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Death in various shapes hovers round us .-- Thus far went the heathen moralist .
He had learned no other knowledge from these perishing forms of nature but that
men like trees are subject to death . · Better instructed , learn thou a nobler les ...
Death in various shapes hovers round us .-- Thus far went the heathen moralist .
He had learned no other knowledge from these perishing forms of nature but that
men like trees are subject to death . · Better instructed , learn thou a nobler les ...
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They therefore step out from their cells into the open world , with all the
confidence of authority and dignity of im . portance ; they look round about them
at once with iguorance and scorn on a race of beings to whom they are equally
unknown ...
They therefore step out from their cells into the open world , with all the
confidence of authority and dignity of im . portance ; they look round about them
at once with iguorance and scorn on a race of beings to whom they are equally
unknown ...
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... to . wards Sirius , and I was delighted and sur . prised to see that star , as we
approached nearer , dilate itself into a system , with a sun blazing in its centre ,
diffusing light and ani . mation to the planels which moved round him in their
orbits !
... to . wards Sirius , and I was delighted and sur . prised to see that star , as we
approached nearer , dilate itself into a system , with a sun blazing in its centre ,
diffusing light and ani . mation to the planels which moved round him in their
orbits !
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... snows remaining four or five months of the year , on a coast of three hun . dred
leagues extent ten or twelve cities , all built of brick or of wood , painted of
different colours , and containing from ten to sixty thou . sand inhabitants ; round
these ...
... snows remaining four or five months of the year , on a coast of three hun . dred
leagues extent ten or twelve cities , all built of brick or of wood , painted of
different colours , and containing from ten to sixty thou . sand inhabitants ; round
these ...
Page 186
They usually went completely armed with a broad sword , a dirk , or dagger , a
target , musquet , and pistols . Their dress consisted of a jacket , and loose lower
garment , with a roll of light woollen called a plaid , wrapt round them so as to ...
They usually went completely armed with a broad sword , a dirk , or dagger , a
target , musquet , and pistols . Their dress consisted of a jacket , and loose lower
garment , with a roll of light woollen called a plaid , wrapt round them so as to ...
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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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