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... Human Frailty The Modern Patriot 218 • 219 220 On observing some Names of little Note re- corded in the BIOGRAPHIA BRITANNICA ... 222 Report of an adjudged Case , not to be found in any of the Books . ... 2 ib . On the Burning of Lord ...
... Human Frailty The Modern Patriot 218 • 219 220 On observing some Names of little Note re- corded in the BIOGRAPHIA BRITANNICA ... 222 Report of an adjudged Case , not to be found in any of the Books . ... 2 ib . On the Burning of Lord ...
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... human discourse is only an idle combination of sounds and syllables . After an interval of a few years , his Task was ush- ered into the world . The occasion that gave birth to it was a trivial one . A lady had requested him to write a ...
... human discourse is only an idle combination of sounds and syllables . After an interval of a few years , his Task was ush- ered into the world . The occasion that gave birth to it was a trivial one . A lady had requested him to write a ...
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... human nature , or holds up the bright pictures of religious consolation to his mind , he adopts , at pleasure , a diction just and appropriate , equal in elevation to the sacred effusions of Christian rapture , and sufficiently easy and ...
... human nature , or holds up the bright pictures of religious consolation to his mind , he adopts , at pleasure , a diction just and appropriate , equal in elevation to the sacred effusions of Christian rapture , and sufficiently easy and ...
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... human pursuits . Nor is he always severe . He is perpetually en- livening the mind of his readers by sportive descrip- tions , and by representing , in elevated measures , ludicrous objects and circumstances , a species of the mock ...
... human pursuits . Nor is he always severe . He is perpetually en- livening the mind of his readers by sportive descrip- tions , and by representing , in elevated measures , ludicrous objects and circumstances , a species of the mock ...
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... human race , And not a tongue inquires , how , where , or when , Though conscience will have twinges now and then ; When profanation of the sacred cause In all its parts , times , ministry , and laws , Bespeaks a land , once christian ...
... human race , And not a tongue inquires , how , where , or when , Though conscience will have twinges now and then ; When profanation of the sacred cause In all its parts , times , ministry , and laws , Bespeaks a land , once christian ...
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Page 215 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends , — do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 214 - Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Page 263 - Tis now become a history little known That once we called the pastoral house our own Short-lived possession! but the record fair That memory keeps, of all thy kindness there, Still outlives many a storm that has effaced A thousand other themes less deeply traced.
Page 235 - He that holds fast the golden mean And lives contentedly between The little and the great Feels not the wants that pinch the poor Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state.
Page 48 - Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide.
Page 214 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 262 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was. Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return.
Page 240 - You think, no doubt, he sits and muses On future broken bones and bruises, If he should chance to fall. No ; not a single thought like that Employs his philosophic pate, Or troubles it at all.
Page 264 - Where spices breathe, and brighter seasons smile, There sits quiescent on the floods, that show Her beauteous form reflected clear below, While airs impregnated...
Page 159 - He says but little, and that little said Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead. His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock it never is at home: 'Tis like a parcel sent...