The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Том 1Nathan Drake Suttaby, Evance, and Company, 1811 |
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... able to construct but two ; when it is known that the sole object of the undertaking is , the juxtaposition of what either amounts to excellence , or , at least , rises above the limit of mediocrity . Of the papers which have been laid ...
... able to construct but two ; when it is known that the sole object of the undertaking is , the juxtaposition of what either amounts to excellence , or , at least , rises above the limit of mediocrity . Of the papers which have been laid ...
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... able to refrain from doing himself violence ; till by degrees , by the force of reason , and frequent reading of the scriptures , and turning his thoughts upon the study of navigation , after the space of eighteen months 1 he grew ...
... able to refrain from doing himself violence ; till by degrees , by the force of reason , and frequent reading of the scriptures , and turning his thoughts upon the study of navigation , after the space of eighteen months 1 he grew ...
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... able to point out palpable faults or beauties in an author , and thereby gain a repu- tation for learning . The others are generally talkers , of glittering fancies and hurried imagi- nations , who despise art and method , who ad- mire ...
... able to point out palpable faults or beauties in an author , and thereby gain a repu- tation for learning . The others are generally talkers , of glittering fancies and hurried imagi- nations , who despise art and method , who ad- mire ...
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... able to describe the fine mouth of Cleora ; the full eye , the open forehead of Chloe ; but who shall explain why Amoret is agreeable ? what that air is , which is not to be accounted for in any one or other feature , but results from ...
... able to describe the fine mouth of Cleora ; the full eye , the open forehead of Chloe ; but who shall explain why Amoret is agreeable ? what that air is , which is not to be accounted for in any one or other feature , but results from ...
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... able to banish them ; but , like some hereditary dis- tempers in the blood , they may be indeed abated by wholesome prescriptions , but can never be eradicated ; and will certainly break forth anew , when they are most dangerous , at ...
... able to banish them ; but , like some hereditary dis- tempers in the blood , they may be indeed abated by wholesome prescriptions , but can never be eradicated ; and will certainly break forth anew , when they are most dangerous , at ...
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Страница 260 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Страница 182 - Where — taming thought to human pride !The mighty chiefs sleep side by side. Drop upon Fox's grave the tear, 'Twill trickle to his rival's bier ; O'er PITT'S the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the notes rebound. The solemn echo seems to cry, ' Here let their discord with them die. Speak not for those a separate doom, Whom Fate made Brothers in the tomb ; But search the land of living men, Where wilt thou find their like agen...
Страница 328 - The quality of mercy is not strain'd, — It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd, — It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest : it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown...
Страница 122 - To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began.
Страница 53 - With quicken'd step, Brown night retires. Young day pours in apace, And opens all the lawny prospect wide. The dripping rock, the mountain's misty top, Swell on the sight, and brighten with the dawn.
Страница 4 - ... the Scriptures, and turning his thoughts upon the study of navigation, after the space of eighteen months he grew thoroughly reconciled to his condition.
Страница 182 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Страница 182 - Here, where the end of earthly things Lays heroes, patriots, bards, and kings ; Where stiff the hand, and still the tongue, Of those who fought, .and spoke, and sung ; Here, where the fretted aisles prolong The distant notes of holy song, As if some angel spoke agen, All peace on earth, good-will to men...
Страница 194 - 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.