The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumen42 |
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... Heaven and not by the hand of man .'- This I signed with my name , and affixed to the breast of the monk ; then imprinting a last kiss upon the hand of my dead father , I went softly down the secret stairs , and passing through the ...
... Heaven and not by the hand of man .'- This I signed with my name , and affixed to the breast of the monk ; then imprinting a last kiss upon the hand of my dead father , I went softly down the secret stairs , and passing through the ...
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... heaven ! you are restored to a condition , which no longer subjects you to the possible sacrifice I had once the audacity to hint at . Conscious as I am of my own unworthiness at all times to aspire to such a proposal , let me do myself ...
... heaven ! you are restored to a condition , which no longer subjects you to the possible sacrifice I had once the audacity to hint at . Conscious as I am of my own unworthiness at all times to aspire to such a proposal , let me do myself ...
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... one pounds one shilling to the ar- ticle of charity ; the shilling indeed Heaven audited on the score of alms , the pounds were posted to the account of vanity . NUMBER XLVIII . An toti morimur ? SENECA IN TROAD 28 No 47 . OBSERVER .
... one pounds one shilling to the ar- ticle of charity ; the shilling indeed Heaven audited on the score of alms , the pounds were posted to the account of vanity . NUMBER XLVIII . An toti morimur ? SENECA IN TROAD 28 No 47 . OBSERVER .
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... heaven ! how pleasant , how complacent to itself and others is an humble disposition ! To a soul so tempered how delightfully life passes in brotherly love and simplicity of inanners ! Every eye bestows the chearing look of approbation ...
... heaven ! how pleasant , how complacent to itself and others is an humble disposition ! To a soul so tempered how delightfully life passes in brotherly love and simplicity of inanners ! Every eye bestows the chearing look of approbation ...
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... And cancels Heaven's high edict ; Nature feels Quick growth and quick decay ; the verdant scene Glitters awhile and vanishes at once . VOL . XLII . K Not such the tints that Albion's landscape wears , Her No 57 . 97 OBSERVER .
... And cancels Heaven's high edict ; Nature feels Quick growth and quick decay ; the verdant scene Glitters awhile and vanishes at once . VOL . XLII . K Not such the tints that Albion's landscape wears , Her No 57 . 97 OBSERVER .
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Pasajes populares
Página 139 - And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Página 173 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill ; cannot be good : — If ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, • Against the use of nature...
Página 211 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog...
Página 284 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
Página 147 - Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments ; which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels ; 5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me ; for I am holier than thou.
Página 174 - And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous, By drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams, To set my brother Clarence and the King In deadly hate the one against the other...
Página 178 - The effect and it ! Come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murth'ring ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief ! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry "Hold, hold!
Página 183 - I hear a knocking At the south entry : — retire we to our chamber : A little water clears us of this deed : How easy is it then ! Your constancy Hath left you unattended.
Página 140 - And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph...
Página 153 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.