversation, as I looked upon him like one astonished, he beckoned to me, and by the waving of his hand directed me to approach the place where he sat. I drew near with that reverence which is due to a superior nature ; and, as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept. The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability, that familiarized him to my imagination,...
Сторінка 298 - Knowing that you was my old Master's good Friend, I could not forbear sending you the melancholy News of his Death, which has afflicted the whole Country, as well as his poor Servants, who loved him, I may say, better than we did our Lives. I am afraid he caught his Death the last County...
Сторінка 117 - Dr. Busby ! a great man ! he whipped my grandfather ; a very great man ! I should have gone to him myself, if I had not been a blockhead : a very great man !' " We were immediately conducted into the little chapel on the right hand.