Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments,: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Moralityauthor., 1797 - 271 страници |
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... first put out , the better to conceal the man from himself , and any fenfe of fhame , which otherwife rife up to disturb his wild enjoyments . What does he say and do in his mad frolicks ? Things which , upon cool confideration , he ...
... first put out , the better to conceal the man from himself , and any fenfe of fhame , which otherwife rife up to disturb his wild enjoyments . What does he say and do in his mad frolicks ? Things which , upon cool confideration , he ...
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... first feem troublefome ; for wif- dom inftructing the foul to act reafonably , inftructs it likewife to ferve and obey God readily and chearfully ; for that which appears reasonable to a wife man , will always appear delightful ; and re ...
... first feem troublefome ; for wif- dom inftructing the foul to act reafonably , inftructs it likewife to ferve and obey God readily and chearfully ; for that which appears reasonable to a wife man , will always appear delightful ; and re ...
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... first arrival here he found the British fair as much inclined to acknowledge his merit as the ladies in Ireland had been . His company was courted in all the polite circles , where he be- came an ornament among the moft brilliant and ...
... first arrival here he found the British fair as much inclined to acknowledge his merit as the ladies in Ireland had been . His company was courted in all the polite circles , where he be- came an ornament among the moft brilliant and ...
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... first time after being married three years . A divorce was talked of : and the Hiber- nian Patriot , finding his Lordfhip had planted fpies upon him , declined his vifits , to refcue the lady's character , and restore the tranquillity ...
... first time after being married three years . A divorce was talked of : and the Hiber- nian Patriot , finding his Lordfhip had planted fpies upon him , declined his vifits , to refcue the lady's character , and restore the tranquillity ...
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... had many fuitors . as a widow , but her first connubial connection , having proved so disagreeable , fhe refused , per- haps , fome propofals to which fhe would have liftened . Although Although a widow , fhe was at the Castle called ( 47 )
... had many fuitors . as a widow , but her first connubial connection , having proved so disagreeable , fhe refused , per- haps , fome propofals to which fhe would have liftened . Although Although a widow , fhe was at the Castle called ( 47 )
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Страница 99 - Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
Страница 59 - Why, why was I born a man and yet see the sufferings of wretches I cannot relieve! Poor houseless creatures! the world will give you reproaches but will not give you relief.
Страница 296 - If gratitude is due from man to man, how much more from man to his Maker ? The Supreme Being does not only confer upon us those bounties, which proceed more immediately from his hand, but even those benefits which are conveyed to us by others. Every blessing we enjoy, by what means soever it may be derived upon us, is the gift of Him who is the great Author of good, and Father of mercies.
Страница 195 - ... with his views of an hereafter. In a word, his hopes are full of immortality, his schemes are large...
Страница 93 - Whatever we enjoy is purely a free gift from our Creator ; but that we enjoy no more can never sure be deemed an injury, or a just reason to question his infinite benevolence. All our happiness is owing to his goodness; but that it is no greater is owing only to ourselves, that is, to our not having any inherent right to any happiness, or even to any existence at all.
Страница 196 - He supersedes every little prospect of gain and advantage which offers itself here, if he does not find it consistent with his views of an hereafter. In a word, his hopes are full of immortality, his schemes...
Страница 269 - The seas that roll unnumber'd waves; The wood that spreads its shady leaves ; The field whose ears conceal the grain, The yellow treasure of the plain ; All of these, and all I see...
Страница 194 - Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life : Cunning is a kind of instinct, that only looks out after our immediate interest and welfare.
Страница 36 - Were they to give us in their catalogue of such worthies as are now living, how different would it be from that which any of our own species would draw up ! We are dazzled with the splendour of titles, the ostentation of learning, the noise of victories...
Страница 301 - tis eafy to defcry She wants affiftance more than I ; Yet Teems to feel my pains alone, And is a Stoic in her own. When, among fcholars, can we find So foft and yet fo firm a mind...