Select British Classics, Volym 13J. Conrad, 1803 |
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... particular person , it would be dif- ficult to find out so proper a patron for it as your- self , there being none whose merit is more uni- versally acknowledged by all parties , and who has made himself more friends , and fewer ene ...
... particular person , it would be dif- ficult to find out so proper a patron for it as your- self , there being none whose merit is more uni- versally acknowledged by all parties , and who has made himself more friends , and fewer ene ...
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... A jealous husband has a particular aversion to winks and whispers , and if he do not see to the bottom of every thing , will be sure to go beyond it in his fears N and suspicions . He will always expect to be THE SPECTATOR .
... A jealous husband has a particular aversion to winks and whispers , and if he do not see to the bottom of every thing , will be sure to go beyond it in his fears N and suspicions . He will always expect to be THE SPECTATOR .
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... particular , my genius for raillery , I took one ' of the most celebrated Butts in town along with me . " It is with the utmost shame and confusion that I must " acquaint you with the sequel of my adventure : as ' soon as we were got ...
... particular , my genius for raillery , I took one ' of the most celebrated Butts in town along with me . " It is with the utmost shame and confusion that I must " acquaint you with the sequel of my adventure : as ' soon as we were got ...
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... particular rules ; when he is in the best ' humour to receive this , I am answered only , that I expose my own reputation and sense if I appear ' jealous . I wish , good Sir , you would take this into ' serious consideration , and ...
... particular rules ; when he is in the best ' humour to receive this , I am answered only , that I expose my own reputation and sense if I appear ' jealous . I wish , good Sir , you would take this into ' serious consideration , and ...
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... particular taste of either . As they neither of them know what I pro- ceed upon , the sprightly reader , who takes up my paper in order to be diverted , very often finds him- self engaged unawares in a serious and profitable course of ...
... particular taste of either . As they neither of them know what I pro- ceed upon , the sprightly reader , who takes up my paper in order to be diverted , very often finds him- self engaged unawares in a serious and profitable course of ...
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Sida 35 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Sida 343 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek, Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides, Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe...
Sida 35 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Sida 242 - Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life : cunning is a kind of instinct, that only looks out after our immediate interest and welfare.
Sida 35 - If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; (What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him ? Did not he that made me in the womb make him ? and did not One fashion us in the womb...
Sida 343 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Sida 36 - If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him : 30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
Sida 112 - Cornaro, who was the author of the little treatise I am mentioning, was of an infirm constitution, till about forty, when by obstinately persisting in an exact course of temperance, he recovered a perfect state of health ; insomuch that at fourscore he published his book, which has been translated into English under the title of ' Sure and certain Methods of attaining a long and healthy Life.
Sida 240 - ... such a manner, that if he became his enemy, it should not be in his power to hurt him. The first part of this rule, which regards our behaviour towards an enemy, is indeed very reasonable, as well as very prudential ; but the latter part of it, which regards our behaviour towards a friend, savours...
Sida 228 - Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy...