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... against that flutter and timidity of fpirit , which is the common infelicity of young , and efpecially bafhful perfons , when they first begin to fpeak or read in public . This is a great hindrance both to their pronunciation and ...
... against that flutter and timidity of fpirit , which is the common infelicity of young , and efpecially bafhful perfons , when they first begin to fpeak or read in public . This is a great hindrance both to their pronunciation and ...
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... against men , without running into fome fentiments of malice or revenge , and thereby finning against God . Our anger is very apt to kindle about trifles , or upon mere fufpicion , without juft caufe ; or fometimes rifes too high ...
... against men , without running into fome fentiments of malice or revenge , and thereby finning against God . Our anger is very apt to kindle about trifles , or upon mere fufpicion , without juft caufe ; or fometimes rifes too high ...
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... against heaven . - Spectator . AFFECTATION proceeds from one of these two caufes vanity or hypocrify ; for as vanity puts us on affecting falle characters , in order to purchase applaufe ; fo hypocrify lets us on an endeavor to avoid ...
... against heaven . - Spectator . AFFECTATION proceeds from one of these two caufes vanity or hypocrify ; for as vanity puts us on affecting falle characters , in order to purchase applaufe ; fo hypocrify lets us on an endeavor to avoid ...
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... against himself : Renouncing fleep , and food , and reft , and ease ; He ftrives with thirst and hunger , toil and heat ; And when his fortune fets before him all The pomps and pleasures that his foul can wifh , His rigid virtue will ...
... against himself : Renouncing fleep , and food , and reft , and ease ; He ftrives with thirst and hunger , toil and heat ; And when his fortune fets before him all The pomps and pleasures that his foul can wifh , His rigid virtue will ...
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... with those still aim , That do not understand the game ; So cowards never use their might , But against such as will not fight . - Hudibras . Croifade . - Crown . - Credulity . CROISADE . 74 American Monitor . Johnfor 50 Hudibras.
... with those still aim , That do not understand the game ; So cowards never use their might , But against such as will not fight . - Hudibras . Croifade . - Crown . - Credulity . CROISADE . 74 American Monitor . Johnfor 50 Hudibras.
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Page 188 - Lord thine oaths; but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne; nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Page 121 - I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Page 209 - All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety, and happiness.
Page 81 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 58 - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in the fields and groves...
Page 210 - Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door; There, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through the day ;— There children dwell who know no parents' care; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there! Heart-broken matrons on their joyless bed, Forsaken wives, and mothers never wed ; Dejected widows with unheeded tears, And crippled age with more than childhood fears; The lame, the blind, and, far the happiest they ! The moping idiot, and the madman...
Page 211 - Such is that room which one rude beam divides, And naked rafters form the sloping sides; Where the vile bands that bind the thatch are seen, And lath and mud are all that lie between; Save one dull pane, that, coarsely...
Page 76 - It is like a sudden sunshine that awakens a secret delight in the mind, without her attending to it. The heart rejoices of its own accord, and naturally flows out into friendship and benevolence towards the person who has so kindly an effect upon it.
Page 180 - The people have a right to keep and to bear arms for the common defence: and as, in time of peace, armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the legislature ; and the military power shall always be held in an exact subordination to the civil authority, and be governed by it.
Page 177 - I'll not hurt a hair of thy head: — Go, says he, lifting up the sash, and opening his hand as he spoke, to let it escape; — go, poor devil, get thee gone, why should I hurt thee? This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me.