The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and CriticalJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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... death as a felon , for actions which have the same motive and the same tendency , merely because they were cir- cumstantially different ; it is yet more strange , that this difference has always been such as increases the absurdity ...
... death as a felon , for actions which have the same motive and the same tendency , merely because they were cir- cumstantially different ; it is yet more strange , that this difference has always been such as increases the absurdity ...
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... death . Who can express the grief , horror , and despair , with which a father exhibited this spectacle to a mother and a wife , who expected a son and a husband , with all the tenderness and ardour of conjugal and parental affection ...
... death . Who can express the grief , horror , and despair , with which a father exhibited this spectacle to a mother and a wife , who expected a son and a husband , with all the tenderness and ardour of conjugal and parental affection ...
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... death , some parent or wife , with whom he mingled tears in the parting embrace , and who longed with fond solicitude for his return ; or , perhaps , some infant , whom his la- bour was to feed , and his vigilance protect ; will see ...
... death , some parent or wife , with whom he mingled tears in the parting embrace , and who longed with fond solicitude for his return ; or , perhaps , some infant , whom his la- bour was to feed , and his vigilance protect ; will see ...
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... Alexander marked the world with his colour from Macedonia to Egypt , yet the colours peculiar to the hereditary potentates whom he dispossessed , again took place upon his death : and indeed , the question , 34 N ° 47 . ADVENTURER .
... Alexander marked the world with his colour from Macedonia to Egypt , yet the colours peculiar to the hereditary potentates whom he dispossessed , again took place upon his death : and indeed , the question , 34 N ° 47 . ADVENTURER .
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To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and Critical. upon his death : and indeed , the question , whose name shall be connected with a particular country as its king , is , to those who hazard life in the deci- sion ...
To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and Critical. upon his death : and indeed , the question , whose name shall be connected with a particular country as its king , is , to those who hazard life in the deci- sion ...
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absurd acquainted ADVENTURER Æneid Agrestis Amana Amelia Amphinomus Anticlea appear Aristotle bagnio Bagshot beauty behold believe Boileau Caliph Captain character conceal conduct consider contempt countenance death desire dignity discovered distress dreadful effect equally Eugenio Euripides Eutyches evil excellence expected eyes falsehood father favour felicity folly fortune genius gentleman gratify guilt hand happiness heart Homer honour hope human Iliad imagination immediately indignation indulge kind labour Lady Forrest less Longinus looked mankind Mantua marriage ment mind misery morning nature ness never Nouraddin object Odyssey opinion Osmin OVID passion perceived perhaps person Pindar pleasure poet present principles produced Prosopopoeia punish Quintilian racters reason received ridiculous SATURDAY says scarce sensibility sentiments servant shew Sir James Socrates soon Sophocles suffered tain tears tenderness thou thought Tibullus tion truth TUESDAY Ulysses vanity Ventosus vice VIRG virtue wife wish wretched writers XXIV
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Página 58 - And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Página 54 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Página 92 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth; when he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep; when he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment ; when he appointed the foundations of the earth : then I was by him, as one brought up with him; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of...
Página 55 - And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him for they saw that his grief was very great.
Página 307 - I will up, saith the Lord : and will help every one from him that swelleth against him, and will set him at rest. 7 The words of the Lord are pure words : even as the silver, which from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the fire.
Página 96 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Página 54 - Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit? or whither shall I go then from thy presence ? If I climb up into heaven, thou art there ; if I go down to hell, thou art there also.
Página 55 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, And are counted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Página 94 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Página 93 - O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet ? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.