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... seen a country wake , which you know in most parts of England is the eve feast of the dedication of our churches . I was last week at one of these assemblies which was held in a neighbouring parish ; where I found their green covered ...
... seen a country wake , which you know in most parts of England is the eve feast of the dedication of our churches . I was last week at one of these assemblies which was held in a neighbouring parish ; where I found their green covered ...
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... seen , with a short Latin inscription over them to the following purpose : Here lie the bodies of Father Francis and Sister Constance : They were lovely in their lives , and in their death they were not divided . ' ADDISON . ON USING ...
... seen , with a short Latin inscription over them to the following purpose : Here lie the bodies of Father Francis and Sister Constance : They were lovely in their lives , and in their death they were not divided . ' ADDISON . ON USING ...
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... seen many a prudent citizen , after having read every article , inquire of his next neighbour what news the mail had brought . I remember in that remarkable year , when our country was delivered from the greatest fears and ap ...
... seen many a prudent citizen , after having read every article , inquire of his next neighbour what news the mail had brought . I remember in that remarkable year , when our country was delivered from the greatest fears and ap ...
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... seen all the prints about three days after filled with the same terms of art , and that Charles only writ like other men . ADDISON . STORY OF AN AUTHOR . No. 166 . As writings are durable , and may pass from age to age throughout the ...
... seen all the prints about three days after filled with the same terms of art , and that Charles only writ like other men . ADDISON . STORY OF AN AUTHOR . No. 166 . As writings are durable , and may pass from age to age throughout the ...
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... seen ; who upon coming to the place saw the woman dead , and the two negroes expiring by her with wounds they had given themselves . We see in this amazing instance of barbarity , what strange disorders are bred in the minds of those ...
... seen ; who upon coming to the place saw the woman dead , and the two negroes expiring by her with wounds they had given themselves . We see in this amazing instance of barbarity , what strange disorders are bred in the minds of those ...
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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.