Memoirs of the Life of Mrs. Elizabeth Carter,: With a New Edition of Her Poems, Some of which Have Never Appeared Before; to which are Added, Some Miscellaneous Essays in Prose, Together with Her Notes on the Bible, ...F.C. and J. Rivington, no. 62, St. Paul's Church-Yard., 1807 - 643 sidor |
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... give up all thoughts of becoming a scholar . But she was determined to overcome the difficulty , and her unwearied application injured her health , and probably laid the foundation of those frequent and severe head - achs , from which ...
... give up all thoughts of becoming a scholar . But she was determined to overcome the difficulty , and her unwearied application injured her health , and probably laid the foundation of those frequent and severe head - achs , from which ...
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... give up the custom , though it was very disagreeable to her father . This ardent thirst after knowledge was , however , at length crowned with complete success ; and her acquirements became , even very early in life , such as are rarely ...
... give up the custom , though it was very disagreeable to her father . This ardent thirst after knowledge was , however , at length crowned with complete success ; and her acquirements became , even very early in life , such as are rarely ...
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... give a better account of the wanderings of Ulysses and Æneas , than she could of the voyages and discoveries of Cook or Bougainville . But among her studies there was one which she never neg- lected ; one which was always dear to her ...
... give a better account of the wanderings of Ulysses and Æneas , than she could of the voyages and discoveries of Cook or Bougainville . But among her studies there was one which she never neg- lected ; one which was always dear to her ...
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... give you the very best counsel I know , Even purchase a ' larum as loud as e'er squall'd And set but your hour , and you're sure to be call'd . " In this advice she alluded to her own practice , having always a ' larum in her own ...
... give you the very best counsel I know , Even purchase a ' larum as loud as e'er squall'd And set but your hour , and you're sure to be call'd . " In this advice she alluded to her own practice , having always a ' larum in her own ...
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... mislead you . If you cannot bring your mind to a compliance , I , and all your friends will be sorry for your missing so good a prospect : but but I will give you no uneasiness . Consult calmly 20 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE.
... mislead you . If you cannot bring your mind to a compliance , I , and all your friends will be sorry for your missing so good a prospect : but but I will give you no uneasiness . Consult calmly 20 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE.
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Sida 585 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Sida 592 - Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
Sida 584 - For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels. 27 But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
Sida 446 - For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Sida 451 - She was dressed in black, her skin was contracted into a thousand wrinkles, her eyes deep sunk in her head, and her complexion pale and livid as the countenance of death. Her looks were filled with terror and unrelenting severity, and her hands armed with whips and scorpions.
Sida 397 - Blest source of purer joys ; In ev'ry form of beauty bright, That captivates the mental sight With pleasure and surprise; To thy unspotted shrine I bow, Assist thy modest suppliant's vow, That breathes no wild desires : But, taught by thy unerring rules To shun the fruitless wish of fools, To nobler views aspires.
Sida 456 - Return then, with me, from continual misery, to moderate enjoyment, and grateful alacrity. Return from the contracted views of solitude, to the proper duties of a relative and dependent being.
Sida 454 - ... of a stricter self-government. Whoever has been guilty of voluntary excesses must patiently submit both to the painful workings of nature, and needful severities of medicine, in order to his cure. Still he is entitled to a moderate share of whatever alleviating accommodations this fair mansion of his merciful Parent affords, consistent with his recovery.
Sida 85 - Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me: Safe from the Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne, Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone.
Sida 514 - We were sufficiently instructed by experience, what the holy Psalmist means by the dew of Hermon, our tents being as wet with it, as if it had rained all night.