The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 7-8 |
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... regard to wealth , reputation , or the like considerations , any more than as they fall in with our principal design , we may go through life with steadiness and pleasure ; but if we act by several broken views , and will not only be ...
... regard to wealth , reputation , or the like considerations , any more than as they fall in with our principal design , we may go through life with steadiness and pleasure ; but if we act by several broken views , and will not only be ...
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... regard how they are applied . The gifts of nature and accomplishments of art are valu- able but as they are exerted in the interests of vir- tue , or governed by the rules of honour . We ought to abstract our minds from the observation ...
... regard how they are applied . The gifts of nature and accomplishments of art are valu- able but as they are exerted in the interests of vir- tue , or governed by the rules of honour . We ought to abstract our minds from the observation ...
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... regard the clothing of the naked , the feeding of the hungry , and the visiting of the im- prisoned , as offices done to himself , and reward them accordingly . Pursuant to those passages in holy scripture , I have somewhere met with ...
... regard the clothing of the naked , the feeding of the hungry , and the visiting of the im- prisoned , as offices done to himself , and reward them accordingly . Pursuant to those passages in holy scripture , I have somewhere met with ...
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... regard to the public , but with an eye to my particular correspond- ent who has sent me the following letter , which I have castrated in some places upon these consi- derations : 66 SIR , " HAVING lately seen your discourse upon a match ...
... regard to the public , but with an eye to my particular correspond- ent who has sent me the following letter , which I have castrated in some places upon these consi- derations : 66 SIR , " HAVING lately seen your discourse upon a match ...
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... regards matters of opinion and specu- lation . I would have every zealous man examine his heart thoroughly , and , I believe , he will often find , that what he calls a zeal for his religion , is either pride , interest , or ill ...
... regards matters of opinion and specu- lation . I would have every zealous man examine his heart thoroughly , and , I believe , he will often find , that what he calls a zeal for his religion , is either pride , interest , or ill ...
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Page 97 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 65 - ... seas that ran among them. I could see persons dressed in glorious habits with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage...
Page 204 - For joy of offer'd peace : But I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
Page 65 - These are the mansions of good men after death, who, according to the degree and kinds of virtue in which they excelled, are distributed among these several islands, which abound with pleasures of different kinds and degrees, suitable to the relishes and perfections of those who are settled in them ; every island is a paradise accommodated to its respective inhabitants. Are not these...
Page 80 - In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome...
Page 148 - If I did despise the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me; What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
Page 355 - Their rising all at once was as the sound Of thunder heard remote. Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone, and as a God Extol him equal to the Highest in Heaven.
Page 317 - 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 319 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day, While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Page 66 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me ; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating : but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy...