Memoirs: Containing the Lives of Several Ladies of Great Britain: A History of Antiquities, Productions of Nature, and Monuments of Art. Observations on the Christian Religion, as Professed by the Established Church, and Dissenters of Every Denomination. Remarks on the Writings of the Greatest English Divines ... with a Variety of Disquisitions and Opinions Relative to Criticism and Manners; and Many Extraordinary Actions ... |
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... excellent man , ( if fincerity and the fweetest temper , adorned with wit , tafte , and learning , are things that give excellence to men ) and was not then , if I remember right , full one and twenty , you did not appear at the public ...
... excellent man , ( if fincerity and the fweetest temper , adorned with wit , tafte , and learning , are things that give excellence to men ) and was not then , if I remember right , full one and twenty , you did not appear at the public ...
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... excellent women , who are glorious on account of their virtue and piety , and to be for ever admired for their literary accomplish ments . Those illustrious perfonages , and thefe . b 4 A these things he refolved to put together , and ...
... excellent women , who are glorious on account of their virtue and piety , and to be for ever admired for their literary accomplish ments . Those illustrious perfonages , and thefe . b 4 A these things he refolved to put together , and ...
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... the hard parts they had to play , as must please the wife and honeft . Mrs. Cheflyne's life is an aftonishing relation . The account of the excellent Mrs. Fanshaw , the generous reader will not be ex- xxiv . The HISTORY of.
... the hard parts they had to play , as must please the wife and honeft . Mrs. Cheflyne's life is an aftonishing relation . The account of the excellent Mrs. Fanshaw , the generous reader will not be ex- xxiv . The HISTORY of.
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... excellent Mrs. Fanshaw , the generous reader will not be able to read without tears . Among the things , the reader may not on- ly expect feveral accounts of antiquities , and of natural and artificial works ; but various literary ...
... excellent Mrs. Fanshaw , the generous reader will not be able to read without tears . Among the things , the reader may not on- ly expect feveral accounts of antiquities , and of natural and artificial works ; but various literary ...
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... excellent in its kind . The cyder and ale were admirable . Difcretion and dignity appeared in Marinda's behaviour ; fhe talk- ed with judgment ; and under the de- cencys of ignorance , was feen a valuable knowledge . After fupper , fhe ...
... excellent in its kind . The cyder and ale were admirable . Difcretion and dignity appeared in Marinda's behaviour ; fhe talk- ed with judgment ; and under the de- cencys of ignorance , was feen a valuable knowledge . After fupper , fhe ...
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Page 1 - Be kind and courteous to this gentleman ; Hop in his walks, and gambol in his eyes ; Feed him with apricocks and dewberries, With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries ; The honey-bags steal from the humble-bees, And for night-tapers crop their waxen thighs, And light them at the fiery glow-worm's eyes...
Page 158 - Pursuing and pursued, each other's prey ; As wolves for rapine, as the fox for wiles, Till Death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest station ends in, ' Here he lies ;' And ' dust to dust
Page 490 - ... but when the fulness of the time was come, GOD sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And, because ye are sons, GOD hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son ; and if a son, then an heir of GOD, through CHRIST.
Page xxviii - I had him often to myself in his rides and walks, and have studied his soul when he little thought what I was about. As I lodged for a year within a few doors of him, I knew his times of going out to a minute, and generally nicked the opportunity.
Page 490 - Galatia, grace be to you, and peace, from God the Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 131 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words, Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know...
Page xxviii - He fays it never can be drawn up with any degree of accuracy, fo exceedingly ftrange, various, and perplexed it was ; and yet the materials are to be gathered from his writings. All this I deny. I think I can draw his character ; not from his writings, but from my own near obfervations of the man. I knew him well, tho...
Page 365 - God; maker of all things; a clear knowledge of their duty was wanting to mankind. This part of knowledge, though cultivated with some care, by some of the heathen philosophers, yet got little footing among the people. All men indeed, under pain of displeasing the gods, were to frequent the temples, every one went to their sacrifices and services; but the priests made it not their business to teach them virtue.
Page 162 - Son alfo may glorify thee : 2 As thou haft given him power over all flefh, that he fhould give eternal life to as many as thou haft given him.