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... given him ; but tired out with writing ( the only liberty allowed him ) , and receiving answers at cross purposes , destitute of all hopes , he at length wrote a formal adieu ; but it was very unfortunately timed , for soon after he had ...
... given him ; but tired out with writing ( the only liberty allowed him ) , and receiving answers at cross purposes , destitute of all hopes , he at length wrote a formal adieu ; but it was very unfortunately timed , for soon after he had ...
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... given by one of these serene unobservers ! The common de- fence of these people is , that they have no design in reading but for pleasure , which I think should rather arise from the reflection and remembrance of what one has read ...
... given by one of these serene unobservers ! The common de- fence of these people is , that they have no design in reading but for pleasure , which I think should rather arise from the reflection and remembrance of what one has read ...
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... given them to move our pity , and prevent those cruelties we are too apt to inflict on our fellow - creatures . There is a passage in the book of Jonas , when God declares his unwillingness to destroy Nineveh , where methinks that ...
... given them to move our pity , and prevent those cruelties we are too apt to inflict on our fellow - creatures . There is a passage in the book of Jonas , when God declares his unwillingness to destroy Nineveh , where methinks that ...
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... given , that among men it was certainly so . I know it , ' said the cow , by woful experience ; for I have served a man this long time with milk , butter , and cheese , and brought him besides a calf every year ; but now I am old , he ...
... given , that among men it was certainly so . I know it , ' said the cow , by woful experience ; for I have served a man this long time with milk , butter , and cheese , and brought him besides a calf every year ; but now I am old , he ...
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... given her , as the animal is now become food , in token that all our labour , joy , and exulta- tion in the pursuit , were excited from the sole hope of making the stag an offering to her table ; that your honour has detracted from the ...
... given her , as the animal is now become food , in token that all our labour , joy , and exulta- tion in the pursuit , were excited from the sole hope of making the stag an offering to her table ; that your honour has detracted from the ...
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Page 281 - have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour, so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father
Page 163 - and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear, and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; neither believeth he that it n the sound of the trumpet. He
Page 163 - afraid as a grasshopper ? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength. He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at tear, and is not affrighted;
Page 170 - being. He is the fountain of life. He preserveth man and beast. He giveth food to all flesh. In his hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. The Lord
Page 244 - He would have a large piece of machinery represent the Pan-daemonium, where • from the arched roof Pendant by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps, and blazing cressets, fed With Naphtha and Asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky—— ' This might be finely represented by several illuminations disposed in a great frame of wood, with ten thousand beautiful exhalations of fire, which
Page 226 - move; Not the red arm of angry Jove, That flings the thunder from the sky, And gives it rage to roar, and strength to fly. Should the whole frame of nature round him break. In ruin and confusion hurl'd, He unconcern'd, would hear the mighty
Page 225 - PARAPHRASED. The man resolv'd and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamours, and tumultuous cries: The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles, And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies, And with superior greatness smiles. Not the rough whirlwind, that deforms Adria's black gulph, and
Page 126 - That is to say, a poet should never call upon the gods for their assistance, but when he is in great perplexity.' » FOR THE DESCRIPTIONS. For a tempest.—' Take Eurus, Zephyr, Auster, and Boreas, and cast them together in one verse. Add to these of rain, lightning, and of thunder (the loudest you can) quantum
Page 127 - If such a description be necessary, because it is certain there is one in Virgil, Old Troy is ready burnt to your hands. But if you fear that would be thought borrowed, a chapter or two of the theory of conflagration », well circumstanced, and done into verse, will be a good succedaneum.'
Page 277 - Heaven has but Our sorrow for our sins, and then delights To pardon erring man. Sweet mercy seems Its darling attribute, which limits justice; As if there were degrees in infinite : And infinite would rather want perfection Than punish to extent " ' I might shew several faults of the same nature