The British Essayists;: ObserverJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1807 |
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... thought it worth their while to record some pleasanter specimen than Macrobius has given us - of his retort upon Q. Albidius , a glutton and a spendthrift , when his house was on fire- What he could not cat , he has burnt , ' said Cato ...
... thought it worth their while to record some pleasanter specimen than Macrobius has given us - of his retort upon Q. Albidius , a glutton and a spendthrift , when his house was on fire- What he could not cat , he has burnt , ' said Cato ...
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... thought of . Julius Cæsar was no less captivated with Laberius's talents than Clodius had been , and being a man not apt to be discouraged by common difficulties , took up the same solicitation , and assailed our Roman knight , who was ...
... thought of . Julius Cæsar was no less captivated with Laberius's talents than Clodius had been , and being a man not apt to be discouraged by common difficulties , took up the same solicitation , and assailed our Roman knight , who was ...
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... thoughts to any important business , or , in other words , any matter of state whatever . The secrecy of this conference very much favours my conjecture , that he made an attempt to dissuade Tiberius from holding on the empire , and the ...
... thoughts to any important business , or , in other words , any matter of state whatever . The secrecy of this conference very much favours my conjecture , that he made an attempt to dissuade Tiberius from holding on the empire , and the ...
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... thoughts , and such wisdom as he was sent into the world with , such he must go on with : as wit is not absolutely annexed to pedigree in this country , and arts and sciences sometimes condescend to throw their beams upon the low - born ...
... thoughts , and such wisdom as he was sent into the world with , such he must go on with : as wit is not absolutely annexed to pedigree in this country , and arts and sciences sometimes condescend to throw their beams upon the low - born ...
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... thought I , this man's great fortune is an incum- brance to him if it robs him of health and plea- sure , what does it give him , nay what can it give him , in compensation for the loss of such blessings ? if fashion takes away from ...
... thought I , this man's great fortune is an incum- brance to him if it robs him of health and plea- sure , what does it give him , nay what can it give him , in compensation for the loss of such blessings ? if fashion takes away from ...
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الصفحة 119 - I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, • Against the use of nature...
الصفحة 94 - And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon : and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves ; for the time of figs was not yet.
الصفحة 127 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
الصفحة 157 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog...
الصفحة 134 - Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day ; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond "Which keeps me pale...
الصفحة 129 - I hear a knocking At the south entry : retire we to our chamber : A little water clears us of this deed : How easy is it, then ! Your constancy Hath left you unattended.
الصفحة 110 - I may define it to be that faculty of the soul which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure and the imperfections with dislike.
الصفحة 99 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
الصفحة 213 - But there is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than beauty, which immediately diffuses a secret satisfaction and complacency through the imagination, and gives a finishing to any thing that is great or uncommon. The very first discovery of it strikes the mind with an inward joy, and spreads a cheerfulness and delight through all its faculties.
الصفحة 93 - They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.