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Is it possible for the heart of man to conceive a more terrible image than that of a
departed spirit in this condition ? Could we but suppose it has just left its body ,
and struck with the terrible reflection , that to avoid the laughter of fools , and
being ...
Is it possible for the heart of man to conceive a more terrible image than that of a
departed spirit in this condition ? Could we but suppose it has just left its body ,
and struck with the terrible reflection , that to avoid the laughter of fools , and
being ...
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But as there is no condition exempt from anxiety , I will allow shepherds to be
afflicted with such misfortunes , as the loss of a favourite lamb , or a faithless
mistress . He may , if you please , pick a thorn out of his foot ; or vent his grief for
losing ...
But as there is no condition exempt from anxiety , I will allow shepherds to be
afflicted with such misfortunes , as the loss of a favourite lamb , or a faithless
mistress . He may , if you please , pick a thorn out of his foot ; or vent his grief for
losing ...
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woman ' s travelling in her condition ( for she was now far gone with child ) she
entered upon her journey , and having found out her husband , volun . tarily gave
herself up to remain a prisoner with him . And here it was that she was delivered
...
woman ' s travelling in her condition ( for she was now far gone with child ) she
entered upon her journey , and having found out her husband , volun . tarily gave
herself up to remain a prisoner with him . And here it was that she was delivered
...
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... or be married to some gentleman , whom madam Maintenon takes care , upon
that condition , to provide for , either in the army or in the finances ; and the lady
receives besides , a portion of four hundred pistoles . Most of these mar . riages ...
... or be married to some gentleman , whom madam Maintenon takes care , upon
that condition , to provide for , either in the army or in the finances ; and the lady
receives besides , a portion of four hundred pistoles . Most of these mar . riages ...
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It is pleasant to consider , that whilst we are lamenting our particular afflictions to
each other , and repining at the inequality of conditions , were it possible to throw
off our present miserable state , we cannot name the person whose condition in ...
It is pleasant to consider , that whilst we are lamenting our particular afflictions to
each other , and repining at the inequality of conditions , were it possible to throw
off our present miserable state , we cannot name the person whose condition in ...
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able actions admiration agreeable appear beauty body called character circumstances common concerning condition consider conversation daughter death delight desire easy epigram express eyes fortune frequent gave gentleman give greater greatest GUARDIAN hand happy hath head heart honour hope humour imagination kind king lady land laugh learning least less letter live look lover madam manner MARCH matter means mention merit mind mother nature necessary never observed occasion opinion particular passed passions pastoral perhaps person pleased pleasure poet poetry present published reader reason received reflect seems sense song soul speak spirit STEELE taken tell thing thought tion took town true turn virtue whole writing young
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Seite 252 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided ; they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Seite 252 - THE beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon : lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Seite 271 - LOOK round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue. How void of reason are our hopes and fears ! What in the conduct of our life appears So well...
Seite 252 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
Seite 252 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Seite 150 - A brave man struggling in the storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state. While Cato gives his little senate laws, What bosom beats not in his country's cause...
Seite 91 - And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures?
Seite 21 - ... part ought to have inspired with nobler and juster sentiments. This prostitution of praise is not only a deceit upon the gross of mankind, who take their notion of characters from the learned; but also the better sort must by this means lose some part at least of that desire of fame which is the incentive to generous actions, when they find it promiscuously bestowed on the meritorious and undeserving...
Seite 215 - But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; there is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife : how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God...
Seite 16 - A Discourse of Free-thinking, occasioned by the rise and growth of a Sect called Free-thinkers 2.
Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Band 16 The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Alexander Chalmers |
| Autor/in | British essayists |
| Herausgeber | Alexander Chalmers |
| Veröffentlicht | 1802 |
| Original von | Oxford University |
| Digitalisiert | 11. Juni 2007 |
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