The Beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians: Connected and Digested Under Alphabetical Heads, Volume 2J. Bumstead, 1801 |
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... thofe of ftring mufic , ihort and tranfient , which rife and perifh upon a fingle touch ; thofe of other languages are like the notes of wind inftruments , fweet and fwelling , and lengthened out into variety of modulation . In the next ...
... thofe of ftring mufic , ihort and tranfient , which rife and perifh upon a fingle touch ; thofe of other languages are like the notes of wind inftruments , fweet and fwelling , and lengthened out into variety of modulation . In the next ...
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... thofe hard words and dark expreffions in which our newspapers do fo much abound . I have feen many a prudent citizen , after having read every article , inquire of his next neigh- bour what news the mail had brought . I remember in that ...
... thofe hard words and dark expreffions in which our newspapers do fo much abound . I have feen many a prudent citizen , after having read every article , inquire of his next neigh- bour what news the mail had brought . I remember in that ...
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... thofe little blem- ishes and imperfections that discover themselves in an illuftrious character . It is matter of great confola- tion to an envious perfon , when a man of known hon- our does a thing unworthy of himfelf : Or when any ...
... thofe little blem- ishes and imperfections that discover themselves in an illuftrious character . It is matter of great confola- tion to an envious perfon , when a man of known hon- our does a thing unworthy of himfelf : Or when any ...
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... thofe which he had . In the fame manner , afk an envious man what he thinks of virtue ; He will call it defign ; what of good - nature ? Ard he will term.it dulnefs . The difference is , that as the perfon before - mentioned was born ...
... thofe which he had . In the fame manner , afk an envious man what he thinks of virtue ; He will call it defign ; what of good - nature ? Ard he will term.it dulnefs . The difference is , that as the perfon before - mentioned was born ...
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... thofe heavenly airs that are played to the departed fouls of good men upon their first arrival in Paradife , to wear out the impreffions of the laft ago- nies , and qualify them for the pleafures of that happy place . My heart melted ...
... thofe heavenly airs that are played to the departed fouls of good men upon their first arrival in Paradife , to wear out the impreffions of the laft ago- nies , and qualify them for the pleafures of that happy place . My heart melted ...
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Page 32 - I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon...
Page 233 - And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour, so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
Page 146 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Page 218 - That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Page 122 - And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures?
Page 232 - Lord, my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father; and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
Page 338 - Dutch, whom we are apt to despise for want of genius, show an infinitely greater taste of antiquity and politeness in their buildings and works of this nature, than what we meet with in those of our own country.
Page 34 - I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. The islands...
Page 219 - ... uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules: within a month, Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled eyes, She married.
Page 35 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.