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... nature ; and its conclusion , like the last act of a play , is old age , the fatigue of which we ought to shun , especially when our appetites are fully satisfied . Of all the impertinent wishes which we hear expressed in con- versation ...
... nature ; and its conclusion , like the last act of a play , is old age , the fatigue of which we ought to shun , especially when our appetites are fully satisfied . Of all the impertinent wishes which we hear expressed in con- versation ...
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... natural course of our minds , which should build their approbations and dislikes upon what nature and reason dictate , into chimera and confusion . Age , in a virtuous person of either sex , carries in it an authority which makes it ...
... natural course of our minds , which should build their approbations and dislikes upon what nature and reason dictate , into chimera and confusion . Age , in a virtuous person of either sex , carries in it an authority which makes it ...
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... nature , are never the nearer being happily disposed of in marriage ; I say , it is very hard , under this necessity ... natural to entertain women with than men ; and it would be as much impertinence to go into a shop of one of these ...
... nature , are never the nearer being happily disposed of in marriage ; I say , it is very hard , under this necessity ... natural to entertain women with than men ; and it would be as much impertinence to go into a shop of one of these ...
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... nature , who , within us still , Inclines our action , not constrains our will . POPE . I AM very much at a loss to express by any word that occurs to me in our language that which is understood by Indoles in Latin . The natural ...
... nature , who , within us still , Inclines our action , not constrains our will . POPE . I AM very much at a loss to express by any word that occurs to me in our language that which is understood by Indoles in Latin . The natural ...
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... nature ; take my word for it , a setting - dog has as good reason as any man in England . Had you ( as by your diurnals one would think you do ) set up for being in vogue in town , you should have fallen in with the bent of passion and ...
... nature ; take my word for it , a setting - dog has as good reason as any man in England . Had you ( as by your diurnals one would think you do ) set up for being in vogue in town , you should have fallen in with the bent of passion and ...
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Page 442 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crowned, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new World — at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads — to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere, Till pride and worse ambition threw me down, Warring in Heaven against Heaven's matchless King ! Ah, wherefore?
Page 390 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Page 18 - standing in the midst of the tide.' 'The bridge thou seest,' said he, 'is Human Life; consider it attentively.' Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire, made up the number about a hundred.
Page 18 - I drew near with that reverence which is due to a superior nature; and as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept. The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him. He lifted me from the ground, and taking me by the hand, "Mirza," said he, "I have heard thee in thy soliloquies; follow me.
Page 444 - Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad, In naked majesty seem'd lords of all : And worthy seem'd ; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure (Severe, but in true filial freedom placed), Whence true authority in men...
Page 19 - There were indeed some persons, but their number was very small, that continued a kind of hobbling march on the broken arches, but fell through one after another, being quite tired and spent with so long a walk.
Page 446 - On our first father; half her swelling breast Naked met his under the flowing gold Of her loose tresses hid: he, in delight Both of her beauty and submissive charms, Smiled with superior love, as Jupiter On Juno smiles, when he impregns the clouds That shed May flowers...
Page 346 - Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Page 443 - Know ye not then, said Satan fill'd with scorn, Know ye not me ? ye knew me once no mate For you, there sitting where ye durst not soar; Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, The lowest of your throng; or if ye know, Why ask ye, and superfluous begin Your message, like to end as much in vain ? To whom thus Zephon, answering scorn with scorn.
Page 235 - Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.