The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and CriticalJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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... known or unknown to us , of whatever im- port , serious or trifling , so it be but a secret : the delight of telling it , and of hearing it , are nearly proportionate and equal . The possessor of the valuable treasure appears indeed ...
... known or unknown to us , of whatever im- port , serious or trifling , so it be but a secret : the delight of telling it , and of hearing it , are nearly proportionate and equal . The possessor of the valuable treasure appears indeed ...
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... known , that many things appear plau- sible in speculation , which can never be reduced to practice ; and that of the numberless projects that have flattered mankind with theoretical speci- ousness , few have served any other purpose ...
... known , that many things appear plau- sible in speculation , which can never be reduced to practice ; and that of the numberless projects that have flattered mankind with theoretical speci- ousness , few have served any other purpose ...
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... known , we immediately infer that the whole is infamous ; and it is , therefore , no wonder , that the name by which it is expressed , especially when it is used to denominate a profession , should be odious ; or that a good man should ...
... known , we immediately infer that the whole is infamous ; and it is , therefore , no wonder , that the name by which it is expressed , especially when it is used to denominate a profession , should be odious ; or that a good man should ...
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... known ? This kind of falsehood is generally successful for a time , because it is practised at first with timidity and caution ; but the prosperity of the liar is of short duration ; the reception of one story is always an incitement to ...
... known ? This kind of falsehood is generally successful for a time , because it is practised at first with timidity and caution ; but the prosperity of the liar is of short duration ; the reception of one story is always an incitement to ...
الصفحة 60
... known to a circle that was always increas- ing ; and was at length mentioned with such com- mendation to a very great lady , that she was pleased to favour me with a message , by which I was in- vited to breakfast at nine the next ...
... known to a circle that was always increas- ing ; and was at length mentioned with such com- mendation to a very great lady , that she was pleased to favour me with a message , by which I was in- vited to breakfast at nine the next ...
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absurd acquainted ADVENTURER Æneid Agrestis Amana Amelia Amphinomus Anticlea appear Aristotle bagnio Bagshot beauty behold believe Boileau Caliph Captain character conceal conduct consider contempt countenance death desire dignity discovered distress dreadful effect equally Eugenio Euripides Eutyches evil excellence expected eyes falsehood father favour felicity folly fortune genius gentleman gratify guilt hand happiness heart Homer honour hope human Iliad imagination immediately indignation indulge kind labour Lady Forrest less Longinus looked mankind Mantua marriage ment mind misery morning nature ness never Nouraddin object Odyssey opinion Osmin OVID passion perceived perhaps person Pindar pleasure poet present principles produced Prosopopoeia punish Quintilian racters reason received ridiculous SATURDAY says scarce sensibility sentiments servant shew Sir James Socrates soon Sophocles suffered tain tears tenderness thou thought Tibullus tion truth TUESDAY Ulysses vanity Ventosus vice VIRG virtue wife wish wretched writers XXIV
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الصفحة 58 - And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
الصفحة 54 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
الصفحة 92 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth; when he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep; when he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment ; when he appointed the foundations of the earth : then I was by him, as one brought up with him; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of...
الصفحة 55 - And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him for they saw that his grief was very great.
الصفحة 307 - I will up, saith the Lord : and will help every one from him that swelleth against him, and will set him at rest. 7 The words of the Lord are pure words : even as the silver, which from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the fire.
الصفحة 96 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
الصفحة 54 - Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit? or whither shall I go then from thy presence ? If I climb up into heaven, thou art there ; if I go down to hell, thou art there also.
الصفحة 55 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, And are counted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
الصفحة 94 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
الصفحة 93 - O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet ? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.