Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments;: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate MoralityT.N. Longman, 1796 |
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... avoid it by oblique direction . It was , however , not very common to fteer with much care or prudence ; for by fome univer- fal infatuation , every man appeared to think him- felf felf fafe , though he faw his conforts every moment ( 26 )
... avoid it by oblique direction . It was , however , not very common to fteer with much care or prudence ; for by fome univer- fal infatuation , every man appeared to think him- felf felf fafe , though he faw his conforts every moment ( 26 )
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Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality Mr. Addison. felf fafe , though he faw his conforts every moment finking round him ; and no fooner had the waves clofed over them , than their fate and their mis- conduct were forgotten ...
Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality Mr. Addison. felf fafe , though he faw his conforts every moment finking round him ; and no fooner had the waves clofed over them , than their fate and their mis- conduct were forgotten ...
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... fafe return of the veffel , that he has loft his nightly reft . This is exactly the difpofition of the ant . Satisfied with what he can accumulate by labour , he never regrets his not acquiring more ; and , preferving in his œco- nomy ...
... fafe return of the veffel , that he has loft his nightly reft . This is exactly the difpofition of the ant . Satisfied with what he can accumulate by labour , he never regrets his not acquiring more ; and , preferving in his œco- nomy ...
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... , by granting her a fafe conduct out of the kingdom ; with which favour alfo Elizabeth com- plied . And Margaret Lambrum , from that period , lived a peaceable life in France . THE TH THE PASSING YEAR . ' HOUGH leaflefs woods , ( 118 )
... , by granting her a fafe conduct out of the kingdom ; with which favour alfo Elizabeth com- plied . And Margaret Lambrum , from that period , lived a peaceable life in France . THE TH THE PASSING YEAR . ' HOUGH leaflefs woods , ( 118 )
الصفحة 197
... fafe ; he then delivered them the key of a drawer , in which were fifty guineas ; but they knew too well he had much more in the house , and again threatened his life if he would not difcover where it was depofited . At length he fhewed ...
... fafe ; he then delivered them the key of a drawer , in which were fifty guineas ; but they knew too well he had much more in the house , and again threatened his life if he would not difcover where it was depofited . At length he fhewed ...
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الصفحة 193 - 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...
الصفحة 93 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
الصفحة 8 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
الصفحة 194 - There were indeed some persons, but their number was very small, that continued a kind of hobbling march on the broken arches, but fell through one after another, being quite tired and spent with so long a walk.
الصفحة 93 - Join voices all ye living souls: Ye birds, That singing up to heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise.
الصفحة 8 - With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly," death itself awakes ? Can'st thou, O partial sleep ! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
الصفحة 191 - Surely, said I, 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 little musical instrument in his hand.
الصفحة 195 - Upon looking up, What mean, said I, 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.
الصفحة 92 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
الصفحة 223 - The Dying Christian to his Soul: Ode Vital spark of heav'nly flame! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame: Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying. Oh the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark! they whisper; Angels say. Sister spirit, come away.