The British Essayists;: SpectatorJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 |
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... Modesty • · 459. On religious Faith and Practice . 460. Paradise of Fools , a Vision • • . PARNELL Letter on Bowing and Curtsying at Church . 461. Version of the CXIVth Psalm · STEELE • WATTS No. 461. Complimentary Letter to the Spec ...
... Modesty • · 459. On religious Faith and Practice . 460. Paradise of Fools , a Vision • • . PARNELL Letter on Bowing and Curtsying at Church . 461. Version of the CXIVth Psalm · STEELE • WATTS No. 461. Complimentary Letter to the Spec ...
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... Modesty . STEELE 485. On the Power of insignificant Objects ― Character of a Templar in Love -Equestrian Lady 486. Letter on Hen - peckt Keepers 487. Essay on Dreams ... • • . ADDISON 488. On the Price and Success of the Spec- tator ...
... Modesty . STEELE 485. On the Power of insignificant Objects ― Character of a Templar in Love -Equestrian Lady 486. Letter on Hen - peckt Keepers 487. Essay on Dreams ... • • . ADDISON 488. On the Price and Success of the Spec- tator ...
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... modesty . I COULD not but smile at the account that was yesterday given me of a modest young gentleman , * The motto from Hesiod was not prefixed to this paper in the Spect . in folio . who , being invited to an entertainment , though ...
... modesty . I COULD not but smile at the account that was yesterday given me of a modest young gentleman , * The motto from Hesiod was not prefixed to this paper in the Spect . in folio . who , being invited to an entertainment , though ...
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... modesty , and nothing is more contemptible than the false . The one guards virtue , the other betrays it . True modesty is ashamed to do any thing that is opposite to the hu- mour of the company . True modesty avoids every thing that is ...
... modesty , and nothing is more contemptible than the false . The one guards virtue , the other betrays it . True modesty is ashamed to do any thing that is opposite to the hu- mour of the company . True modesty avoids every thing that is ...
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... modesty expose us only to such actions as are indiscreet , but very often to such as are highly criminal . When Xenophanes was called ti- morous , because he would not venture his money in a game at dice : ' I confess , ' said he , that ...
... modesty expose us only to such actions as are indiscreet , but very often to such as are highly criminal . When Xenophanes was called ti- morous , because he would not venture his money in a game at dice : ' I confess , ' said he , that ...
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Página 60 - And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Página 60 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...
Página 53 - Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD ? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Página 88 - I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Página 60 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball ; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Página 172 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.
Página 3 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Página 2 - If gratitude, when exerted towards one another, naturally produces a very pleasing sensation in the mind of a grateful man, it exalts the soul into rapture, when it is employed on this great object of gratitude ; on this beneficent Being, who has given us every thing we already possess, and from whom we expect every thing we yet hope for.
Página 193 - ... the state of his soul, whether he was of the number of the elect ; what was the occasion of his conversion ; upon what day of the month and hour of the day it happened ; how it was carried on, and when completed ? The whole examination was summed up with one short question, namely, whether he was prepared for death...
Página 171 - Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.