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... death . Thus he de- scribes his wise man as braving adver- sity , and expecung mortality to put an end to any misfortunes that way befal him . This is done allegorically , under the characters of Pentheus and Bacchus ; that is , the ...
... death . Thus he de- scribes his wise man as braving adver- sity , and expecung mortality to put an end to any misfortunes that way befal him . This is done allegorically , under the characters of Pentheus and Bacchus ; that is , the ...
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... death of Julius Cæsar , there was a report , that he intended to remove the seat of empire to Troy , from which the Romans derived their origin ; and it was feared , that Augustus might carry into execution what his uncle and adopted ...
... death of Julius Cæsar , there was a report , that he intended to remove the seat of empire to Troy , from which the Romans derived their origin ; and it was feared , that Augustus might carry into execution what his uncle and adopted ...
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... death . Thus he de- scribes his wise man as braving adver sity , and expecting mortality to put an end to any misfortunes that may befal him . This is done allegorically , under the characters of Pentheus and Bacchus ; that is , the ...
... death . Thus he de- scribes his wise man as braving adver sity , and expecting mortality to put an end to any misfortunes that may befal him . This is done allegorically , under the characters of Pentheus and Bacchus ; that is , the ...
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... death passed on them related to the death of the soul . 16. That the inspiration of the New Tes- tament is partial also . That there was по doubt a superintendancy , according to the pro- mise of our Lord , to bring all necessary facts ...
... death passed on them related to the death of the soul . 16. That the inspiration of the New Tes- tament is partial also . That there was по doubt a superintendancy , according to the pro- mise of our Lord , to bring all necessary facts ...
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... death , he sold most of his estates , and gave away the pro- duce to necessitous people , that he might free himself from every incumbrance . He reserved only enough for his own bare comfortable subsistence in his retirement . He ...
... death , he sold most of his estates , and gave away the pro- duce to necessitous people , that he might free himself from every incumbrance . He reserved only enough for his own bare comfortable subsistence in his retirement . He ...
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Page 292 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 293 - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Page 293 - Oft listening how the hounds and horn Cheerly rouse the slumbering morn, From the side of some hoar hill, Through the high wood echoing shrill...
Page 293 - And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landscape round it measures ; Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide ; Towers and battlements it sees Bosomed high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some Beauty lies, The cynosure of neighbouring eyes.
Page 294 - And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Page 92 - I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man : and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people : and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth ; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
Page 129 - All hushed was the billows' commotion, And o'er them the light-house looked lovely as hope — That star of life's tremulous ocean. The time is long past, and the scene is afar, Yet when my head rests on its pillow, Will memory sometimes rekindle the star, That...
Page 444 - Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O : Her 'prentice han' she try'd on man, An
Page 116 - The Almighty Lord, who is a most strong tower to all them that put their trust in Him, to whom all things in Heaven, in earth, and under the earth, do bow and obey, be now and evermore...
Page 290 - ... former writers ; he confesses that certain parts have been less attentively considered than others, and that information has come to his hands too late to be made use of; he points out many things in the composition of his work which he thinks may provoke animadversion, and endeavours to defend or to palliate his own practice. Here then is a fund of wealth for the Reviewer, lying upon the very surface ; if he knows...