The Kilmarnock mirror, and literary gleaner, Volume 1at the Kilmarnock Press, by Mathie and Lochore, 1819 - English literature |
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THE KILMARNOCK MIRROR , AND Literary Gleaner ; CONSISTING OF ESSAYS , MORAL TALES , POETRY , AND A VARIETY OF Miscellaneous Pieces , ADAPTED FOR INSTRUCTION AND AMUSEMENT . VOL . I. OMNE TULIT PUNCTUM QUI MISCUIT UTILE DULCI , LECTOREM ...
THE KILMARNOCK MIRROR , AND Literary Gleaner ; CONSISTING OF ESSAYS , MORAL TALES , POETRY , AND A VARIETY OF Miscellaneous Pieces , ADAPTED FOR INSTRUCTION AND AMUSEMENT . VOL . I. OMNE TULIT PUNCTUM QUI MISCUIT UTILE DULCI , LECTOREM ...
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... essays are forced to express what they have to say es concisely as possible , which is more comfortable to the reader ; his attention is not fatigued with too long applicaiton , nor the mem- ory burdened by unnecessary circumlocution ...
... essays are forced to express what they have to say es concisely as possible , which is more comfortable to the reader ; his attention is not fatigued with too long applicaiton , nor the mem- ory burdened by unnecessary circumlocution ...
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... counterfeited the appearance so well , that he grew into great credit , married into a good family , and by laying out his sudden stores discreetly , Allegorical Essay on Happiness . as he saw occasion , AND LITERARY GLEANER . 7.
... counterfeited the appearance so well , that he grew into great credit , married into a good family , and by laying out his sudden stores discreetly , Allegorical Essay on Happiness . as he saw occasion , AND LITERARY GLEANER . 7.
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Allegorical Essay on Happiness . as he saw occasion , and joining to all an universal affability , he was admitted into a share of the government of the town , and rose from one post to another , till at length he was chosen chief ...
Allegorical Essay on Happiness . as he saw occasion , and joining to all an universal affability , he was admitted into a share of the government of the town , and rose from one post to another , till at length he was chosen chief ...
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Allegorical Essay on Happiness . labours and exertions tend . There is something in the very name of happiness that acts with an irresistible impulse upon man , and puts his whole mental and bodily energies in motion to attain it . It ...
Allegorical Essay on Happiness . labours and exertions tend . There is something in the very name of happiness that acts with an irresistible impulse upon man , and puts his whole mental and bodily energies in motion to attain it . It ...
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Page 92 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night...
Page 268 - The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it : for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon : and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Page 290 - Ah me ! what hand can touch the string so fine ? Who up the lofty diapason roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs divine, Then let them down again into the soul...
Page 290 - Lull'd the weak bosom, and induced ease, Aerial music in the warbling wind, At distance rising oft by small degrees, Nearer and nearer came, till o'er the trees It hung, and breath'd such soul-dissolving airs, As did, alas!
Page 228 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn. Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 323 - The bishop, in reply, with great wit and calmness, exposed this rude attack, concluding thus: "Since the noble lord hath discovered in our manners such a similitude, I am well content to be compared to the prophet Balaam ; but, my lords, I am at a loss how to make out the other part of the parallel: I am sure that I have been reproved by nobody but his lordship.
Page 313 - THERE is an hour of peaceful rest, To mourning wanderers given ; There is a joy for souls distressed, A balm for every wounded breast : 'Tis found above — in heaven.
Page 37 - Poor dog ! he was faithful and kind, to be sure, And he constantly loved me, although I was poor ; When the sour-looking folks sent me heartless away, I had always a friend in my poor dog Tray. When the road was so dark, and the night was so cold And Pat and his dog were grown weary and old, How snugly we slept in my old coat of...
Page 217 - The fisherman forsook the strand, The swarthy smith took dirk and brand; With changed cheer, the mower blithe Left in the...
Page 322 - Lords, said, among other things, 'that he prophesied last winter this bill would be attempted in the present session, and he was sorry to find that he had proved a true prophet.