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... I shall proceed therefore to give an account of my * Dr . Sacheverell , who was
highly honoured in this way , being placed in effigy on handkerchiefs , fans ,
urinals , & c . intended labours , not without some hope of having my GUARDIAN
.
... I shall proceed therefore to give an account of my * Dr . Sacheverell , who was
highly honoured in this way , being placed in effigy on handkerchiefs , fans ,
urinals , & c . intended labours , not without some hope of having my GUARDIAN
.
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intended labours , not without some hope of having my vanity , at the end of them
, indulged in the sort abovementioned . I should not have assumed the title of
Guardian , had I not maturely considered , that the qualities , necessary for doing
...
intended labours , not without some hope of having my vanity , at the end of them
, indulged in the sort abovementioned . I should not have assumed the title of
Guardian , had I not maturely considered , that the qualities , necessary for doing
...
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Every night before I address myself in private to my Creator , I lay my hand upon
my heart , and ask myself , whether if God should require my soul of me this night
, I could hope for mercy from him ? The bitter agonies I underwent in this my first ...
Every night before I address myself in private to my Creator , I lay my hand upon
my heart , and ask myself , whether if God should require my soul of me this night
, I could hope for mercy from him ? The bitter agonies I underwent in this my first ...
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... let drop ambiguous sentences in her absence , to give her false hope from the
repetition of them by some friend that heard them ; that could pass as much time
in the pursuit of her , as would have attained some useful art or science ; and that
...
... let drop ambiguous sentences in her absence , to give her false hope from the
repetition of them by some friend that heard them ; that could pass as much time
in the pursuit of her , as would have attained some useful art or science ; and that
...
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And what excises can your majesty hope to receive by the consumption of the
halfstarved , and half - naked beggars in your streets ? How great a part of the
price of all that is eat , or drunk , or consumed by those wretched creatures !
And what excises can your majesty hope to receive by the consumption of the
halfstarved , and half - naked beggars in your streets ? How great a part of the
price of all that is eat , or drunk , or consumed by those wretched creatures !
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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
Beliebte Passagen
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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