The British Essayists: GuardianJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... our passions lead the way ? CLAUD . I was considering last night , when I could not sleep , how noble a part of the creation man was designed to be , and how distinguished in all his actions в 3 56 . 5 THE GUARDIAN .
... our passions lead the way ? CLAUD . I was considering last night , when I could not sleep , how noble a part of the creation man was designed to be , and how distinguished in all his actions в 3 56 . 5 THE GUARDIAN .
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... consider , how far treaties of this sort come under the head of bargain and sale ; and whether you cannot find out measures to have the whole transacted in fairer and more open market than at present . How would it become you to put the ...
... consider , how far treaties of this sort come under the head of bargain and sale ; and whether you cannot find out measures to have the whole transacted in fairer and more open market than at present . How would it become you to put the ...
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... consider whether such a conduct becomes a Guar- dian , who ought to point out to us proper entertain- ments , and instruct us when to bestow our applause . However , in so plain a case we did not wait for your directions ; and I must ...
... consider whether such a conduct becomes a Guar- dian , who ought to point out to us proper entertain- ments , and instruct us when to bestow our applause . However , in so plain a case we did not wait for your directions ; and I must ...
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... consider , that it is in its own nature cruelty to put a living creature to death ; we at least destroy a soul that has sense and percep- tion .'- In the life of Cato the censor , he takes occasion from the severe disposition of that ...
... consider , that it is in its own nature cruelty to put a living creature to death ; we at least destroy a soul that has sense and percep- tion .'- In the life of Cato the censor , he takes occasion from the severe disposition of that ...
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... consider the cause from whence such evils arise , and the remedies which may be applied . Where- upon I shut my eyes to prevent a distraction from outward objects , and a while after shot away , upon an impulse of thought , into the ...
... consider the cause from whence such evils arise , and the remedies which may be applied . Where- upon I shut my eyes to prevent a distraction from outward objects , and a while after shot away , upon an impulse of thought , into the ...
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Página 169 - Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? »the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword.
Página 169 - He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Página 262 - LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
Página 157 - Thou, even thou, art Lord alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all ; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Página 160 - I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
Página 171 - Phoebus' fiery car : The youth rush eager to the sylvan war, Swarm o'er the lawns, the forest walks surround, Rouse the fleet hart, and cheer the opening hound. Th...
Página 158 - Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
Página 262 - And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour : so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
Página 127 - They have already laid down many mechanical rules for compositions of this sort, but at the same time they cut off almost all undertakers from the possibility of ever performing them ; for the first qualification they unanimously require in a poet, is a genius. I shall here endeavour (for the benefit of my countrymen) to make it manifest, that epic poems may be made without a genius, nay without learning or much reading.
Página 172 - Nay, to that perfection is he arrived, that he stoops as he walks. The figure of the man is odd enough : he is a lively little creature, with long arms and legs. A spider is no ill emblem of him. He has been taken at a distance for a small windmill.