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... never been in favor of the clerical profession , and he made no further efforts to enter the church . Mr. Contarine , a clergyman who had married the sister of Oliver's father , now procured the explanation of the contradiction , there ...
... never been in favor of the clerical profession , and he made no further efforts to enter the church . Mr. Contarine , a clergyman who had married the sister of Oliver's father , now procured the explanation of the contradiction , there ...
Pagina 3
... never practised . Whatever pittance he possessed was usually squandered , and when he lived frugally it was because he had exhausted his means . A letter from Leyden to Mr. Contarine , which de- scribes the mishaps that attended his ...
... never practised . Whatever pittance he possessed was usually squandered , and when he lived frugally it was because he had exhausted his means . A letter from Leyden to Mr. Contarine , which de- scribes the mishaps that attended his ...
Pagina 7
... never been a student , and he had not that aptitude for facts , and that tenacity of memory , which enables many desultory readers to furnish their minds without steady toil . The materials for this charming compilations were hastily ...
... never been a student , and he had not that aptitude for facts , and that tenacity of memory , which enables many desultory readers to furnish their minds without steady toil . The materials for this charming compilations were hastily ...
Pagina 12
... never made a sign except when the girl was present and in bed , and , the Doctor obliging her to place her hands above the clothes , the noises ceased . The spirit having very incautiously promised to strike her own coffin , which was ...
... never made a sign except when the girl was present and in bed , and , the Doctor obliging her to place her hands above the clothes , the noises ceased . The spirit having very incautiously promised to strike her own coffin , which was ...
Pagina 15
... never com- bined with this professional symbol , hung at his side . The weapon was so disproportion- ed to his diminutive stature that a coxcomb who passed him in the Strand called to his companion " to look at that fly with a long pin ...
... never com- bined with this professional symbol , hung at his side . The weapon was so disproportion- ed to his diminutive stature that a coxcomb who passed him in the Strand called to his companion " to look at that fly with a long pin ...
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Pagina 148 - His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end.
Pagina 334 - The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Pagina 153 - It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion ; for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them, confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
Pagina 5 - THE MEMOIRS OF A PROTESTANT, CONDEMNED TO THE GALLEYS OF FRANCE FOR HIS RELIGION.
Pagina 153 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Pagina 149 - For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age.
Pagina 152 - ... of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars one by one. but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience.
Pagina 105 - Or, in the night, imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear ! Hip.
Pagina 19 - The king has lately been pleased to make me Professor of Ancient History in a royal Academy of Painting, which he has just established, but there is no salary annexed ; and I took it rather as a compliment to the institution than any benefit to myself. Honours to one in my situation are something like ruffles to a man that wants a shirt.
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