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... tion of money , than of wisdom ; the computer re- fers none of his calculations to his own tenure , but persists , in contempt of probability , to foretel old age to himself , and believes that he is marked out to reach the utmost verge ...
... tion of money , than of wisdom ; the computer re- fers none of his calculations to his own tenure , but persists , in contempt of probability , to foretel old age to himself , and believes that he is marked out to reach the utmost verge ...
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... ; a constant and perennial softness of man- ner , easiness of approach , and suavity of disposi- tion ; like that which every man perceives in him- self , when the first transports of new felicity have N ° 72 . 7 THE RAMBLER .
... ; a constant and perennial softness of man- ner , easiness of approach , and suavity of disposi- tion ; like that which every man perceives in him- self , when the first transports of new felicity have N ° 72 . 7 THE RAMBLER .
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... tion to those whose learning holds us at the distance of pupils , or whose wit calls all attention from us , and leaves us without importance and without regard . It is remarked by prince Henry , when he sees Falstaff lying on the ...
... tion to those whose learning holds us at the distance of pupils , or whose wit calls all attention from us , and leaves us without importance and without regard . It is remarked by prince Henry , when he sees Falstaff lying on the ...
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... tion to his behaviour , and that usefulness will al- ways procure friends ; yet it has been found , that there is an art of granting requests , an art very difficult of attainment ; that officiousness and libe- rality may be so ...
... tion to his behaviour , and that usefulness will al- ways procure friends ; yet it has been found , that there is an art of granting requests , an art very difficult of attainment ; that officiousness and libe- rality may be so ...
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... of my female acquaintances fail to introduce the men- tion of my misfortunes , to compare my present and former condition , to tell me how much it must trouble me to want the splendour which I became so N ° 7.5 . 27 THE RAMBLER .
... of my female acquaintances fail to introduce the men- tion of my misfortunes , to compare my present and former condition , to tell me how much it must trouble me to want the splendour which I became so N ° 7.5 . 27 THE RAMBLER .
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Seite 413 - Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Seite 124 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar: When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Seite 133 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Seite 411 - No strength of man or fiercest wild beast could withstand ; Who tore the lion...
Seite 82 - But thou hast promis'd from us two a race To fill the earth, who shall with us extol Thy goodness infinite, both when we wake, And when we seek, as now, thy gift of sleep.
Seite 138 - Up to our native seat : descent and fall To us is adverse. Who but felt of late, When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear Insulting, and pursued us through the deep, With what compulsion and laborious flight We sunk thus low? The...
Seite 105 - Whatever hypocrites austerely talk Of purity, and place, and innocence, Defaming as impure what God declares Pure, and commands to some, leaves free to all.
Seite 107 - Adam, well may we labour still to dress This garden, still to tend plant, herb, and flower, Our pleasant task enjoin'd ; but, till more hands Aid us, the work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint ; what we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, One night or two with wanton growth derides, Tending to wild.
Seite 48 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Seite 82 - Which they beheld, the moon's resplendent globe, And starry pole : « Thou also mad'st the night, Maker Omnipotent! and thou the day...