Lectures and Addresses in Aid of Popular Education; Including a Lecture on the Poetry of Pope |
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... class of institutions has flou- rished more than in any other part of the kingdom , owing , in a considerable measure , to the existence of a " Union " which now comprises 120 Institutes , containing about 20,000 mem- bers . Of that ...
... class of institutions has flou- rished more than in any other part of the kingdom , owing , in a considerable measure , to the existence of a " Union " which now comprises 120 Institutes , containing about 20,000 mem- bers . Of that ...
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... classes of his fellow countrymen . Whilst they inform and delight the reader , may they exercise a yet higher influence ; may the example of Lord Carlisle induce many men of eminent station and attainments to lend their aid to the ...
... classes of his fellow countrymen . Whilst they inform and delight the reader , may they exercise a yet higher influence ; may the example of Lord Carlisle induce many men of eminent station and attainments to lend their aid to the ...
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... class of poets , and who appears to wish , as I certainly do not , to have a hit at him whenever he can , concedes , however , thus much to him : - " In the species of poetry wherein Pope excelled , he is superior to all mankind , and I ...
... class of poets , and who appears to wish , as I certainly do not , to have a hit at him whenever he can , concedes , however , thus much to him : - " In the species of poetry wherein Pope excelled , he is superior to all mankind , and I ...
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... class of composition , that which treats of men , their manners , and their morals ; they are comprised under the titles of satires and moral essays . He himself speaks of the bent which his genius now adopted , " That not in fancy's ...
... class of composition , that which treats of men , their manners , and their morals ; they are comprised under the titles of satires and moral essays . He himself speaks of the bent which his genius now adopted , " That not in fancy's ...
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... classes , and especially of the rural population of New England , comprising the six Northern States of the Union , still retain much of the Puritan tenets and habits of their immediate ancestors C 2 TRAVELS IN AMERICA : 35.
... classes , and especially of the rural population of New England , comprising the six Northern States of the Union , still retain much of the Puritan tenets and habits of their immediate ancestors C 2 TRAVELS IN AMERICA : 35.
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Page 22 - Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne; View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer...
Page 14 - Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never Is, but always To be blest; The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
Page 28 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 14 - Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget them all.
Page 26 - Seen him, uneumber'd with the venal tribe, Smile without art, and win without a bribe. Would he oblige me? let me only find, He does not think me what he thinks mankind.
Page 67 - ... the Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing : which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
Page 29 - What modes of sight betwixt each wide extreme, The mole's dim curtain, and the lynx's beam; Of smell, the headlong lioness between, And hound sagacious on the tainted green; Of hearing, from the life that fills the flood, To that which warbles through the vernal wood! The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine ! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line...
Page 30 - Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men, not afraid of God, afraid of me; Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and shamed by ridicule alone.
Page 22 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 13 - True wit is nature to advantage dressed, — What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed; Something whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind.