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... favoured . — ' Like enough , ' replied the artist ; I paint in . the daylight , but I model , as you call it , in the dark . ' Cicero , it is well known , was a great joker , and some of his good sayings have reached us ; it does not ...
... favoured . — ' Like enough , ' replied the artist ; I paint in . the daylight , but I model , as you call it , in the dark . ' Cicero , it is well known , was a great joker , and some of his good sayings have reached us ; it does not ...
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... favour of Cæsar , who immediately took up Publius Syrus , a Syrian slave , who had been ma- numitted for his ingenious talents , and was acting in the country theatres with much applause : Cæsar fetched him out of his obscurity , as we ...
... favour of Cæsar , who immediately took up Publius Syrus , a Syrian slave , who had been ma- numitted for his ingenious talents , and was acting in the country theatres with much applause : Cæsar fetched him out of his obscurity , as we ...
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... favours my conjecture , that he made an attempt to dissuade Tiberius from holding on the empire , and the length of time it took up corroborates the probability of that conjecture ; and I further incline to think it likely that it might ...
... favours my conjecture , that he made an attempt to dissuade Tiberius from holding on the empire , and the length of time it took up corroborates the probability of that conjecture ; and I further incline to think it likely that it might ...
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... favour of freedom , but that slavery and submission under a despotic master was their determined choice , and if the alternative was to lie between himself and any other , there was little room for hesitation . Who more fit than the ...
... favour of freedom , but that slavery and submission under a despotic master was their determined choice , and if the alternative was to lie between himself and any other , there was little room for hesitation . Who more fit than the ...
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... favours ? Better might it be for a nation , to see a libertine on its throne , surrounded by virtuous counsellors , than to contemplate a virtuous sove- reign , delegating his authority to unprincipled and licentious servants , The king ...
... favours ? Better might it be for a nation , to see a libertine on its throne , surrounded by virtuous counsellors , than to contemplate a virtuous sove- reign , delegating his authority to unprincipled and licentious servants , The king ...
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The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays, Volym 2 Richard Cumberland Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1798 |
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Sida 119 - I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature...
Sida 100 - And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Sida 86 - And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph...
Sida 128 - I am settled, and bend up Each corporal agent to this terrible feat. Away, and mock the time with fairest show : False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
Sida 99 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Sida 118 - Cannot be ill, cannot be good : if ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion...
Sida 94 - And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon : and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves ; for the time of figs was not yet.
Sida 134 - His cloister'd flight; ere to black Hecate's summons The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums Hath rung night's yawning peal, there shall be done A deed of dreadful note.
Sida 111 - I may define it to be that faculty of the soul which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure and the imperfections with dislike.
Sida 157 - Witch. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake : Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue...