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... hour , his useless intentions and barren zeal . The fpirit of true religion breathes mildnefs and affabil- ity . It gives a native , unaffected eafe to the behaviour . It is focial , kind , and cheerful : far removed from that gloomy ...
... hour , his useless intentions and barren zeal . The fpirit of true religion breathes mildnefs and affabil- ity . It gives a native , unaffected eafe to the behaviour . It is focial , kind , and cheerful : far removed from that gloomy ...
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... hours with comfort , to lay up fuch a treasure of pleafing ideas , as fhall fupport the expenfes of that time , which is to depend wholly upon the fund already acquired . SECTION V. WHAT avails the fhow of external liberty , to one who ...
... hours with comfort , to lay up fuch a treasure of pleafing ideas , as fhall fupport the expenfes of that time , which is to depend wholly upon the fund already acquired . SECTION V. WHAT avails the fhow of external liberty , to one who ...
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... hours fo lingering ? Who are fo often devoured with fpleen , and obliged to fly to every expedient , which can help them to get rid of themselves ? Inftead of producing tranquillity , indolence produces a fret ful restlefsnefs of mind ...
... hours fo lingering ? Who are fo often devoured with fpleen , and obliged to fly to every expedient , which can help them to get rid of themselves ? Inftead of producing tranquillity , indolence produces a fret ful restlefsnefs of mind ...
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... hours paffed in violent fluctuation of opinion , fleep He dreamed that he infenfibly feized him in his chair . was ranging a defert country , in fearch of fome one that might teach him to grow rich ; and as he ftood on the top of a hill ...
... hours paffed in violent fluctuation of opinion , fleep He dreamed that he infenfibly feized him in his chair . was ranging a defert country , in fearch of fome one that might teach him to grow rich ; and as he ftood on the top of a hill ...
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... hour fhould bring her to a like fate . She even faw his headless body carried back in a cart ; and found herself more confirmed by the reports , which fhe heard of the conftancy of his end , than fhaken by fo tender and melancholy a ...
... hour fhould bring her to a like fate . She even faw his headless body carried back in a cart ; and found herself more confirmed by the reports , which fhe heard of the conftancy of his end , than fhaken by fo tender and melancholy a ...
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againſt alfo Antiparos arifes becauſe BLAIR bleffing Caius Verres caufe confider courfe death defire diftinction emphafis ev'ry faid fame fcene feek feemed feen fenfe fentence fentiments ferve feveral fhade fhall fhine fhort fhould fhow firft firſt fituation fkies fociety fome fometimes foon forrow foul fpeak fpirit fpring ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofed happineſs happy Hazael heart heaven himſelf honour human intereft itſelf juft Jugurtha labours laft lefs Lord mankind mifery mind moft moſt muſt myſelf nature neceffary Numidia o'er obferve occafion ourſelves paffed paffions paufe pauſe perfons philofopher pleafing pleaſure poffeffed poffible pow'r praiſe prefent proper purpoſe Pythias raiſe reafon refpect reft rifing ſcene SECTION ſhall Sicily ſtand ſtate ſtill temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion underſtanding uſeful virtue voice whofe wife wiſdom
Popular passages
Page 244 - Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Page 53 - Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die: remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: 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.
Page 199 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heav'n.
Page 76 - I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Page 162 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Page 201 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Page 224 - Air, and ye elements, the eldest birth Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise.
Page 250 - The great directing mind of all ordains. All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul ; That chang'd through all, and yet in all the same ; Great in the Earth, as in th...
Page 251 - All discord, harmony not understood ; All partial evil, universal good : And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT.
Page 221 - Has made my cup run o'er, And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store.