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Pagina 78
... amongst his superiors and be pleasant company to them , is a nuisance to society ; there is nothing so ill understood by the world in general as famili- arity if it was not for the terror , which men have of the very troublesome ...
... amongst his superiors and be pleasant company to them , is a nuisance to society ; there is nothing so ill understood by the world in general as famili- arity if it was not for the terror , which men have of the very troublesome ...
Pagina 79
... amongst the higher ranks , of which the low are so apt to complain . How few men do we meet with , who when the heart is open and the channel free , know how to keep their course within the buoys and marks , that true good - manners ...
... amongst the higher ranks , of which the low are so apt to complain . How few men do we meet with , who when the heart is open and the channel free , know how to keep their course within the buoys and marks , that true good - manners ...
Pagina 83
... amongst us , whose case is not commiserated as it ought to be ; -and as I would gladly contribute any thing in my power towards their relief , the best proof I can give them of my good will is by endeavouring to con- vince them of a ...
... amongst us , whose case is not commiserated as it ought to be ; -and as I would gladly contribute any thing in my power towards their relief , the best proof I can give them of my good will is by endeavouring to con- vince them of a ...
Pagina 86
... it is not possible for the proud man to descend amongst them for information and society ; if truth does not hang within his reach , he will never dive into a well to fetch it up : His errors , like some 86 N ° 56 . OBSERVER .
... it is not possible for the proud man to descend amongst them for information and society ; if truth does not hang within his reach , he will never dive into a well to fetch it up : His errors , like some 86 N ° 56 . OBSERVER .
Pagina 87
... can be more opposite to the practice of it : It is in vain to en- quire for it amongst the generous and social attri- butes , for its place is no where to be found in so- ciety ; and I am equally at a loss to 1 2 No 56 . 87 OBSERVER .
... can be more opposite to the practice of it : It is in vain to en- quire for it amongst the generous and social attri- butes , for its place is no where to be found in so- ciety ; and I am equally at a loss to 1 2 No 56 . 87 OBSERVER .
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Pagina 139 - And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Pagina 173 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill ; cannot be good : — If ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, • Against the use of nature...
Pagina 211 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog...
Pagina 284 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
Pagina 147 - Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments ; which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels ; 5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me ; for I am holier than thou.
Pagina 174 - And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous, By drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams, To set my brother Clarence and the King In deadly hate the one against the other...
Pagina 178 - The effect and it ! Come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murth'ring ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief ! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry "Hold, hold!
Pagina 183 - I hear a knocking At the south entry : — retire we to our chamber : A little water clears us of this deed : How easy is it then ! Your constancy Hath left you unattended.
Pagina 140 - And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph...
Pagina 153 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.