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... we do but touch upon the borders , to feize us inftantly as fo many ufurpers on their privileges ; and indeed I cannot but acknowlege that they have great reafon VOL . I. B for • for fo doing ; fince by our attempting things ( 1 ) THE ...
... we do but touch upon the borders , to feize us inftantly as fo many ufurpers on their privileges ; and indeed I cannot but acknowlege that they have great reafon VOL . I. B for • for fo doing ; fince by our attempting things ( 1 ) THE ...
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... reafon they are treated as objects of no fmall contempt by all who would judiciously emulate the character of what is called a nymph of fpirit ; who to the conscious fatisfacton of preferving upon all occa- fions an uniform decency of ...
... reafon they are treated as objects of no fmall contempt by all who would judiciously emulate the character of what is called a nymph of fpirit ; who to the conscious fatisfacton of preferving upon all occa- fions an uniform decency of ...
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... reafon , whenever he addreffed her , his deity : but alas ! the might have recollected that his family had fled their native country , merely because they would not be forced to renounce the ufe of reafon in matters of worship , and had ...
... reafon , whenever he addreffed her , his deity : but alas ! the might have recollected that his family had fled their native country , merely because they would not be forced to renounce the ufe of reafon in matters of worship , and had ...
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... reafon and judgment , the uni- versal sense , at least of all the judging part of mankind , pronounced in thofe fine lines of Mr. Addifon . Tis not a set of features , or complexion , The tincture of a skin that we admire , Beauty foon ...
... reafon and judgment , the uni- versal sense , at least of all the judging part of mankind , pronounced in thofe fine lines of Mr. Addifon . Tis not a set of features , or complexion , The tincture of a skin that we admire , Beauty foon ...
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... reafon ; if the warmth and impetuofity of youth could earlier be inured to difcipline , and tempered with a little more confideration , moft certain- ly a greater rectitude of judgment would foon enfue ; every paffion would , from ...
... reafon ; if the warmth and impetuofity of youth could earlier be inured to difcipline , and tempered with a little more confideration , moft certain- ly a greater rectitude of judgment would foon enfue ; every paffion would , from ...
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Page 60 - Methinks, we need not our short beings shun, And, thought to fly, contend to be undone. We need not buy our ruin with our crime, And give eternity to murder time. The love of gaming is the worst of ills ; With ceaseless storms the blacken'd soul it fills ; 1 Shakespeare VOL.
Page 35 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin that I admire. Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 206 - Grateful digressions, and solve high dispute With conjugal caresses : from his lip Not words alone pleas'd her. O! when meet now Such pairs, in love and mutual honour join'd...
Page 67 - O faireft of creation, laft and beft Of all God's works, Creature in whom excell'd Whatever can to fight or thought be form'd, Holy, divine, good, amiable, or fweet! How art thou loft, how on a...
Page 115 - Secure to be as bleft as thou canft bear : Safe in the hand of one difpofing Pow'r, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour.
Page 19 - Too ftrong for feeble women to fuftain ; Of thofe who claim it, more than half have none, And half of thofe who have it, are undone. Be ftill fuperior to your fex's arts, Nor think...
Page 206 - d by her fair tendence gladlier grew. Yet went fhe not, as not with fuch difcourfe Delighted, or not capable her ear Of what was high : fuch pleafure...
Page 60 - With ceaseless storms the blacken'd soul it fills ; Inveighs at heaven, neglects the ties of blood ; Destroys the power and will of doing good ; Kills health, pawns honour, plunges in disgrace, And, what is still more dreadful — spoils your face.
Page 125 - All fame is foreign, but of true defert ; Plays round the head,, but comes not to the heart...