Relics of LiteratureT. Boys, 1823 - 400 páginas |
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... hand , as he has been not to make it a mere collection of " elegant extracts ' on the other . He trusts , however , that there will be found some articles that are rare , others that are curious , and many that are interesting ; and ...
... hand , as he has been not to make it a mere collection of " elegant extracts ' on the other . He trusts , however , that there will be found some articles that are rare , others that are curious , and many that are interesting ; and ...
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... hands ) to flye about without wings , and poore men shall be accounted knaues without occasions ; and those that flatter least shall speed worst . 66 It shall be lawful for some to haue the palsie in their teeth , in such sort , as they ...
... hands ) to flye about without wings , and poore men shall be accounted knaues without occasions ; and those that flatter least shall speed worst . 66 It shall be lawful for some to haue the palsie in their teeth , in such sort , as they ...
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... hand ; that which he saw with his eyes ; that which he could comprehend in argu- ment . " Three things which cause a man to keep his friends— if he give much ; if he ask little ; if he take nothing . " Three things necessary in a ...
... hand ; that which he saw with his eyes ; that which he could comprehend in argu- ment . " Three things which cause a man to keep his friends— if he give much ; if he ask little ; if he take nothing . " Three things necessary in a ...
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... hand to the conclu- sion of the year . " After the decease of Llyr , Cordeilla took the government of the isle of Britain ; and she managed it for five years in peace and tranquillity , and in the sixth year rose her two nephews , sons ...
... hand to the conclu- sion of the year . " After the decease of Llyr , Cordeilla took the government of the isle of Britain ; and she managed it for five years in peace and tranquillity , and in the sixth year rose her two nephews , sons ...
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... hand of the injured Macduff . EXTEMPORE LINES TO A PINT POT . OLD poets Hippocrene admire , And pray to water to inspire Their muse's birth and heavenly fire ; Had they this seemly fountain seen , Sack both their drink and muse had been ...
... hand of the injured Macduff . EXTEMPORE LINES TO A PINT POT . OLD poets Hippocrene admire , And pray to water to inspire Their muse's birth and heavenly fire ; Had they this seemly fountain seen , Sack both their drink and muse had been ...
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Página 275 - Yet there happened in my time one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (where he could spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion.
Página 383 - So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
Página 325 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest: welcome at an inn.
Página 384 - And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
Página 186 - I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe has furnished more eminent, to produce a single passage, superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Dunmore, when governor of this state.
Página 381 - And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
Página 81 - Her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it, till they marry ; and she had on a necklace, of exceeding fine jewels ; her hands were small, her fingers long, and her stature neither tall nor low; her air was 1 He probably means rushes. stately ; her manner of speaking mild and obliging.
Página 32 - Also I would, besides that allowance, have 600/. quarterly to be paid, for the performance of charitable works : and those things I would not, neither will be accountable for. Also, I will have three horses for my own saddle, that none shall dare to lend or borrow; none lend but I, none borrow but you.
Página 275 - No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end.
Página 8 - I'll count your power not worth a pin: Alas, what hereby shall I win, If he gainsay me ? What if I beat the wanton boy With many a rod ? He will repay me with annoy, Because a god. Then sit thou safely on my knee, And let thy bower my bosom be, Lurk in mine eyes, I like of thee; O Cupid, so thou pity me, Spare not, but play thee.