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... consisting only of men of honour , did not continue . long , most of the members of it being put to the sword , or hanged , a little after its institution . Our modern celebrated clubs are founded upon eating and drinking 24 THE BEAUTIES.
... consisting only of men of honour , did not continue . long , most of the members of it being put to the sword , or hanged , a little after its institution . Our modern celebrated clubs are founded upon eating and drinking 24 THE BEAUTIES.
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... honour . So pernicious a thing is wit , when it is not tempered with virtue and humanity . I have indeed heard of heedless inconsiderate writers , that without any malice , have sacri- ficed the reputation of their friends and ac ...
... honour . So pernicious a thing is wit , when it is not tempered with virtue and humanity . I have indeed heard of heedless inconsiderate writers , that without any malice , have sacri- ficed the reputation of their friends and ac ...
الصفحة 55
... honour to his generals . It is impossible for the reader's ima gination , to multiply twenty men into such prodigious multitudes , or to fancy that two or three hundred thousand soldiers are fighting in a room of forty or fifty yards in ...
... honour to his generals . It is impossible for the reader's ima gination , to multiply twenty men into such prodigious multitudes , or to fancy that two or three hundred thousand soldiers are fighting in a room of forty or fifty yards in ...
الصفحة 81
... honours , then to retire . Thus , although the whole of life is allowed by every one to be short , the several divi- sions of it appear long and tedious . We are for lengthening our span in general , but would fain contract the parts of ...
... honours , then to retire . Thus , although the whole of life is allowed by every one to be short , the several divi- sions of it appear long and tedious . We are for lengthening our span in general , but would fain contract the parts of ...
الصفحة 94
... honour among men and women ; and started a great many hints upon the subject , which I thought were entirely new : I shall therefore methodize the several reflections that arose upon this occasion , and present my reader with them for ...
... honour among men and women ; and started a great many hints upon the subject , which I thought were entirely new : I shall therefore methodize the several reflections that arose upon this occasion , and present my reader with them for ...
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الصفحة 345 - I ascended the high hills of 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.
الصفحة 59 - Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane, O, answer me!
الصفحة 348 - Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of bubbles that glittered in their eyes and danced before them, but often when they thought themselves within the reach of them their footing failed and down they sunk.
الصفحة 20 - Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
الصفحة 346 - 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 2 - Whether this might proceed from a law-suit which was then depending in the family, or my father's being a justice of the peace, I cannot determine; for I am not so vain as to think it presaged any dignity that I should arrive at in my future life, though that was the interpretation which the neighbourhood put upon it.
الصفحة 4 - There is no place of general resort, wherein I do not often make my appearance; sometimes I am seen thrusting my head into a round of politicians at Will's, and listening with great attention to the narratives that are made in those little circular audiences.
الصفحة 3 - I had not been long at the university before I distinguished myself by a most profound silence ; for during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of an hundred words ; and indeed do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole life.
الصفحة 238 - Our Trees rise in Cones, Globes, and Pyramids. We see the Marks of the Scissars upon every Plant and Bush. I do not know whether I am singular in my Opinion, but, for my own part, I would rather look upon a Tree in all its Luxuriancy and Diffusion of Boughs and Branches, than when it is thus cut and trimmed into a Mathematical Figure...
الصفحة 346 - 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, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him.