The British Essayists;: ObserverJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1807 - English essays |
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... give place ! I'm Cæsar's actor now , and compass more In one short hour , than all my life before . ' O Fortune ! fickle source of good and ill , If here to place me ' twas thy sovereign will , Why , when I'd youth and faculties to ...
... give place ! I'm Cæsar's actor now , and compass more In one short hour , than all my life before . ' O Fortune ! fickle source of good and ill , If here to place me ' twas thy sovereign will , Why , when I'd youth and faculties to ...
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... give back her liberties to Rome ; and these may very possibly have been his meditations ; but they never arose in his mind till he found his life in the last stage of decay , when , having no heir of his own body , he would willingly ...
... give back her liberties to Rome ; and these may very possibly have been his meditations ; but they never arose in his mind till he found his life in the last stage of decay , when , having no heir of his own body , he would willingly ...
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... gives admission to an idle story of sorceries and incantations , practised by Piso for compassing the death of ... give credit to the transaction , even in respect to Piso's being guilty of the murder , much less with regard to ...
... gives admission to an idle story of sorceries and incantations , practised by Piso for compassing the death of ... give credit to the transaction , even in respect to Piso's being guilty of the murder , much less with regard to ...
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... give life to the flames of civil war ; already Scot- land had set those sparks into a blaze ; the king , unable to extinguish the conflagration by his own power and resources , for the fifth and last time con- venes his parliament ; but ...
... give life to the flames of civil war ; already Scot- land had set those sparks into a blaze ; the king , unable to extinguish the conflagration by his own power and resources , for the fifth and last time con- venes his parliament ; but ...
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... give the lights of information , and shut out the false colours of seduction , demands a judgment for distinguishing and an authority for controuling , which few go- vernors in that delicate situation ever possess , or can long retain ...
... give the lights of information , and shut out the false colours of seduction , demands a judgment for distinguishing and an authority for controuling , which few go- vernors in that delicate situation ever possess , or can long retain ...
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Page 88 - Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Page 157 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog...
Page 94 - And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon : and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves ; for the time of figs was not yet.
Page 119 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill, cannot be good : — if ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature...
Page 230 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
Page 134 - Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day ; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond "Which keeps me pale...
Page 86 - And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph...
Page 99 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Page 101 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent ; 52.
Page 125 - He's here in double trust; First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.