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... estate ; and having loft her mother in her infancy , was committed to the care of an aunt , whofe misfor- tunes had reduced her to accept any terms on which fhe could be decently fupported . The fondness of Turpicula's father would not ...
... estate ; and having loft her mother in her infancy , was committed to the care of an aunt , whofe misfor- tunes had reduced her to accept any terms on which fhe could be decently fupported . The fondness of Turpicula's father would not ...
Page 42
... estate . Morad had been fo long accustomed to crouds and bufinefs , to fupplicants and flattery , that he knew not how to fill up his hours in folitude . He faw the fun rife with regret , because it forced a new day upon him for which ...
... estate . Morad had been fo long accustomed to crouds and bufinefs , to fupplicants and flattery , that he knew not how to fill up his hours in folitude . He faw the fun rife with regret , because it forced a new day upon him for which ...
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... estate perpetually decayed ; the woods were felled by one , the park ploughed by another , the fishery let to farmers by a third ; at laft the old hall was pulled down to fpare the cost of repara- tion , and part of the materials fold ...
... estate perpetually decayed ; the woods were felled by one , the park ploughed by another , the fishery let to farmers by a third ; at laft the old hall was pulled down to fpare the cost of repara- tion , and part of the materials fold ...
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... estate , which had been purchased from us , was again expofed to the best bidder . My uncle , delighted with an opportunity of rein- ftating the family in their poffeffions , came down with treasures scarcely to be imagined , in a place ...
... estate , which had been purchased from us , was again expofed to the best bidder . My uncle , delighted with an opportunity of rein- ftating the family in their poffeffions , came down with treasures scarcely to be imagined , in a place ...
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... estate to my younger brother , who was always hovering about his bed , and relating ftories of my pranks and extravagance , my contempt of the commercial dialect , and my impatience to be felling stock . My condition was foon known ...
... estate to my younger brother , who was always hovering about his bed , and relating ftories of my pranks and extravagance , my contempt of the commercial dialect , and my impatience to be felling stock . My condition was foon known ...
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Page 174 - I have laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations. Something, perhaps, I have added to the elegance of its construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence.
Page 130 - It is the great privilege of poverty to be happy unenvied, to be healthful without physic, and secure without a guard ; to obtain from the bounty of nature, what the great and wealthy are compelled to procure by the help of artists and attendants, of flatterers and spies.
Page 176 - I shall never envy the honours which wit and learning obtain in any other cause, if I can be numbered among the writers who have given ardour to virtue, and confidence to truth.
Page 176 - The essays professedly serious, if I have been able to execute my own intentions, will be found exactly conformable to the precepts of Christianity, without any accommodation to the licentiousness and levity of the present age. I therefore look back on this part of my work with pleasure, which no blame or praise of man shall diminish or augment.
Page 13 - It is always an ignorant, lazy, or cowardly acquiescence in a false appearance of excellence, and proceeds not from consciousness of our attainments, but insensibility of our wants. Nothing can be great which is not right. Nothing which reason condemns can be suitable to the dignity of the human mind.
Page 12 - ... inspect the mind of him that committed it, would be extenuated by mistake, precipitance, or negligence; we cannot be certain...
Page 15 - One of the great arts of escaping superfluous uneasiness, is to free our minds from the habit of comparing our condition with that of others on whom the blessings of life are more bountifully bestowed, or with imaginary states of delight and security, perhaps unattainable by mortals.
Page 11 - A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. He that willingly suffers the corrosions of inveterate hatred, and gives up his days and nights to the gloom of malice and perturbations of stratagem, cannot surely be said to consult his ease.
Page 13 - The utmost excellence at which humanity can arrive, is a constant and determinate pursuit of virtue, without regard to present dangers or advantage; a continual reference of every action to the divine will; an habitual appeal to everlasting justice; and an unvaried elevation of the intellectual eye to the reward which perseverance only can obtain.
Page 44 - ... rest till thou art loved by all to whom thou art known. In the height of my power, I said to defamation, Who will hear thee...