The British Essayists;: GuardianJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1807 |
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... Regard for Posterity 139. History of Lions - Story of Androcles 140. On Female Dress - Letter to Pope Cle- ment on the Tucker 141. On Wit - Life of the Author 142. Danger of Masquerades - Letter from a Dealer in Fig Leaves ... 143 ...
... Regard for Posterity 139. History of Lions - Story of Androcles 140. On Female Dress - Letter to Pope Cle- ment on the Tucker 141. On Wit - Life of the Author 142. Danger of Masquerades - Letter from a Dealer in Fig Leaves ... 143 ...
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... regard the co- vering of his wings , and the many aukward and fop . pish contortions into which he put his body to do her homage , it made me reflect upon my own youth , and the caprices of the fair but fantastic Teraminta . Often have ...
... regard the co- vering of his wings , and the many aukward and fop . pish contortions into which he put his body to do her homage , it made me reflect upon my own youth , and the caprices of the fair but fantastic Teraminta . Often have ...
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... regard to the hu man soul , whose affection towards the individuals of the same species , who are distantly related to it , is rendered inconspicuous by its more powerful attrac- tion towards those who have a nearer relation to it . But ...
... regard to the hu man soul , whose affection towards the individuals of the same species , who are distantly related to it , is rendered inconspicuous by its more powerful attrac- tion towards those who have a nearer relation to it . But ...
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... regard the analogy of nature , as it appears in the mutual attraction or gravitations of the mundane system , in the general frame and constitution of the human soul ; or lastly , in the ends and aptness which are discoverable in all ...
... regard the analogy of nature , as it appears in the mutual attraction or gravitations of the mundane system , in the general frame and constitution of the human soul ; or lastly , in the ends and aptness which are discoverable in all ...
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... regard the state . But the memorial which is mentioned in the following letter is so dar- ing , and so apparently designed for the most traitor- ous purpose imaginable , that I do not care what misinterpretation . suffer , when I expose ...
... regard the state . But the memorial which is mentioned in the following letter is so dar- ing , and so apparently designed for the most traitor- ous purpose imaginable , that I do not care what misinterpretation . suffer , when I expose ...
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Abdallah acquainted Adamites Alcinous animals ants AUGUST Balsora Barmecide Barsisa beauty body bring caliphs charms common corn creatures daughter death desire Dion Cassius dress DRYDEN Dunkirk earth Elysium entertainment Eveites eyes fair fear female France French garden gentleman give hand hath heart Helim honour human humble servant insects IRONSIDE kind king lady learned letter lion live look lord lord Roscommon manner masquerade matter mind nature nest NESTOR never night noble observed occasion OVID pains paper particular Persian empire person philosopher pismire pleased pleasure Polyhymnia present pretty Pulcheria Pythagoras racters reader reason Rhadamanthus Ringwood roar santon says shew soul Sparkler speak species sword thee thing thou thought tion told took turn VIRG virtue whole woman word XVIII young youth
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Página 231 - She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. 13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. 14 She is like the merchants' ships : she bringeth her food from afar.
Página 232 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom ; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
Página 232 - Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land. She maketh fine linen, and selleth it, and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
Página 80 - What choice to choose for delicacy best, What order so contrived as not to mix Tastes, not well joined, inelegant, but bring Taste after taste upheld with kindliest change...
Página 233 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Página 43 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Página 182 - Madam, (says he, to the first of them) you have been upon the earth about fifty years : what have you been doing there all this while ?' ' Doing ! (says she) really I do not know what I have been doing : I desire I may have time given me to recollect.
Página 232 - She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Página 49 - You formerly observed to me that nothing made a more ridiculous figure in a man's life than the disparity we often find in him sick and well ; thus one of an unfortunate constitution is perpetually exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of his mind, and of his body, in their turns. I have had frequent opportunities of late to consider myself in these different views, and, I hope, have received some advantage by it, if what Waller says be true, that The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd,...
Página 197 - Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her, And imitates her actions, where she is not : It ought not to be sported with.