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 25
Sivu 12
... suffered to grow among them ; how excellent parts are often starved and useless , by being planted in a wrong soil ; and how very seldom do these moral seeds produce the noble fruits which might be ex- pected from them , by a neglect of ...
... suffered to grow among them ; how excellent parts are often starved and useless , by being planted in a wrong soil ; and how very seldom do these moral seeds produce the noble fruits which might be ex- pected from them , by a neglect of ...
Sivu 16
... suffered even to be undone quietly . OTWAY , in his tragedy of Venice Preserved , has described the misery of a man whose effects are in the hands of the law , with great spirit . The bit- terness of being the scorn and laughter of base ...
... suffered even to be undone quietly . OTWAY , in his tragedy of Venice Preserved , has described the misery of a man whose effects are in the hands of the law , with great spirit . The bit- terness of being the scorn and laughter of base ...
Sivu 57
... suffer ourselves to call it in question . We may perhaps forget the arguments which occasioned our conviction , but we ought to remember the strength they had with us , and therefore still to retain the conviction which they once ...
... suffer ourselves to call it in question . We may perhaps forget the arguments which occasioned our conviction , but we ought to remember the strength they had with us , and therefore still to retain the conviction which they once ...
Sivu 63
... suffered more had my whole fortune been at stake . My girl came on with the most becoming modesty I had ever seen , and casting a respectful eye , as if she feared me more than all the audience , I gave a nod , which I think gave her ...
... suffered more had my whole fortune been at stake . My girl came on with the most becoming modesty I had ever seen , and casting a respectful eye , as if she feared me more than all the audience , I gave a nod , which I think gave her ...
Sivu 79
... suffers by his delays , with the trifling motives and advantages which he himself may reap by them , he would never be guilty of a fault which very often does an irreparable prejudice to a person who depends upon him , and which might ...
... suffers by his delays , with the trifling motives and advantages which he himself may reap by them , he would never be guilty of a fault which very often does an irreparable prejudice to a person who depends upon him , and which might ...
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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.