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... wish to see any mistakes continued without correction , or the various parts of it again presented to the publick ... wishes to express , or to enforce . Impertinence and falshood I have at all times despised and neglected . It will be ...
... wish to see any mistakes continued without correction , or the various parts of it again presented to the publick ... wishes to express , or to enforce . Impertinence and falshood I have at all times despised and neglected . It will be ...
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... wishes . I am satisfied with the attention which has been given to it . And when I have commanded a silence within my own breast , I think a still small voice may whisper those gratulations , from which an honest man may best derive ...
... wishes . I am satisfied with the attention which has been given to it . And when I have commanded a silence within my own breast , I think a still small voice may whisper those gratulations , from which an honest man may best derive ...
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... wish not to vindicate , but to explain myself . The object of the whole , is a View of Literature . The Poem itself is , " A Conversation on " the various subjects of Literature , in a very extended " sense , as it affects publick order ...
... wish not to vindicate , but to explain myself . The object of the whole , is a View of Literature . The Poem itself is , " A Conversation on " the various subjects of Literature , in a very extended " sense , as it affects publick order ...
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... if any observations of mine can avail . They may wish to know me ; but they may depend upon it , I will never give a proof of my spirit at the expence of my understanding . I would I would not have you , or any man , [ 15 ]
... if any observations of mine can avail . They may wish to know me ; but they may depend upon it , I will never give a proof of my spirit at the expence of my understanding . I would I would not have you , or any man , [ 15 ]
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... wish to act with thofe statesmen who , as far as is consistent with the dignity and fafety of the country , by a timely concession and a rational departure from too rigid prin- ciples , would prevent thofe calamities which result from ...
... wish to act with thofe statesmen who , as far as is consistent with the dignity and fafety of the country , by a timely concession and a rational departure from too rigid prin- ciples , would prevent thofe calamities which result from ...
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Page 249 - For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Page 428 - Wise men have said are wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys, And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge; As children gathering pebbles on the shore.
Page 107 - The notes I could wish to be very large, in what relates to the persons concerned; for I have long observed that twenty miles from London nobody understands hints, initial letters, or town facts and passages; and in a few years not even those who live in London.
Page 189 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave. Await alike the' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 238 - Our peasantry now read the Rights of Man on mountains, and moors, and by the way side; and shepherds make the analogy between their occupation and that of their governors.
Page 250 - And, skill'd at whist, devotes the night to play : Then, while such honours bloom around his head, Shall he sit sadly by the sick man's bed, To raise the hope he feels not, or with zeal To combat fears that e'en the pious feel?
Page 433 - I approve highly of lord Chatham's idea of infusing a portion of new health into the constitution, to enable it to bear its infirmities (a brilliant expression, and full of intrinsic wisdom) other reasons occur in persuading me to adopt it.
Page 302 - He scorns, in apathy, to float or dream On listless Satisfaction's torpid stream, But dares, ALONE, in vent'rous bark to ride Down turbulent Delight's tempestuous tide. With thoughts...
Page 247 - I take to be the discovery of the certainty or probability of such propositions or truths, which the mind arrives at by deduction made from such ideas which it has got by the use of its natural faculties, viz. by sensation or reflection.
Page 249 - And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see ; and ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; that the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.