The Tatler. The Guardian. The Freeholder. The Whig-examiner. The lover. Dialogues upon the usefulness of ancient medals. Remarks on several parts of Italy, etc. The present state of the war. The late trial and conviction of Count Tariff. The evidences of the Christian religion. Essay on Virgil's Georgics. Poems on several occasions. Translations from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Notes on some of the foregoing stories in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Poemata. Rosamond. Cato. The drummerHarper & Brothers, No. 82 Cliff-Street., 1837 - Bookbinding |
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... representing on the stage what he acted every day in his shop . The profits of the theatre maintain an hospital : For as here they do not think the profession of an actor the only trade that a man ought to exercise , so they will not ...
... representing on the stage what he acted every day in his shop . The profits of the theatre maintain an hospital : For as here they do not think the profession of an actor the only trade that a man ought to exercise , so they will not ...
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... represents as dis- coursing with his friends , and giving the his- tory of Love in the following manner . " At the birth of Beauty ( says he ) there was a great feast made , and many guests in- vited : among the rest , was the god ...
... represents as dis- coursing with his friends , and giving the his- tory of Love in the following manner . " At the birth of Beauty ( says he ) there was a great feast made , and many guests in- vited : among the rest , was the god ...
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... are . whole woman was represented , without re- gard to the usual external features , which The were made entirely conformable to their real characters In short 3 No. 102. ] 17 THE TATLER . on a sudden the whole plain was covered ...
... are . whole woman was represented , without re- gard to the usual external features , which The were made entirely conformable to their real characters In short 3 No. 102. ] 17 THE TATLER . on a sudden the whole plain was covered ...
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... represented by so divine an image , whom I found to be the person that stood at my right - hand , and in the same point of view with myself . This was a little old woman , who in her prime had been about five feet high , though at ...
... represented by so divine an image , whom I found to be the person that stood at my right - hand , and in the same point of view with myself . This was a little old woman , who in her prime had been about five feet high , though at ...
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... represented her killing than dead . " She further alledged , " That the expressions mentioned in the papers written to her were become mere words , and that she had been always ready to mar- ry any of those who said they died for her ...
... represented her killing than dead . " She further alledged , " That the expressions mentioned in the papers written to her were become mere words , and that she had been always ready to mar- ry any of those who said they died for her ...
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Page 497 - IT must be so — Plato, thou reason'st well ! — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Page 411 - Whosoever . therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.
Page 250 - And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the Lord, saying, " For he is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever.
Page 125 - And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee...
Page 480 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Page 125 - And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment; behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
Page 27 - But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance, after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Page 24 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad, The nights .are wholesome, then no planets strike, No fairy takes nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
Page 125 - And now, O Lord, my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father; and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
Page 27 - With thee conversing, I forget all time ; All seasons, and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...