The British Prose Writers, Том 18, Части 1–2John Sharpe, 1821 |
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... kind . Such letters must be written ; and , if no ingenious friend will save me the trouble of transcribing them from dedications addressed to other great men , why I must even go to work myself . Upon reviewing the different reasons ...
... kind . Such letters must be written ; and , if no ingenious friend will save me the trouble of transcribing them from dedications addressed to other great men , why I must even go to work myself . Upon reviewing the different reasons ...
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... kind of a being , I answer , with more truth than polite- ness : Because it happens to be my humour ; and , my dear madam , should you be half as well pleased with what you read , as I am with what I write , I shall find in you a ...
... kind of a being , I answer , with more truth than polite- ness : Because it happens to be my humour ; and , my dear madam , should you be half as well pleased with what you read , as I am with what I write , I shall find in you a ...
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... kind , having men under me whom I employed in the different branches of the trade . These were not your handicraftsmen , your starvelings , and your nick - bottoms ; but , as I may say , they were eruditi togati homines , learned meu ...
... kind , having men under me whom I employed in the different branches of the trade . These were not your handicraftsmen , your starvelings , and your nick - bottoms ; but , as I may say , they were eruditi togati homines , learned meu ...
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... kind , I have two sermons , which smack pretty well of the high church ; a two - shilling pamphlet upon the rise and fall of the tucker : this is in black letter , and treats of an invention of our ancestors , which has been unhappily ...
... kind , I have two sermons , which smack pretty well of the high church ; a two - shilling pamphlet upon the rise and fall of the tucker : this is in black letter , and treats of an invention of our ancestors , which has been unhappily ...
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... kind of knowledge than the illiterate and the vulgar . Some have ranked this acquisition so low , as to have supposed it unworthy such men's attention ; others have , perhaps , erro . neously conjectured , that it was too high for their ...
... kind of knowledge than the illiterate and the vulgar . Some have ranked this acquisition so low , as to have supposed it unworthy such men's attention ; others have , perhaps , erro . neously conjectured , that it was too high for their ...
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Страница 26 - 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 134 - While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw, And birds sit brooding in the snow, And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
Страница 148 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Страница 135 - For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children : That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments...
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Страница 147 - She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
Страница 26 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Страница 148 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry ; her clothing is silk and purple. Her husband is known in the gates when he sitteth among the elders of the land.