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... keeps within its pitch . It has not above four or five notes , which are , however , very pleasing , and capable of exquisite turns and modulations . The gentle- men who fall under this denomination , are your men of the most ...
... keeps within its pitch . It has not above four or five notes , which are , however , very pleasing , and capable of exquisite turns and modulations . The gentle- men who fall under this denomination , are your men of the most ...
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... keep , I know not . All that I can do , is to keep a watch over my conversation , and to silence the drone as soon as I find it begin to hum in my discourse , being determined rather to hear the notes of others , than to play out of ...
... keep , I know not . All that I can do , is to keep a watch over my conversation , and to silence the drone as soon as I find it begin to hum in my discourse , being determined rather to hear the notes of others , than to play out of ...
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... keep my reader any longer in suspense , the rela- tion put into modern language is as follows : " We were separated by a storm in the latitude of 73 , in- somuch that only the ship which I was in , with a Dutch and 20 a French vessel ...
... keep my reader any longer in suspense , the rela- tion put into modern language is as follows : " We were separated by a storm in the latitude of 73 , in- somuch that only the ship which I was in , with a Dutch and 20 a French vessel ...
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... keep to myself , at least for some time : I mean an account of my name , my age , and my lodgings . I must confess , I would gratify my reader in anything that is reasonable ; but as for these three particulars , though I am 20 sensible ...
... keep to myself , at least for some time : I mean an account of my name , my age , and my lodgings . I must confess , I would gratify my reader in anything that is reasonable ; but as for these three particulars , though I am 20 sensible ...
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... keep up the spirit of a paper which I oblige myself to furnish every day but to make them easy in this particular , I will promise them faith- fully to give it over as soon as I grow dull . This I know will be matter of great raillery ...
... keep up the spirit of a paper which I oblige myself to furnish every day but to make them easy in this particular , I will promise them faith- fully to give it over as soon as I grow dull . This I know will be matter of great raillery ...
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Сторінка 68 - 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 an hundred.
Сторінка 67 - 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 68 - But tell me further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon...
Сторінка 82 - Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
Сторінка 60 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself or sends his servants to them.
Сторінка 78 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Сторінка 70 - I could discover nothing in it: but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them.
Сторінка 61 - I was yesterday very much surprised to hear my old friend, in the midst of the service, calling out to one John Matthews to mind what he was about, and not disturb the congregation. This John Matthews it seems is remarkable for being an idle fellow, and at that time was kicking his heels for his diversion.
Сторінка 57 - I have observed in several of my papers that my friend Sir Roger, amidst all his good qualities, is something of a humorist ; and that his virtues, as well as imperfections, are, as it were, tinged by a certain extravagance which makes them particularly his, and distinguishes them from those of other men. This cast of...
Сторінка 67 - man is but a shadow and life a dream.' Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a musical instrument in his hand.