The Adventurer, Volume 2John Hawkesworth J. Richardson, 1823 - English essays |
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... bosom as a friend , it should appear that we had mistaken his character ; if he should betray our confidence , and use the knowledge of our affairs , which perhaps he obtained by offers of service , to 48 . 11 ADVENTURER .
... bosom as a friend , it should appear that we had mistaken his character ; if he should betray our confidence , and use the knowledge of our affairs , which perhaps he obtained by offers of service , to 48 . 11 ADVENTURER .
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... appears to be malicious ; and pure malice has never been imputed to human beings . The wretch , who has thus deceived and injured us , should be considered as having ultimately intended , not evil to us , but good to himself . It should ...
... appears to be malicious ; and pure malice has never been imputed to human beings . The wretch , who has thus deceived and injured us , should be considered as having ultimately intended , not evil to us , but good to himself . It should ...
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... appears in criticism and polite learning , as well as in the abstruser sciences : by the diffusion of knowledge its depth is abated . Eutyches harangues with wonderful plausibility on the distinct merits of all the Greek and Roman ...
... appears in criticism and polite learning , as well as in the abstruser sciences : by the diffusion of knowledge its depth is abated . Eutyches harangues with wonderful plausibility on the distinct merits of all the Greek and Roman ...
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... to him . Yet this appears to have been the conduct of our celebrated essayist : and it has produced many awkward imitators , who , under the notion of writ- ing with the fire and freedom of this lively old 14 49 . ADVENTURER .
... to him . Yet this appears to have been the conduct of our celebrated essayist : and it has produced many awkward imitators , who , under the notion of writ- ing with the fire and freedom of this lively old 14 49 . ADVENTURER .
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... character of Menalcas , the absent man , which , though ap- lauded by one of my predecessors , is surely absurd and false to nature . This author appears to be a warm admirer of virtue , and a steady promoter of 16 49 . ADVENTURER .
... character of Menalcas , the absent man , which , though ap- lauded by one of my predecessors , is surely absurd and false to nature . This author appears to be a warm admirer of virtue , and a steady promoter of 16 49 . ADVENTURER .
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Page 26 - 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.
Page 26 - 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.
Page 67 - Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Page 27 - 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.
Page 26 - 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?
Page 63 - 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 men.
Page 65 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Page 102 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Page 65 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 28 - The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.