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 |
Kirjan sisältä
Tulokset 1 - 5 kokonaismäärästä 56
Sivu 13
... whole lives in the contemplation of some withered Egyptian , Coptic , Armenian , or Chinese leaves ; while others made it their business to collect , in voluminous herbals , all the several leaves of some one tree . The flowers afford a ...
... whole lives in the contemplation of some withered Egyptian , Coptic , Armenian , or Chinese leaves ; while others made it their business to collect , in voluminous herbals , all the several leaves of some one tree . The flowers afford a ...
Sivu 17
... whole fortune , but even of every thing else which had no relation to it . All his indifferent actions have new interpre- tations put upon them ; and those whom he has fa- voured in his former life , discharge themselves of their ...
... whole fortune , but even of every thing else which had no relation to it . All his indifferent actions have new interpre- tations put upon them ; and those whom he has fa- voured in his former life , discharge themselves of their ...
Sivu 21
... whole circle of the penny - post . SIR , THE kind reception you gave my last Friday's letter , in which I broached my project of a news - paper , encourages me to lay before you two or three more ; for , you must know , sir , that we ...
... whole circle of the penny - post . SIR , THE kind reception you gave my last Friday's letter , in which I broached my project of a news - paper , encourages me to lay before you two or three more ; for , you must know , sir , that we ...
Sivu 27
... whole language into a jargon of enthusiasm ; insomuch that , upon the restoration , men thought they could not recede too far from the behaviour and practice of those persons who had made religion a cloak to so many villanies . This led ...
... whole language into a jargon of enthusiasm ; insomuch that , upon the restoration , men thought they could not recede too far from the behaviour and practice of those persons who had made religion a cloak to so many villanies . This led ...
Sivu 41
... whole set . There are so many of us who will give you your own price , that you may acquaint your non - conformist readers , that they shall not have it , except they come in within such a day , under three - pence . I do not know but ...
... whole set . There are so many of us who will give you your own price , that you may acquaint your non - conformist readers , that they shall not have it , except they come in within such a day , under three - pence . I do not know but ...
Muita painoksia - Näytä kaikki
Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
acquainted agreeable appear beauty body command consider conversation countenance coxcomb dear delight desire Dictamnus discourse divine dreams dress duke of Bavaria duke of Burgundy entertained epigram excellent eyes favour folly fortune gentleman give greatest hand happy head heard heart honest honour hope human humble servant humour husband imagination ingenious innocent kind lady learning letter live look mankind manner marriage married matter ment merit mind mirth modesty Mohair nature never obliged observed occasion paper particular pass passion person Phaëton Pharamond pleased pleasure Plutarch Plutus pretty racter reason Rechteren reflexion religion Rhynsault Salic law satisfaction Sebastian of Portugal seems sense SEPT sir Robert Viner sorrow soul SPECTATOR tell temper thing thou thought tion told town Tunbridge VIRG virtue whole wife woman women word write young
Suositut otteet
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.