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... rest of them are , by the acknowledgment of their original propagator , the mere inventions of his own prolific imagination , -we shall not condescend to abuse the reader's patience , or credulity , by reviving and giving them any ...
... rest of them are , by the acknowledgment of their original propagator , the mere inventions of his own prolific imagination , -we shall not condescend to abuse the reader's patience , or credulity , by reviving and giving them any ...
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... rest of mankind , if you were less attached to them by the goodness of your heart . My lord Marischal , in acquaint- ing me that the amiableness of your disposition was still greater than the sublimity of your genius , rendered a ...
... rest of mankind , if you were less attached to them by the goodness of your heart . My lord Marischal , in acquaint- ing me that the amiableness of your disposition was still greater than the sublimity of your genius , rendered a ...
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... rest , he said not a word on the principal subject of my letter , nor on the situation of my heart , of the distress of which he could not be ignorant . I was more struck with this silence , than I had been with his phlegm dur- ing our ...
... rest , he said not a word on the principal subject of my letter , nor on the situation of my heart , of the distress of which he could not be ignorant . I was more struck with this silence , than I had been with his phlegm dur- ing our ...
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... rest at the usual hour : but be careful that you do not fall asleep ; neither will it be proper for you to look under your bed or into any of the closets which are in your bed - chamber ( which he so accurately de- scribed ) ; — you ...
... rest at the usual hour : but be careful that you do not fall asleep ; neither will it be proper for you to look under your bed or into any of the closets which are in your bed - chamber ( which he so accurately de- scribed ) ; — you ...
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... rest of mankind - and the party which is weakest , and whose threat cannot be executed , will be despised by neutrals , while they will be drawn into the quarrel against the stronger power . Such a right then can only increase the ...
... rest of mankind - and the party which is weakest , and whose threat cannot be executed , will be despised by neutrals , while they will be drawn into the quarrel against the stronger power . Such a right then can only increase the ...
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Page 46 - Here Reynolds is laid, and to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind : His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand : His manners were gentle, complying, and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart...
Page 201 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Page 383 - Thou smil'st as if thy soul were soaring To heaven, and heaven's God adoring! And who can tell what visions high May bless an infant's sleeping eye ? What brighter throne can brightness find To reign on than an infant's mind, Ere sin destroy, or error dim, The glory of the seraphim...
Page 120 - Parliament which contradicted those principles is a question which, I presume, they would not entertain a priori because they will not entertain a priori the supposition that any such will arise. In like manner this court will not let itself loose into speculations as to what would be its duty under such an emergency; because it cannot, without extreme indecency, presume that any such emergency will happen. And it is the less disposed to entertain them because its own observation and experience attest...
Page 116 - ... locally here in the belligerent country, according to the known law and practice of nations, but the law itself has no locality. It is the duty of the person who sits here to determine this question exactly as he would determine the same question if sitting at Stockholm, to assert no pretensions on the part of Great Britain which he would not allow to Sweden in the same circumstances, and to impose no duties on Sweden as a neutral country which he would not admit to belong to Great Britain in...
Page 470 - The first discovery of their being affected, was to see the white gutters made by their tears, which plentifully fell down their black cheeks, as they came out of their coal-pits. Hundreds and hundreds of them were soon brought under deep convictions, which (as the event proved) happily ended in a sound and thorough conversion.
Page 374 - Oh ! many a dream was in the ship An hour before her death ; And sights of home with sighs disturbed The sleeper's long-drawn breath.
Page 474 - After a solemn pause, Mr. Whitefield thus addressed his numerous audience ; — ' The attendant angel is just about to leave the threshold, and ascend to heaven. And shall he ascend and not bear with him the news of one sinner...
Page 117 - In my opinion, if it could be shown that, regarding mere speculative general principles, such a condemnation ought to be deemed sufficient, that would not be enough ; more must be proved ; it must be shown that it is conformable to the usage and practice of nations...
Page 384 - As ye do now, unwearied choristers, Till the land ring with joy. Yet are ye not, Sporting in tree and air, more beautiful Than the young lambs, that from the valley-side Send a soft bleating like an infant's voice, Half happy, half afraid ! O blessed things ! At sight of this your perfect innocence, The sterner thoughts of manhood melt away Into a mood as mild as woman's dreams.