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... “ It strikes me , this is a very extraordinary person . We are alone ; is there any objection to his supping with us ? " " If it be your pleasure , none , " said Hassan . The scene around the house was lovely , the air 8 THE OGIRINAL .
... “ It strikes me , this is a very extraordinary person . We are alone ; is there any objection to his supping with us ? " " If it be your pleasure , none , " said Hassan . The scene around the house was lovely , the air 8 THE OGIRINAL .
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... person , ( which had always some diverting exercise and pleasing entertainment mixed with their solemn devotion , ) he soothed the minds of the people , and rendered their fiery , martial temper more cool and tame . Numa forbad the ...
... person , ( which had always some diverting exercise and pleasing entertainment mixed with their solemn devotion , ) he soothed the minds of the people , and rendered their fiery , martial temper more cool and tame . Numa forbad the ...
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... person , take a survey of them ; and making a judgment of every man's in- clination and manners by his industry , and the improvements he had made , he preferred those to honours and authority , who had merited most , and , on the ...
... person , take a survey of them ; and making a judgment of every man's in- clination and manners by his industry , and the improvements he had made , he preferred those to honours and authority , who had merited most , and , on the ...
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... person of the prince , nor was there any plot or conspiracy out of ambitious design to oust him of his government . But either the fear of the gods , who seemed to take a particular care of his person , or a reverence for his virtue ...
... person of the prince , nor was there any plot or conspiracy out of ambitious design to oust him of his government . But either the fear of the gods , who seemed to take a particular care of his person , or a reverence for his virtue ...
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... persons of the humbler classes . By exciting false hopes it leads to false steps ; and unsettled habits , anxiety , disappointment , disho- nesty , ruin , and untimely or ignominious death , have been directly or indirectly its ...
... persons of the humbler classes . By exciting false hopes it leads to false steps ; and unsettled habits , anxiety , disappointment , disho- nesty , ruin , and untimely or ignominious death , have been directly or indirectly its ...
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Page 355 - See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand! O, that I were a glove upon that hand, That I might touch that cheek ! Jul.
Page 355 - tis not to me she speaks: Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, Having some business, do entreat her eyes To twinkle in their spheres till they return.
Page 328 - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 25 - Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice, And could of men distinguish her election, She hath seal'd thee for herself: for thou hast been As one, in suffering all, that suffers nothing ; A man, that fortune's buffets and rewards Hast ta'en with equal thanks...
Page 400 - This was the noblest Roman of them all: All the conspirators, save only he, Did that they did in envy of great Caesar; He, only, in a general honest thought, And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle; and the elements So mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up, And say to all the world, This was a man!
Page 326 - It ascends me into the brain ; dries me there all the foolish and dull and crudy vapours which environ it; makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble, fiery, and delectable shapes; which delivered o'er to the voice, — the tongue, — which is the birth, becomes excellent wit.
Page 10 - But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Page 354 - Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief, That thou her maid art far more fair than she...
Page 27 - LAERTES' head. And these few precepts in thy memory See thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportion'd thought his act. Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd comrade.
Page 356 - O, speak again, bright angel ! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him, When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds And sails upon the bosom of the air.