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... looked like miracles by being pe- culiar to the individual genius of some particular admired man , but carrying his inquiry to a much greater height , had speculated likewise what might possibly be achieved by human genius in the full ...
... looked like miracles by being pe- culiar to the individual genius of some particular admired man , but carrying his inquiry to a much greater height , had speculated likewise what might possibly be achieved by human genius in the full ...
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... looked anxiety of heart . The night , too , as he lay in upon to be murdered or dead . the open air , was , to add to his misfortunes , as boisterous and tempestuous as his own mind ; but || in the end the tempest proved very happy for ...
... looked anxiety of heart . The night , too , as he lay in upon to be murdered or dead . the open air , was , to add to his misfortunes , as boisterous and tempestuous as his own mind ; but || in the end the tempest proved very happy for ...
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... looked very manly in his countrymen , and his father , as soon as he was out of his hang- ing sleeves , and left off his boy's vest , indulged him with that kind of dress , which is truly an- tique and heroic . In this early part of his ...
... looked very manly in his countrymen , and his father , as soon as he was out of his hang- ing sleeves , and left off his boy's vest , indulged him with that kind of dress , which is truly an- tique and heroic . In this early part of his ...
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... looked upon his opinion to be as safe as the insurance office for ships . If he but told them , though the ship was just set sail , and a tempest rose just after on the ocean , that it would have a successful voyage , gain the port ...
... looked upon his opinion to be as safe as the insurance office for ships . If he but told them , though the ship was just set sail , and a tempest rose just after on the ocean , that it would have a successful voyage , gain the port ...
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... looked for in vain , while he heard Tasso speak with much vehemency . He declares in a letter which he wrote concerning this to the Ad- miral of Naples , that he really heard no other voice but Tasso's own ; but they were sometimes ...
... looked for in vain , while he heard Tasso speak with much vehemency . He declares in a letter which he wrote concerning this to the Ad- miral of Naples , that he really heard no other voice but Tasso's own ; but they were sometimes ...
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Page 63 - ... of enjoyments ; that peace and plenty were the handmaids of a middle fortune; that temperance, moderation, quietness, health, society, all agreeable diversions, and all desirable pleasures, were the blessings attending the middle station of life...
Page 12 - I began to apply myself to make such necessary things as I found I most wanted, particularly a chair and a table ; for without these I was not able to enjoy the few comforts I had in the world...
Page 9 - I will say of the Lord, he is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in him will I trust Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence...
Page 37 - It happened one day about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man's naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen in the sand.
Page 10 - That he found and left Mrs. Donne very sad and sick in her bed ; and that, after a long and dangerous labour, she had been delivered of a dead child. And, upon examination, the abortion proved to be the same day and about the very hour that Mr. Donne affirmed he saw her pass by him in his chamber.
Page 54 - Master, and then let him know that was to be my name. I likewise taught him to say Yes and No, and to know the meaning of them.
Page 10 - This is a relation that will beget some wonder; and it well may, for most of our world are at present possessed with an opinion that visions and miracles are ceased. And though it is most certain, that two lutes being both strung and tuned to an equal pitch, and then one played upon, the other, that is not touched, being laid upon a table at a fit distance, will (like an echo to a trumpet) warble a faint audible harmony in answer to the same tune; yet many will not believe there is any such thing...
Page 47 - So that if any one will examine himself concerning his notion of pure substance in general, he will find he has no other idea of it at all, but only a supposition of he knows not what support of such qualities which are capable of producing simple ideas in us; which qualities are commonly called accidents.
Page 65 - Secondly, my people were perfectly subjected. I was absolute lord and lawgiver; they all owed their lives to me, and were ready to lay down their lives, if there had been occasion for it, for me.
Page 37 - I could hear nothing, nor see anything. I went up to a rising ground to look farther. I went up the shore and down the shore, but it was all one, I could see no other impression but that one.