The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Том 15 |
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... I have here drawn up a very curious libel , in which a reader of penetration will find a great deal of concealed satire , and , if he be acquainted * Tom Brown . 1 with the present posture of affairs , will easily 2 No 567 . SPECTATOR .
... I have here drawn up a very curious libel , in which a reader of penetration will find a great deal of concealed satire , and , if he be acquainted * Tom Brown . 1 with the present posture of affairs , will easily 2 No 567 . SPECTATOR .
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... , if he pleases , acquaint the world with his name . I hope this short essay will convince my readers it is not for want of abilities that I avoid state tracts , and that , if I would apply my mind to B 2 N ° 567 . 3 SPECTATOR .
... , if he pleases , acquaint the world with his name . I hope this short essay will convince my readers it is not for want of abilities that I avoid state tracts , and that , if I would apply my mind to B 2 N ° 567 . 3 SPECTATOR .
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... acquaintance , and I could not forbear being a little vain of his court- ship . Mr. Waitfort heard of it , and read me such an insolent lecture upon the conduct of women , I married the officer that very day , out of pure spite to him ...
... acquaintance , and I could not forbear being a little vain of his court- ship . Mr. Waitfort heard of it , and read me such an insolent lecture upon the conduct of women , I married the officer that very day , out of pure spite to him ...
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... acquaintance began to wish me joy of his constancy , my charms were declining , and I could not resist the delight I took in showing the young flirts about town it was yet in my power to give pain to a man of sense ; this , and some ...
... acquaintance began to wish me joy of his constancy , my charms were declining , and I could not resist the delight I took in showing the young flirts about town it was yet in my power to give pain to a man of sense ; this , and some ...
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... acquainted with Dr. Gruel ; from that day he was always contented , because he had names for all his complaints ; the good doctor furnished him with reasons for all his pains , and prescriptions for every fancy that troubled him ; in ...
... acquainted with Dr. Gruel ; from that day he was always contented , because he had names for all his complaints ; the good doctor furnished him with reasons for all his pains , and prescriptions for every fancy that troubled him ; in ...
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Страница 36 - They may show him that his discontent is unreasonable, but are by no means sufficient to relieve it. They rather give despair than consolation. In a word, a man might reply to one of these comforters, as Augustus did to his friend, who advised him not to grieve for the death of a person whom he loved, because his grief could not fetch him again. " It is for that very reason (said the emperor) that I grieve.
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Страница 256 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Страница 18 - God is present with us, by the effects which he produceth in us. Our outward senses are too gross to apprehend him; we may, however, taste and see how gracious he is, by his influence upon our minds, by those virtuous thoughts which he awakens in us, by those secret comforts and refreshments which he...
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Страница 35 - Hammond, written by Bishop FelL As this good man was troubled with a complication of distempers, when he had the gout upon him, he used to thank God that it was not the stone ; and when he had the stone, that he had not both these distempers on him at the same time.