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My good friend , continued he , turning to the officer , " thee and I are to part by
and by , and peradventure we may never meet again : but be advised by a plain
man ; modes and apparel are but trifles to the real man , therefore do not think
such ...
My good friend , continued he , turning to the officer , " thee and I are to part by
and by , and peradventure we may never meet again : but be advised by a plain
man ; modes and apparel are but trifles to the real man , therefore do not think
such ...
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This common - place way of thinking I fell into from an aukward endeavour to
throw off a real and fresh affliction , by turning over books in a melancholy mood ;
but it is not easy to remove griefs which touch the heart , by applying remedies ...
This common - place way of thinking I fell into from an aukward endeavour to
throw off a real and fresh affliction , by turning over books in a melancholy mood ;
but it is not easy to remove griefs which touch the heart , by applying remedies ...
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While others . with thy talents were tormented with ambition , with vain - glory ,
with envy , with emulation , how well didst thou turn thy mind to its own
improvement in things out of the power of fortune : in probity , in integrity , in the
practice and ...
While others . with thy talents were tormented with ambition , with vain - glory ,
with envy , with emulation , how well didst thou turn thy mind to its own
improvement in things out of the power of fortune : in probity , in integrity , in the
practice and ...
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We may here likewise observe that our proper names , when familiarized in
English , generally dwindle to monosyllables , whereas in other modern
languages they receive a softer turn on this occasion , by the addition of a new
syllable .
We may here likewise observe that our proper names , when familiarized in
English , generally dwindle to monosyllables , whereas in other modern
languages they receive a softer turn on this occasion , by the addition of a new
syllable .
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... was going on to settle the geography of the jest when I left the room ,
wondering at this odd turn of head which can play away its words , with uttering
nothing to the purpose , still observing its own impertinencies , and yet
proceeding in them .
... was going on to settle the geography of the jest when I left the room ,
wondering at this odd turn of head which can play away its words , with uttering
nothing to the purpose , still observing its own impertinencies , and yet
proceeding in them .
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Page 145 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 221 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Page 130 - ... that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them. I could see persons dressed in glorious habits with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments.
Page 221 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Page 128 - 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 further examination perceived there were innumerable trap-doors that lay concealed in the bridge, which the passengers no sooner trod upon but they fell through them into the tide and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud hut many of...
Page 222 - ... if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering : if his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep : if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate; then let mine arm fall from my shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
Page 129 - Look no more, said he, on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it.
Page 130 - I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands. "At length," said I, "show me now, I beseech thee, the secrets that lie hid under those dark clouds which cover the ocean on the other side of the rock of adamant.
Page 134 - There is another kind of great geniuses which I shall place in a second class, not as I think them inferior to the first, but only for distinction's sake as they are of a different kind. This second class of great geniuses are those that have formed themselves by rules and submitted the greatness of their natural talents to the corrections and restraints of art.
Page 158 - ... as superintendents of our language, to hinder any words of a foreign coin from passing among us; and in particular to prohibit any French phrases from becoming current in this kingdom when those of our own stamp are altogether as valuable.
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| Title | The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J. Ferguson, Volumes 14-26 The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J. Ferguson, James Ferguson (advocate) |
| Author | British essayists |
| Editor | James Ferguson (advocate) |
| Published | 1819 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2007 |
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