The British Essayists;: SpectatorJ. 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], 1808 |
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Sivu 33
... merit . Thus were we drawn to follow her , till she should bring us where it was to be bestowed ; and it was observable , that all the way we went , the company was either praising themselves in their qualifications , or one another for ...
... merit . Thus were we drawn to follow her , till she should bring us where it was to be bestowed ; and it was observable , that all the way we went , the company was either praising themselves in their qualifications , or one another for ...
Sivu 34
... merits a sufficient passport , and pressed forward . In the hall we met with several phantoms , that roved amongst us , and ranged the company according to their sentiments . There was decreasing Honour , that had nothing to show , but ...
... merits a sufficient passport , and pressed forward . In the hall we met with several phantoms , that roved amongst us , and ranged the company according to their sentiments . There was decreasing Honour , that had nothing to show , but ...
Sivu 35
... merit and figure ; and I heard it firmly re- solved , that he should be used no better wherever they met with him hereafter . I had already seen the meaning of most part of that warning which he had given , and was considering how the ...
... merit and figure ; and I heard it firmly re- solved , that he should be used no better wherever they met with him hereafter . I had already seen the meaning of most part of that warning which he had given , and was considering how the ...
Sivu 36
... merits neither matched the lustre of the place , nor their riches its expences . We have seen such scenes as these before now ; the glory you saw will all return when the hurry is over . I thanked him for his information ; and believing ...
... merits neither matched the lustre of the place , nor their riches its expences . We have seen such scenes as these before now ; the glory you saw will all return when the hurry is over . I thanked him for his information ; and believing ...
Sivu 41
... merit of yours , as being a work of invention . Give me leave , therefore , to do you justice , and say in your behalf , what you cannot yourself , which is , that your writings have made learning a more necessary part of good breeding ...
... merit of yours , as being a work of invention . Give me leave , therefore , to do you justice , and say in your behalf , what you cannot yourself , which is , that your writings have made learning a more necessary part of good breeding ...
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Sivu 60 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth ; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Sivu 171 - Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, And HE bringeth them out of their distresses. HE maketh the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet ; So HE bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Sivu 60 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball ; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found ; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Sivu 60 - There is neither speech nor language : but their voices are heard among them. Their sound is gone out into all lands : and their words into the ends of the world.
Sivu 171 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters, these see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. For he commandeth and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
Sivu 53 - Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD ? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Sivu 88 - I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Sivu 48 - Satan, I know thy strength, and thou know'st mine: Neither our own but...
Sivu 2 - If gratitude, when exerted towards one another, naturally produces a very pleasing sensation in the mind of a grateful man, it exalts the soul into rapture, when it is employed on this great object of gratitude ; on this beneficent Being, who has given us every thing we already possess, and from whom we expect every thing we yet hope for.
Sivu 59 - The Supreme Being has made the best arguments for his own existence, in the formation of the heavens and the earth, and these are arguments which a man of sense cannot forbear attending to, who is out of the noise and hurry of human affairs.