The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, المجلد 3Nathan Drake Suttaby, Evance, and Company, 1811 |
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... attention of the whole street , particularly of the company at Arthur's , who stood laughing , as we passed by , to see the body of the chariot inclined all one way , as if we were driving on the slope of a hill , though the wheels ran ...
... attention of the whole street , particularly of the company at Arthur's , who stood laughing , as we passed by , to see the body of the chariot inclined all one way , as if we were driving on the slope of a hill , though the wheels ran ...
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... attention on make , colour , eyes , and feet , yet the best writers on horsemanship consider a good temper as one of the best qualities in a horse . We should be the more attentive to encourage and preserve this pleasing quality ...
... attention on make , colour , eyes , and feet , yet the best writers on horsemanship consider a good temper as one of the best qualities in a horse . We should be the more attentive to encourage and preserve this pleasing quality ...
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... attention to his own : the consequence may be easily foreseen by the intelligent reader old Mr. Leeson was in- volved in perpetual difficulties , and was upon the eve of being thrown into prison , when he was saved from a disgrace of ...
... attention to his own : the consequence may be easily foreseen by the intelligent reader old Mr. Leeson was in- volved in perpetual difficulties , and was upon the eve of being thrown into prison , when he was saved from a disgrace of ...
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... attention , and the most immediate regard . Such , my lord , were my motives for that unjustifiable action . Had the gentleman condemned been happily acquitted , I had not made this publick acknowledgement of my guilt : Heaven only ...
... attention , and the most immediate regard . Such , my lord , were my motives for that unjustifiable action . Had the gentleman condemned been happily acquitted , I had not made this publick acknowledgement of my guilt : Heaven only ...
الصفحة 32
... attention of the court , till the prisoner was asked if he had any thing to say . The poor culprit assured the judge that he was not guilty of the robbery , and that , if he knew where to find them , there were people who could prove a ...
... attention of the court , till the prisoner was asked if he had any thing to say . The poor culprit assured the judge that he was not guilty of the robbery , and that , if he knew where to find them , there were people who could prove a ...
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الصفحة 236 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow...
الصفحة 236 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
الصفحة 236 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
الصفحة 149 - What he attempted, he performed ; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity ; his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison, HUGHES.
الصفحة 160 - That reaching home, the night, they said, is near, We must not now be parted, sojourn here — The new acquaintance soon became a guest, -And made so welcome at their simple feast...
الصفحة 149 - His prose is the model of the middle style; on grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not grovelling; pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration; always equable, and always easy, without glowing words or pointed sentences.
الصفحة 201 - And Abraham arose and met him, and said unto him, Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night ; and thou shalt arise early in the morning, and go on thy way.
الصفحة 54 - For forms of government let fools contest, Whate'er is best administered is best.
الصفحة 151 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
الصفحة 37 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.