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... sent her afterwards are yet extant in the nunnery where she resided ; and are often read to the young religious , in order to inspire them with good resolutions and sentiments of virtue . It so happened , that after Constantia had lived ...
... sent her afterwards are yet extant in the nunnery where she resided ; and are often read to the young religious , in order to inspire them with good resolutions and sentiments of virtue . It so happened , that after Constantia had lived ...
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... sent me out of the country , which was written from a young gentleman in the army to his father , a man of good estate and plain sense . As the letter was very modish- ly chequered with this modern military eloquence , I shall present ...
... sent me out of the country , which was written from a young gentleman in the army to his father , a man of good estate and plain sense . As the letter was very modish- ly chequered with this modern military eloquence , I shall present ...
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... sent us carte blanche . Their commandant , with a great many other general officers , and troops without number , are made prisoners of war , and will , I believe , give you a visit in England , the cartel not being yet settled . Not ...
... sent us carte blanche . Their commandant , with a great many other general officers , and troops without number , are made prisoners of war , and will , I believe , give you a visit in England , the cartel not being yet settled . Not ...
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... sent for if the sickness grew desperate . The author however recovered , and has since written two or three other tracts with the same spirit , and , very luckily for his poor soul , with the same success . ADDISON . STORY OF MR ...
... sent for if the sickness grew desperate . The author however recovered , and has since written two or three other tracts with the same spirit , and , very luckily for his poor soul , with the same success . ADDISON . STORY OF MR ...
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... sent for to sing this air , which he performs with mighty applause ; and my wife is in ecstasy on the occasion , and glad to find , by my being so much pleased , that I was at last come into the notion of the Italian ; for , said she ...
... sent for to sing this air , which he performs with mighty applause ; and my wife is in ecstasy on the occasion , and glad to find , by my being so much pleased , that I was at last come into the notion of the Italian ; for , said she ...
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Page 1 - Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and passing from one thought to another, Surely, said I, man is but a shadow and life a dream.
Page 179 - A man of a polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures that the vulgar are not capable of receiving. He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. He meets with a secret refreshment in a description, and often feels a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the possession.
Page 3 - What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other? What thou seest, said he, is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine now...
Page 6 - Are not these, O Mirza, habitations worth contending for? Does life appear miserable, that gives thee opportunities of earning such a reward ? Is death to be feared, that will convey thee to so happy an existence ? Think not man was made in vain, who has such an eternity reserved for him.
Page 2 - I had ever heard : they put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in Paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.
Page 3 - The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life, consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which added to those that were entire, made up the number about a hundred.
Page 5 - those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other feathered creatures several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches." — 'These,' said the genius, 'are Envy, Avarice, Superstition, Despair, Love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life.
Page 2 - ... transporting airs which he played, to taste the pleasures of his conversation, as I looked upon him like one astonished, he beckoned to me, and by the waving of his hand directed me to approach the place where he sat. I drew near with that reverence which is due to a superior nature ; and, as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept. The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability, that familiarized him to my imagination,...
Page 298 - Knowing that you was my old Master's good Friend, I could not forbear sending you the melancholy News of his Death, which has afflicted the whole Country, as well as his poor Servants, who loved him, I may say, better than we did our Lives. I am afraid he caught his Death the last County...
Page 117 - Dr. Busby ! a great man ! he whipped my grandfather ; a very great man ! I should have gone to him myself, if I had not been a blockhead : a very great man !' " We were immediately conducted into the little chapel on the right hand.