The British Essayists, Volumen18Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1807 |
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... piece . I am , Venerable Nestor , Your friend and servant , P. N. ' I was a little surprised , having read some of your lion's roarings , that a creature of such eloquence should want a tongue ; but he has other qualifica- tions which ...
... piece . I am , Venerable Nestor , Your friend and servant , P. N. ' I was a little surprised , having read some of your lion's roarings , that a creature of such eloquence should want a tongue ; but he has other qualifica- tions which ...
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... piece he writes is not foreign to that of his natural inclination . For it is a great step towards gaining upon the pas- sions , that there is a delicacy in the choice of their object ; and to turn the imaginations towards a bride ...
... piece he writes is not foreign to that of his natural inclination . For it is a great step towards gaining upon the pas- sions , that there is a delicacy in the choice of their object ; and to turn the imaginations towards a bride ...
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... piece ? It is observed , that this modesty - piece still sinks lower and lower ; and who knows where it will fix at last ? 6 You must know , sir , I am a Turkey merchant , and I lived several years in a country where the women shew ...
... piece ? It is observed , that this modesty - piece still sinks lower and lower ; and who knows where it will fix at last ? 6 You must know , sir , I am a Turkey merchant , and I lived several years in a country where the women shew ...
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... pieces the pedigree of her that wore it , and would lift up their eyes to heaven at the confidence of the saucy minx ... piece of Mechlin lace , but they ex- amined her title to it . My aunt Martha used to chide me very frequently for ...
... pieces the pedigree of her that wore it , and would lift up their eyes to heaven at the confidence of the saucy minx ... piece of Mechlin lace , but they ex- amined her title to it . My aunt Martha used to chide me very frequently for ...
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... piece of human nature , begged that threescore and ten years ( which he heard would be the age of man in David's time ) might be taken out of his own life , and added to that of David . Accordingly , say the rabbins , Adam falls short ...
... piece of human nature , begged that threescore and ten years ( which he heard would be the age of man in David's time ) might be taken out of his own life , and added to that of David . Accordingly , say the rabbins , Adam falls short ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Abdallah acquainted Adamites Alcinous ALEXANDER CHALMERS ANACREON animals ants Balsora 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 fortune French gentleman give hands hath heart Helim hole honour human humble servant insects IRONSIDE kind king lady laid learned letter lion lived look lord lord Roscommon manner masquerade mind mistress nation nature nest NESTOR never night noble observed occasion OVID pains paper particular person philosopher pleased pleasure present Pulcheria racters rain reader reason Rhadamanthus ribaldry Ringwood roar santon says shew signed English soul speak species sword thing thou thought tion told took turn VIRG virtue whole wisdom woman women word XVIII young youth
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Página 201 - She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed ; Her husband also, and he praiseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, But thou excellest them all.
Página 200 - 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 200 - Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. ' ' The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. 12 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. She is like the merchants ' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Página 9 - A new commandment I give unto you : That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love one for another.
Página 35 - Are brought ; and feel by turns the bitter change Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce, From beds of raging fire to starve in ice Their soft ethereal warmth, and there to pine Immovable, infix'd, and frozen round, Periods of time ; thence hurried back to, fire.
Página 144 - A universe of death, which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good ; Where all life dies, death lives, and Nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned or fear conceived, Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chimeras dire.
Página 33 - 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 200 - She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
Página 39 - 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 40 - For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, or is measured by number of years. But wisdom is the gray hair to men, and an unspotted life is old age. He was taken away speedily, lest wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul,