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INTRODUCTORY ESSAY . xiil writer who possessed no inconsiderable portion of
it . It is , ' says Dr. Blair , ' the power of re . ceiving pleasure from the beauties of
nature and art . Now that such a power is possessed by individuals , is obvious ...
INTRODUCTORY ESSAY . xiil writer who possessed no inconsiderable portion of
it . It is , ' says Dr. Blair , ' the power of re . ceiving pleasure from the beauties of
nature and art . Now that such a power is possessed by individuals , is obvious ...
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Many of the endowments and talents we now possess , and of which we are too
apt to be proud , will cease entirely with the present state ; but yirtue will be our
ornament and dignity in every future state to which we may be removed . Beauty
...
Many of the endowments and talents we now possess , and of which we are too
apt to be proud , will cease entirely with the present state ; but yirtue will be our
ornament and dignity in every future state to which we may be removed . Beauty
...
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Withi a circuit of seven hundred and fifty miles it has been estimated that she
possesses sixty - six secure harbours ! ... without having much of happiness and
prosperity , possess all the essential qualities by which both are deserved , and
can ...
Withi a circuit of seven hundred and fifty miles it has been estimated that she
possesses sixty - six secure harbours ! ... without having much of happiness and
prosperity , possess all the essential qualities by which both are deserved , and
can ...
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Possessed of thee , the meanest genius grows deserving , and has a just
demand for a portion of our es . ' teem : devoid of thee , the brightest of ouf kind
lie lost and useless , and are but poorly distinguished from the most despicable
and base ...
Possessed of thee , the meanest genius grows deserving , and has a just
demand for a portion of our es . ' teem : devoid of thee , the brightest of ouf kind
lie lost and useless , and are but poorly distinguished from the most despicable
and base ...
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... they possess , at the same time , an innate malice , and perverse dis . position ,
which increase as they grow up , and which education teaches them to conceal ,
but not to subdue . From determined robbers , the best education can only ...
... they possess , at the same time , an innate malice , and perverse dis . position ,
which increase as they grow up , and which education teaches them to conceal ,
but not to subdue . From determined robbers , the best education can only ...
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Page 76 - Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals or collate manuscripts, but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected,...
Page 144 - One man draws out the wire, another straights it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head; to make the head requires two or three distinct operations; to put it on is a peculiar business; to whiten the pins is another; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper; and the important business of making a pin is, in this manner, divided into about eighteen distinct operations, which in some manufactories are all performed by distinct hands...
Page 70 - He was prone to superstition, but not to credulity. Though his imagination might incline him to a belief of the marvellous and the mysterious, his vigorous reason examined the evidence with jealousy. He was a sincere and zealous Christian, of high Church of England and monarchical principles, which he would not tamely suffer to be questioned ; and had, perhaps, at an early period, narrowed his mind somewhat too much, both as to religion and politics.
Page 92 - And when Abraham saw that the man blessed not God, he said unto him, Wherefore dost thou not worship the most high God, creator of heaven and earth?
Page 70 - So morbid was his temperament, that he never knew the natural joy of a free and vigorous use of his limbs : when he walked, it was like the struggling gait of one in fetters ; when he rode, he had no command or direction of his horse, but was carried as if in a balloon.
Page 39 - ... and bidding his beads for the souls of his benefactors, interred in that venerable pile that lies beneath him. Beyond it (the meadow still descending) nods a thicket of oaks that mask the building, and have excluded a view too garish and luxuriant for a holy eye ; only on either hand they leave an.
Page 51 - ... more liable in general to err than man, but in general, also, more virtuous, and performing more good...
Page 47 - ... each other. With money, therefore, he provided soldiers, and with soldiers extorted money ; and was of all men the most rapacious in plundering both friends and foes, — sparing neither prince, nor state, nor temple, nor even private persons who were known to possess any share of treasure. His great abilities would necessarily have made him one of the first citizens of Rome ; but disdaining the condition of a subject, he could never rest till he had made himself a monarch.
Page 92 - And Abraham arose and met him, and said unto him, Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night, and thou shalt arise early on the morrow, and go on thy way.
Page 206 - But enough of this : there is such a variety of game springing up before me, that I am distracted in my choice, and know not which to follow. Tis sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty.
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| Title | The Prosaic Garland: Consisting of Upwards of Two-hundred Pieces Selected from the Works of the Distinguished Writers of the Present Age |
| Author | John Evans |
| Compiled by | John Evans |
| Publisher | J. Cundee, 1807 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Mar 2006 |
| Length | 260 pages |
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