Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality. By Mr. Addison |
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Page 68
... thee , and hide himself from thy face . ' Wherefore , prove thy friend firft , and be not hafty ' to credit him . C A CURIOUS ANECDOTE RELATING TO A LORD ABERGAVENNY , IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH . ' HE Lord of Abergavenny was fo ...
... thee , and hide himself from thy face . ' Wherefore , prove thy friend firft , and be not hafty ' to credit him . C A CURIOUS ANECDOTE RELATING TO A LORD ABERGAVENNY , IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH . ' HE Lord of Abergavenny was fo ...
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... thee I quit the flowery paths of eafe , No more I ftray thro ' pleasure's airy walks , The autumn frowns , the leaves defert their trees , The songsters mope , the flowers leave their stalks . Welcome , fond nurse of contemplative hours ...
... thee I quit the flowery paths of eafe , No more I ftray thro ' pleasure's airy walks , The autumn frowns , the leaves defert their trees , The songsters mope , the flowers leave their stalks . Welcome , fond nurse of contemplative hours ...
Page 138
... thee , " faid Omar , " belongs to him only , from " whom we should receive with humility both good " and evil ; yet hide not thy life from me ; for the " burthen which I cannot remove , I may at least " enable thee to fuftain . " Haffan ...
... thee , " faid Omar , " belongs to him only , from " whom we should receive with humility both good " and evil ; yet hide not thy life from me ; for the " burthen which I cannot remove , I may at least " enable thee to fuftain . " Haffan ...
Page 139
... thee is Almalic , the fove- " reign of the faithful , whofe feat is the throne of < < < Medina , and whose commiffion is from above . " These words ftruck me dumb with aftonishment , though I had fome doubt of their truth : but Al ...
... thee is Almalic , the fove- " reign of the faithful , whofe feat is the throne of < < < Medina , and whose commiffion is from above . " These words ftruck me dumb with aftonishment , though I had fome doubt of their truth : but Al ...
Page 140
... thee . Thou art content , and " haft therefore neither avarice nor ambition to exalt " thee , which would destroy the fimplicity of thy life , " and diminish that happiness which I have no power " either to increase or to continue ...
... thee . Thou art content , and " haft therefore neither avarice nor ambition to exalt " thee , which would destroy the fimplicity of thy life , " and diminish that happiness which I have no power " either to increase or to continue ...
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