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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Tulokset 1 - 5 kokonaismäärästä 22
Sivu 19
... pain to see me undone . To show you I am not a man inca- pable of bearing calamity , I will , though a poor man , lay aside the distinction between us , and talk with the frankness we did when we were nearer to an equality as all I do ...
... pain to see me undone . To show you I am not a man inca- pable of bearing calamity , I will , though a poor man , lay aside the distinction between us , and talk with the frankness we did when we were nearer to an equality as all I do ...
Sivu 24
... pains and application that so useful a work deserves . I am ever , C. Most worthy Sir , & c . ' N ° 458. FRIDAY , AUGUST 15 , 1712 . Αἰδὼς ἐκ ἀγάπη HES . -Pudor malus- HOR . False modesty . I COULD not but smile at the account that was ...
... pains and application that so useful a work deserves . I am ever , C. Most worthy Sir , & c . ' N ° 458. FRIDAY , AUGUST 15 , 1712 . Αἰδὼς ἐκ ἀγάπη HES . -Pudor malus- HOR . False modesty . I COULD not but smile at the account that was ...
Sivu 43
... pain to others . But they who do not consider this sort of men thus carefully , are irresistibly exposed to their insinuations . The author of the following letter carries the matter so high , as to intimate that the li- berties of ...
... pain to others . But they who do not consider this sort of men thus carefully , are irresistibly exposed to their insinuations . The author of the following letter carries the matter so high , as to intimate that the li- berties of ...
Sivu 62
... pain for any of the spectators to stand in , and yet hope to please those spectators , is unintelligible . Mr. Prince has a genius , if he were encouraged , would prompt him to better things . In all the dances he invents , you see he ...
... pain for any of the spectators to stand in , and yet hope to please those spectators , is unintelligible . Mr. Prince has a genius , if he were encouraged , would prompt him to better things . In all the dances he invents , you see he ...
Sivu 66
... pains to recommend what the soberer part of man- kind look upon to be a trifle ; but , under favour of the soberer part of mankind , I think they have not enough considered this matter , and for that reason only disesteem it . I must ...
... pains to recommend what the soberer part of man- kind look upon to be a trifle ; but , under favour of the soberer part of mankind , I think they have not enough considered this matter , and for that reason only disesteem it . I must ...
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Sivu 60 - And nightly to the list'ning 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 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...
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 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 172 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.
Sivu 3 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
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 193 - ... the state of his soul, whether he was of the number of the elect ; what was the occasion of his conversion ; upon what day of the month and hour of the day it happened ; how it was carried on, and when completed ? The whole examination was summed up with one short question, namely, whether he was prepared for death...
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.