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Pagina 18
... heard by me to observe , that it was the greatest misfortune which could befal a man to have been bred to no profes sion , and pathetically to regret that this misfortune was his own . ” — More's Practical Piety , p . 818. — MARKLAND ...
... heard by me to observe , that it was the greatest misfortune which could befal a man to have been bred to no profes sion , and pathetically to regret that this misfortune was his own . ” — More's Practical Piety , p . 818. — MARKLAND ...
Pagina 28
... heard him say so ; and I have in my possession an imperfect list , fairly written out , which he entitles Historia Studiorum . I once got from one of his friends a list , which there was pretty good reason to suppose was accurate ; for ...
... heard him say so ; and I have in my possession an imperfect list , fairly written out , which he entitles Historia Studiorum . I once got from one of his friends a list , which there was pretty good reason to suppose was accurate ; for ...
Pagina 29
... heard had talked of leaving off the Magazine , and would say , ' Let us have something good next month . ' ' It was observed , that avarice was inherent in some dispositions . JOHNSON . " No man was born a miser , because no man was ...
... heard had talked of leaving off the Magazine , and would say , ' Let us have something good next month . ' ' It was observed , that avarice was inherent in some dispositions . JOHNSON . " No man was born a miser , because no man was ...
Pagina 35
... heard of him , one would not wish to sacrifice himself to such a man . If he must always have somebody to drink with him , he should buy a slave , and then he would be sure to have it . They who submit to drink as another pleases , make ...
... heard of him , one would not wish to sacrifice himself to such a man . If he must always have somebody to drink with him , he should buy a slave , and then he would be sure to have it . They who submit to drink as another pleases , make ...
Pagina 39
... heard Henry's ' History of Britain ' well spoken of ; I am told it is carried on in separate divisions , as the civil , the military , the religious history I wish much to have one branch well done , and that is the history of manners ...
... heard Henry's ' History of Britain ' well spoken of ; I am told it is carried on in separate divisions , as the civil , the military , the religious history I wish much to have one branch well done , and that is the history of manners ...
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Pagina 208 - And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent ; and the graves were opened ; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Pagina 218 - ... only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange, sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose. Often it consisteth in one knows not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable, and inexplicable ; being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy, and windings of language.
Pagina 34 - Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe...
Pagina 212 - Biron they call him ; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit ; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor,) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse.
Pagina 171 - My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires, My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights, and, when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am ; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame. Good life be now my task : my doubts are done ; What more could fright my faith than Three in One...
Pagina 172 - ... question that has once been asked, Whether Pope was a poet, otherwise than by asking in return, If Pope be not a poet, where is poetry to be found? To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only show the narrowness of the definer, though a definition which shall exclude Pope will not easily be made.
Pagina 192 - See what a grace was seated on this brow ; Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill ; A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
Pagina 450 - ... and acts of goodness, however comparatively great; so that the unavoidable consciousness of his superiority was, in that respect, a cause of disquiet. He suffered so much from this, and from the gloom which perpetually haunted him, and made solitude frightful, that it may be said of him, " If in this life only he had hope, he was of all men most miserable.
Pagina 364 - That he is infinitely good, as far as the perfection of his nature will allow, I certainly believe; but it is necessary for good upon the whole, that individuals should be punished. As to an individual, therefore, he is not infinitely good ; and as I cannot be sure that I have fulfilled the conditions on which salvation is granted, I am afraid I may be one of those who shall be damned.
Pagina 449 - He was a sincere and zealous Christian, of high church of England and monarchical principles, which he would not tamely suffer to be questioned ; and had, perhaps, at an early period, narrowed his mind somewhat too much, both as to religion and politics.