Essays, Moral and Literary, Volumen3J. Mawman ... R. Lea ... J. Walker ... and J. Nunn, 1803 |
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... thou loveliest object of intellec- tual pursuit . But I am running into raptures , when I intended a cool dissertation . It is , indeed , difficult not to be transported beyond the limits of criticism 52 No. 129 . ESSAYS , On the ...
... thou loveliest object of intellec- tual pursuit . But I am running into raptures , when I intended a cool dissertation . It is , indeed , difficult not to be transported beyond the limits of criticism 52 No. 129 . ESSAYS , On the ...
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... thou been known to the munificent patrons of genius Unfortunate boy ! poorly wast thou accommo- dated during thy short sojourning amongus ; -rude- ly wast thou treated , -sorely did thy feeling soul suffer from the scorn of the unworthy ...
... thou been known to the munificent patrons of genius Unfortunate boy ! poorly wast thou accommo- dated during thy short sojourning amongus ; -rude- ly wast thou treated , -sorely did thy feeling soul suffer from the scorn of the unworthy ...
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... thou didst ; since the very act by which thou durst put an end to thy painful existence , proves , that thou thoughtest it better to die , than to support life by theft or violence .. The speculative errors of a boy who wrote from the ...
... thou didst ; since the very act by which thou durst put an end to thy painful existence , proves , that thou thoughtest it better to die , than to support life by theft or violence .. The speculative errors of a boy who wrote from the ...
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... thou hast been able to translate the language of the present time into that of former centuries . Thou has but an artificial ruin . The stones are mossy and old , the whole fabric appears really antique to the distant and the careless ...
... thou hast been able to translate the language of the present time into that of former centuries . Thou has but an artificial ruin . The stones are mossy and old , the whole fabric appears really antique to the distant and the careless ...
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... thou hadst known purer pleasures and better objects , thou wouldst probably have sought them with the same eagerness which has brought thee to the gibbet . The dignified statesman , the venerable . bishop , the authoritative judge who ...
... thou hadst known purer pleasures and better objects , thou wouldst probably have sought them with the same eagerness which has brought thee to the gibbet . The dignified statesman , the venerable . bishop , the authoritative judge who ...
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Página 206 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Página 177 - I come, as it were, to make up my account with you, let me take to myself some degree of honest pride on the nature of the charges that are against me. I do not here stand before you accused of venality, or of neglect of duty. It is not said that, in the long period of my service, I have, in a single instance, sacrificed the slightest of your interests to my ambition, or to my fortune. It is not alleged that, to...
Página 185 - As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down, shook his head, and went on with his work of affliction.
Página 177 - I do not here stand before you accused of venality, or of neglect of duty. It is not said, that, in the long period of my service, I have, in a single instance, sacrificed the slightest of your interests to my ambition or to my fortune. It is not alleged, that to gratify any anger, or revenge of my own, or of my party, I have had a share in wronging or oppressing any description of men, or any one man in any description.
Página 185 - Adieu, poor luckless maiden ! Imbibe the oil and wine which the compassion of a stranger, as he journeyeth on his way, now pours into thy wounds — the Being who has twice bruised thee can only bind them up for ever.
Página 203 - God, and wandering every man after the counsel of his own heart, and in the sight of his own eyes...
Página 177 - No ! the charges against me are all of one kind : that I have pushed the principles of general justice and benevolence too far, — further than a cautious policy would warrant, and further than the opinions of many would go along with me. In every accident which may happen through life, in pain, in sorrow, in depression, and distress, I will call to mind this accusation, and be comforted.
Página 16 - From a similar principle to which, though the forest laws are now mitigated, and by degrees grown entirely obsolete, yet from this root has sprung a bastard slip, known by the name of the game laws, now arrived to and wantoning in its highest vigour ; both founded upon the same unreasonable notions of permanent property in wild creatures ; and both productive of the same tyranny to the commons : but with this difference, that the forest law?
Página 54 - I think it is not difficult to perceive, that the admirers of English poetry are divided into two parties. The objects of their love are, perhaps, of equal beauty, though they greatly differ in their air, their dress, the turn of their features, and their complexion. On one side are the lovers and imitators of Spenser and Milton ; and on the other, those of Dryden, Boileau, and Pope.
Página 16 - ... of forest laws imported from the continent, whereby the slaughter of a beast was made almost as penal as the death of a man. In the Saxon times, though no man was allowed to kill or chase the king's deer, yet he might start any game, pursue and kill it upon his own estate.