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... folly of inconsistent expectations 61 On good - nature- 64 Liberty and slavery On a classical education The two bees The siege of Calais On betraying private conversation The continence of Scipio Africanus On cruelty to inferior animals ...
... folly of inconsistent expectations 61 On good - nature- 64 Liberty and slavery On a classical education The two bees The siege of Calais On betraying private conversation The continence of Scipio Africanus On cruelty to inferior animals ...
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... folly and wickedness of war On the beauty and happiness of an open behaviour and an 251 1 ingenuous disposition 255 A remedy for discontent 259 The resignation of the Emperor Charles V. 263 The whistle , a true story 267 On good ...
... folly and wickedness of war On the beauty and happiness of an open behaviour and an 251 1 ingenuous disposition 255 A remedy for discontent 259 The resignation of the Emperor Charles V. 263 The whistle , a true story 267 On good ...
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... difregard the " artful and malicious reproaches of the vain , who " labour to make you a convert to folly , in order to " keep them in countenance . They will laugh at first , A 2 " but " but will efteem you in their hearts , even ( 3 )
... difregard the " artful and malicious reproaches of the vain , who " labour to make you a convert to folly , in order to " keep them in countenance . They will laugh at first , A 2 " but " but will efteem you in their hearts , even ( 3 )
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... folly ; he now faw how happi- nefs is loft when eafe is confulted ; he lamented the unmanly impatience that prompted him to feek shelter in the grove , and despised the petty curiofity that led him on from trifle to trifle . While he ...
... folly ; he now faw how happi- nefs is loft when eafe is confulted ; he lamented the unmanly impatience that prompted him to feek shelter in the grove , and despised the petty curiofity that led him on from trifle to trifle . While he ...
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... folly and weakness of man . Indifference , and a careleffness on the subject of pleasing those whom it is our best interest to please , often ren- der it a scene of dulnefs and infipidity . Happy if the evil extended no farther . But ...
... folly and weakness of man . Indifference , and a careleffness on the subject of pleasing those whom it is our best interest to please , often ren- der it a scene of dulnefs and infipidity . Happy if the evil extended no farther . But ...
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Page 281 - Aonian maids, Delight no more — O Thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire! Rapt into future times the bard begun: A Virgin shall conceive — a Virgin bear a Son ! From Jesse's root behold a Branch arise Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies: Th' Ethereal Spirit o'er its leaves shall move, And on its top descends the mystic Dove.
Page 177 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Page 177 - Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.
Page 300 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 267 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth.
Page 306 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Page 264 - ... sense of their fidelity and attachment, and would carry the remembrance of it along with him to the place of his retreat, as his...
Page 282 - Saviour comes! by ancient bards foretold: Hear him, ye deaf! and all ye blind, behold! He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, And on the sightless eyeball pour the day: 'Tis he th' obstructed paths of sound shall clear And bid new music charm th' unfolding ear: The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding roe.
Page 179 - And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen ; and ye shall haste, and bring down my father hither.
Page 305 - twas a famous victory. 'My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by; They burnt his dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly: So with his wife and child he fled Nor had he where to rest his head.