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... laft hour , his ufelefs intentions and barren zeal . fpirit of true religion breathes mildnefs and affabil- ity . It gives a native , unaffected eafe to the behaviour . It is social , kind , and cheerful : far removed from that gloomy ...
... laft hour , his ufelefs intentions and barren zeal . fpirit of true religion breathes mildnefs and affabil- ity . It gives a native , unaffected eafe to the behaviour . It is social , kind , and cheerful : far removed from that gloomy ...
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... laft adieu . Never adventure on too near an approach to what is evil . Familiarize not yourselves with it , in the flightest in- stances , without fear . Liften with reverence to every rep- rehension of confcience ; and preferve the ...
... laft adieu . Never adventure on too near an approach to what is evil . Familiarize not yourselves with it , in the flightest in- stances , without fear . Liften with reverence to every rep- rehension of confcience ; and preferve the ...
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... laft is useless ! Let no man hereafter wish to be rich , who is already too wife to be flattered ! " DR . JOHNSON . SECTION VI . The Hill of Science . In that feafon of the year , when the ferenity of the sky , the various fruits which ...
... laft is useless ! Let no man hereafter wish to be rich , who is already too wife to be flattered ! " DR . JOHNSON . SECTION VI . The Hill of Science . In that feafon of the year , when the ferenity of the sky , the various fruits which ...
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... laft flutters of the finking breeze , and fprinkled with dew by groves of spices . He fometimes contemplated the towering height of the oak , monarch of the hills ; and fometimes caught the gentle fragrance of the primrose , eldest ...
... laft flutters of the finking breeze , and fprinkled with dew by groves of spices . He fometimes contemplated the towering height of the oak , monarch of the hills ; and fometimes caught the gentle fragrance of the primrose , eldest ...
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... laft retreat of the unfortunate , who can no longer be objects of their envy or refentment ; and tearing from them their only remaining comfort . The at- tempt to ridicule religion may be agreeable to fome , by relieving them from ...
... laft retreat of the unfortunate , who can no longer be objects of their envy or refentment ; and tearing from them their only remaining comfort . The at- tempt to ridicule religion may be agreeable to fome , by relieving them from ...
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againſt Antiparos becauſe BLAIR bleffing Caius Verres cauſe confider courfe courſe death defigns defire earth faid fame fcene fecret feek feemed fenfe fentiments fhade fhall fhining fhort fhould fhow fide filent firft fituation fmiles fociety fome fometimes fong foon forrow foul fpirit fpring friendſhip ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fupport fweet happineſs happy Hazael heart heaven himſelf honour human intereft itſelf juft Jugurtha labours laft laſt leaft lefs Lord mankind meaſure mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary Numidia o'er obferve occafions ourſelves paffed paffions perfon philofopher pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffefs praiſe prefent proper purpoſe Pythias raiſed reafon refpect reft rife SECTION ſhall ſpeak ſtate ſtill temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought tion uſe virtue voice whofe whoſe wifdom wife youth
Popular passages
Page 229 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 241 - Lo! the poor Indian, whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Page 208 - 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 211 - Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country and their shackles fall.
Page 190 - Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Page 255 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent.
Page 226 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 176 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Page 225 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 130 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come...