The British Essayists, Volumen18Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1807 |
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... corn to the nest , came down again to help them . Some are so unfortunate as to fall down with their load , when they are almost come home . When this hap- pens they seldom lose their corn , but carry it up again . I saw one of the ...
... corn to the nest , came down again to help them . Some are so unfortunate as to fall down with their load , when they are almost come home . When this hap- pens they seldom lose their corn , but carry it up again . I saw one of the ...
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... corn , which I had laid up for them , I resolved to shew it to them . In order to know how far their industry could reach , I contrived an expedient , which had good success , The thing will appear incredible to those who never ...
... corn , which I had laid up for them , I resolved to shew it to them . In order to know how far their industry could reach , I contrived an expedient , which had good success , The thing will appear incredible to those who never ...
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... corn was finer ; they had a greater plenty of provisions ; their nest was fur- nished with more inhabitants , and they were bigger and stronger . It was the principal and the capital nest . Nay , I observed that those ants were dis ...
... corn was finer ; they had a greater plenty of provisions ; their nest was fur- nished with more inhabitants , and they were bigger and stronger . It was the principal and the capital nest . Nay , I observed that those ants were dis ...
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... corn and their dry earth in the sun about the tiles , as one may see every day . I took care to cover the two ants ' nests that were troubled with the rain . As for the capital nest , there was no need of exercising my charity towards ...
... corn and their dry earth in the sun about the tiles , as one may see every day . I took care to cover the two ants ' nests that were troubled with the rain . As for the capital nest , there was no need of exercising my charity towards ...
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... corn , nor under so good a government . I made a hole in the box like that of an ant's nest , and laid , as it were , the foundation of a new city . After- ' wards I got as many ants as I could out of the nest in the terrace , and put ...
... corn , nor under so good a government . I made a hole in the box like that of an ant's nest , and laid , as it were , the foundation of a new city . After- ' wards I got as many ants as I could out of the nest in the terrace , and put ...
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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,