Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments;: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality, Band 2author., 1794 - 240 Seiten |
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... present him with his verses , the Emperor fent him a Greek epigram of his own compofing , and writ with his own hand . The poet received it with joy ; and , as he was reading it , he shewed by his face and gestures that he was mightily ...
... present him with his verses , the Emperor fent him a Greek epigram of his own compofing , and writ with his own hand . The poet received it with joy ; and , as he was reading it , he shewed by his face and gestures that he was mightily ...
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... present happened to know the great actress , and the fiddler afking her name , was told that she was the great Mrs. Pritchard , of the Theatre - Royal , in London . " I will give her a hint prefently , " ( faid Crowdero ) , and ...
... present happened to know the great actress , and the fiddler afking her name , was told that she was the great Mrs. Pritchard , of the Theatre - Royal , in London . " I will give her a hint prefently , " ( faid Crowdero ) , and ...
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... present ; which was no other than the cup which he had ftolen the day before from the hermit . The ufurer did not hesitate to accept it . He wished them a good journey , and affured them that if , on their return , they brought him fome ...
... present ; which was no other than the cup which he had ftolen the day before from the hermit . The ufurer did not hesitate to accept it . He wished them a good journey , and affured them that if , on their return , they brought him fome ...
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... present tempest , and canst look upon it only as the effect of the wrath of an offended Deity : whereas , wert thou acquainted with the true nature of things , thou wouldft be convinced , that it is entirely owing to his good- nefs and ...
... present tempest , and canst look upon it only as the effect of the wrath of an offended Deity : whereas , wert thou acquainted with the true nature of things , thou wouldft be convinced , that it is entirely owing to his good- nefs and ...
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... present , a humorous fellow of punning memory eftablished an ale - house near the pound , and wrote over his door , Ale fold by the Pound .'- As his ale was as good as his jokes , the Oxoniaps " reforted reforted to his house in great ...
... present , a humorous fellow of punning memory eftablished an ale - house near the pound , and wrote over his door , Ale fold by the Pound .'- As his ale was as good as his jokes , the Oxoniaps " reforted reforted to his house in great ...
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Seite 189 - What conscience dictates to be done. Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.
Seite 45 - Look'd through ? or can a part contain the whole ? Is the great chain, that draws all to agree, And drawn supports, upheld by God, or thee ? II.
Seite 190 - Or aught Thy goodness lent. Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Seite 190 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe.
Seite 190 - Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge Thy foe. If I am right, Thy grace impart...
Seite 150 - She was dressed in black, her skin was contracted into a thousand wrinkles, her eyes deep sunk in her head, and her complexion pale and livid as the countenance of death. Her looks were filled with terror and unrelenting severity, and her hands armed with whips and scorpions.
Seite 167 - In full-blown dignity, see Wolsey stand, Law in his voice, and fortune in his hand : To him the church, the realm, their pow'rs consign. Through him the rays of regal bounty shine, Turn'd by his nod the stream of honour flows, His smile alone security bestows...
Seite 232 - ... to the loiterer, who makes appointments which he never keeps; to the consulter, who asks advice which he never takes; to the boaster, who blusters only to be praised; to the complainer, who whines only to be pitied; to the projector, whose happiness is to entertain his friends with expectations which all but himself know to be vain; to the...
Seite 45 - Say first, of God above, or man below, What can we reason, but from what we know ? Of man, what see we but his station here, From which to reason, or to which refer ? Thro' worlds unnumber'd tho' the God be known, "Tis ours to trace him only in our own.
Seite 232 - ... who whines only to be pitied; to the projector, whose happiness is to entertain his friends with expectations which all but himself know to be vain; to the economist, who tells of bargains and settlements; to the politician, who predicts the fate of battles and breach of alliances; to the usurer, who compares the different funds; and to the talker, who talks only because he loves to be talking.