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... weight , I shall make the public a present of these curious pieces at such times as I shall find myself unprovided with other subjects . The present paper I intend to fill with an extract of Sir John's journal , in which that learned ...
... weight , I shall make the public a present of these curious pieces at such times as I shall find myself unprovided with other subjects . The present paper I intend to fill with an extract of Sir John's journal , in which that learned ...
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... weight of affliction is still made more heavy by the envy , malice , treachery , or injustice of his neighbour . At the same time that the storm beats on the whole species , we are falling foul upon one another . Half the misery of ...
... weight of affliction is still made more heavy by the envy , malice , treachery , or injustice of his neighbour . At the same time that the storm beats on the whole species , we are falling foul upon one another . Half the misery of ...
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... weight for the winds , know- 30 ing the balancings of the clouds ; and , in others , as weighing the actions of men , and laying their calamities together in a balance . Milton , as I have observed in a former paper , had 10 110 an eye ...
... weight for the winds , know- 30 ing the balancings of the clouds ; and , in others , as weighing the actions of men , and laying their calamities together in a balance . Milton , as I have observed in a former paper , had 10 110 an eye ...
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... weights , The sequel each of parting and of fight : The latter quick up flew , and kick'd the beam ; Which Gabriel spying , thus bespake the fiend . " Satan , I know thy strength , and thou know'st mine , Neither our own , but given ...
... weights , The sequel each of parting and of fight : The latter quick up flew , and kick'd the beam ; Which Gabriel spying , thus bespake the fiend . " Satan , I know thy strength , and thou know'st mine , Neither our own , but given ...
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Joseph Addison John Henry Fowler. heaps of weights thrown down on each side of them . I found upon examining these weights , they showed the value of everything that is in esteem among men . I made an essay of them , by putting the weight ...
Joseph Addison John Henry Fowler. heaps of weights thrown down on each side of them . I found upon examining these weights , they showed the value of everything that is in esteem among men . I made an essay of them , by putting the weight ...
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Page 68 - The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life ; consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire, made up the number about an hundred.
Page 67 - Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, " Surely," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Page 68 - But tell me further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon...
Page 82 - Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
Page 60 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself or sends his servants to them.
Page 78 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Page 70 - I could discover nothing in it: but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them.
Page 61 - I was yesterday very much surprised to hear my old friend, in the midst of the service, calling out to one John Matthews to mind what he was about, and not disturb the congregation. This John Matthews it seems is remarkable for being an idle fellow, and at that time was kicking his heels for his diversion.
Page 57 - I have observed in several of my papers that my friend Sir Roger, amidst all his good qualities, is something of a humorist ; and that his virtues, as well as imperfections, are, as it were, tinged by a certain extravagance which makes them particularly his, and distinguishes them from those of other men. This cast of...
Page 67 - man is but a shadow and life a dream.' Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a musical instrument in his hand.