The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 5Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson Munroe and Francis, 1808 Vols. 3-4 include appendix: "The Political cabinet." |
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... in Europe . Paul V. was the foun- The There are in this palace about fifteen or twenty apartments , kept always open to the visits of stran But I much question , whether we derive more pleasure 22 [ Jan. 22 Thirteenth Letter from Europe .
... in Europe . Paul V. was the foun- The There are in this palace about fifteen or twenty apartments , kept always open to the visits of stran But I much question , whether we derive more pleasure 22 [ Jan. 22 Thirteenth Letter from Europe .
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... pleasure grounds . Decorated with fountains and jettes d'eau , in which the Romans excel all the world , ornamented with artificial lakes , temples , and ruins , shaded by groves , and laid out in walks , sheltered by lofty hedges , it ...
... pleasure grounds . Decorated with fountains and jettes d'eau , in which the Romans excel all the world , ornamented with artificial lakes , temples , and ruins , shaded by groves , and laid out in walks , sheltered by lofty hedges , it ...
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... pleasurable pain and painful pleasure , the joy of grief , agreeable sadness , and de- lightful woe . By those , who are unused to the ' melting mood , ' or who think it worthy of their wis- dom and dignity to guard them- selves , and ...
... pleasurable pain and painful pleasure , the joy of grief , agreeable sadness , and de- lightful woe . By those , who are unused to the ' melting mood , ' or who think it worthy of their wis- dom and dignity to guard them- selves , and ...
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... pleasure the emotions , and to suffer with from affecting objects and repre- the sufferings of our fellow beings , sentations . The origin of this is expressed in a variety of terms pleasure has been a subject of spe- and phrases . It ...
... pleasure the emotions , and to suffer with from affecting objects and repre- the sufferings of our fellow beings , sentations . The origin of this is expressed in a variety of terms pleasure has been a subject of spe- and phrases . It ...
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... pleasure , turn aside from his pursuit to behold a sight of distress ? Shall the soft indolence of his mind be disturbed by images of misery ; or the noise of his mirth be interrupted by the cries of affliction ? If he must contract ...
... pleasure , turn aside from his pursuit to behold a sight of distress ? Shall the soft indolence of his mind be disturbed by images of misery ; or the noise of his mirth be interrupted by the cries of affliction ? If he must contract ...
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Page 599 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Page 309 - Give me leave. Here lies the water ; good : here stands the man ; good : If the man go to this water, and drown himself, it is, will he, nill he, he goes ; mark you that ? but if the water come to him, and drown him, he drowns not himself: argal, he that is not guilty of his own death, shortens not his own life. 2 Clo. But is this law ? 1 Clo. Ay, marry is 't ; crowner's-quest law. 2 Clo. Will you ha...
Page 312 - Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just day. O, could I lose all father, now! For why Will man lament the state he should envy? To have so soon 'scaped world's and flesh's rage, And, if no other misery, yet age! Rest in soft peace; and, asked, say: Here doth lie Ben Jonson his best piece of poetry — For whose sake, henceforth, all his vows be such, As what he loves may never like too much.
Page 230 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse : and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 217 - And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament, from the waters which were above the firmament : and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 342 - A Platform of Church Discipline gathered out of the word of God: and agreed upon by the Elders; and Messengers of the Churches assembled in the Synod at Cambridge in New England to be presented to the Churches and General!
Page 217 - And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
Page 30 - To die, is landing on some silent shore, Where billows never break nor tempests roar : Ere well we feel the friendly stroke 'tis o'er.
Page 111 - When at Oxford, I took up Law's ' Serious Call to a Holy Life,' expecting to find it a dull book, (as such books generally are), and perhaps to laugh at it But 1 found Law quite an overmatch for me...
Page 146 - ... becomes pleasure. Hence it proceeds that there is such a thing as a sorrow soft and agreeable: it is a pain weakened and diminished. The heart likes naturally to be moved and affected. Melancholy objects suit it, and even disastrous and sorrowful, provided they are softened by some circumstance. It is certain that, on the theatre, the representation has almost the effect of reality; yet it has not altogether that effect.