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Page 208
Merit , compelled to watch side from the guilding brightness of and cherish in
solitude the germs of irtheir guarding star , to seek support , or ternal talent , and
unable finally to resease under ignobler influence ; but it cue its claims from ...
Merit , compelled to watch side from the guilding brightness of and cherish in
solitude the germs of irtheir guarding star , to seek support , or ternal talent , and
unable finally to resease under ignobler influence ; but it cue its claims from ...
Page 254
Let not as human power can provide , every those of our readers who move in
man's condition should be regulated the higher circles of society , who by his
merit . This is the great end are surrounded by wealth and in- of established ...
Let not as human power can provide , every those of our readers who move in
man's condition should be regulated the higher circles of society , who by his
merit . This is the great end are surrounded by wealth and in- of established ...
Page 256
It flattered their He was twice elected into parliament passion to see plebeian
merit coping for the borough of Stafford . - with aristocratical pride and united , In
times less favourable to genius but ' acknowledged worth , conferring , and
freedom ...
It flattered their He was twice elected into parliament passion to see plebeian
merit coping for the borough of Stafford . - with aristocratical pride and united , In
times less favourable to genius but ' acknowledged worth , conferring , and
freedom ...
Page 269
Merit attracts envy ; and prize without supposing the strugrewards before they are
bestowed gle was even in proportion to its are generally impaired by the jeal
powers . Success is rendered gloousy of rivalship . He , who trusts rious by the ...
Merit attracts envy ; and prize without supposing the strugrewards before they are
bestowed gle was even in proportion to its are generally impaired by the jeal
powers . Success is rendered gloousy of rivalship . He , who trusts rious by the ...
Page 270
shades of retirement , but confidence But pomp ( says Dr. Johnson ) is must be
the mean of disgrace unless not the only merit of this play it is founded on the
most durable | The meek sorrows and virtuous virtues and the noblest of actions ...
shades of retirement , but confidence But pomp ( says Dr. Johnson ) is must be
the mean of disgrace unless not the only merit of this play it is founded on the
most durable | The meek sorrows and virtuous virtues and the noblest of actions ...
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Page 276 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend — This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall: Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all.
Page 276 - HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath...
Page 276 - I ne'er could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me ; I ne'er saw nectar on a lip, But where my own did hope to sip.
Page 177 - Christian religion, which might be drawn from the prophecies of the Old Testament, from the necessary connection it has with the whole system of the Jewish religion, from the miracles of Christ, and from the evidence given of his resurrection by all the other apostles, he thought the conversion of St Paul alone, duly considered, was of itself a demonstration sufficient to prove Christianity to be a divine revelation.
Page 30 - Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. For as for the first wrong, it doth but offend the law ; but the revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of office.
Page 224 - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in the fields and groves...
Page 237 - ... if wise men and prophets be not extremely out, have a great power over dispositions and manners, to smooth and make them gentle from rustic harshness and distempered passions.
Page 235 - My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant ; nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilized country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune.
Page 200 - Be yet patient! I have but a few words more to say. I am going to my cold and silent grave : my lamp of life is nearly extinguished : my race is run : the grave opens to receive me, and I sink into its bosom!
Page 210 - Oh! while along the stream of Time thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame, Say, shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale?