Select British Classics, Volym 13J. Conrad, 1803 |
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... pleased or confounded as he finds more or less of himself in it . The commendation of any thing in another stirs up his jealousy , as it shews you have a value for others besides himself ; but the commendation of that which he himself ...
... pleased or confounded as he finds more or less of himself in it . The commendation of any thing in another stirs up his jealousy , as it shews you have a value for others besides himself ; but the commendation of that which he himself ...
Sida 7
... pleased or confounded as he finds more or less of himself in it . The commendation of any thing in another stirs up his jealousy , as it shews you have a value for others besides himself ; but the commendation of that which he himself ...
... pleased or confounded as he finds more or less of himself in it . The commendation of any thing in another stirs up his jealousy , as it shews you have a value for others besides himself ; but the commendation of that which he himself ...
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... pleased with a jest , or transported with any thing that is gay or di- verting . If his beauty be none of the best , you must be a professed admirer of prudence , or any other qua- lity he is master of , or at least vain enough to think ...
... pleased with a jest , or transported with any thing that is gay or di- verting . If his beauty be none of the best , you must be a professed admirer of prudence , or any other qua- lity he is master of , or at least vain enough to think ...
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... pleased to say , that little that is truly noble can be expected from one who is ever por- ing on his cash - book , or balancing his accounts . When I have my returns from abroad , I can tell to a shilling by the help of numbers , the ...
... pleased to say , that little that is truly noble can be expected from one who is ever por- ing on his cash - book , or balancing his accounts . When I have my returns from abroad , I can tell to a shilling by the help of numbers , the ...
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... pleased to think that I had at last got the better of her ; but was surprised the next morning to hear her talking out of her window quite cross the street , with another woman that lodges over me : " I am since informed that she made ...
... pleased to think that I had at last got the better of her ; but was surprised the next morning to hear her talking out of her window quite cross the street , with another woman that lodges over me : " I am since informed that she made ...
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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...