Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments;: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality, Volumen2author., 1794 - 240 páginas |
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... foul are as the traces of a fhip upon the ocean , which remains only for a moment , threatened in an evil hour to fet them at variance ; for both were become enamoured with the beauties of Profperity . The nymph , like one of the daugh ...
... foul are as the traces of a fhip upon the ocean , which remains only for a moment , threatened in an evil hour to fet them at variance ; for both were become enamoured with the beauties of Profperity . The nymph , like one of the daugh ...
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... foul , made him modeft and humble ; taught him to compaffionate the diftrefs of his fellow - crea- tures , and inclined him to relieve them . " I am fent ( faid fhe ) by the Gods , to those alone whom they love ; for I not only train ...
... foul , made him modeft and humble ; taught him to compaffionate the diftrefs of his fellow - crea- tures , and inclined him to relieve them . " I am fent ( faid fhe ) by the Gods , to those alone whom they love ; for I not only train ...
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... foul too mean ; You'd not , to mount a Bishop's throne , Pay homage to the Queen . ON HAPPINESS . Alas , where fhall we find , " Some spot to real happiness confin'd ? " HIS penfive enquiry has not been confined to THI the breaft of the ...
... foul too mean ; You'd not , to mount a Bishop's throne , Pay homage to the Queen . ON HAPPINESS . Alas , where fhall we find , " Some spot to real happiness confin'd ? " HIS penfive enquiry has not been confined to THI the breaft of the ...
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... foul to harmony . This is the nobleft ufe to which wealth can be applied , the effential end for which Hea- ven has difpenfed it . But , alas ! how few are there , amongst the great and opulent , who exer- cife themselves in fuch ...
... foul to harmony . This is the nobleft ufe to which wealth can be applied , the effential end for which Hea- ven has difpenfed it . But , alas ! how few are there , amongst the great and opulent , who exer- cife themselves in fuch ...
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... foul will not admit fuch a degree of it as will fill up and fatisfy our intellectual capacities : but ftill fuch a portion of it is within our reach , as as will render this state of existence easy and tranquil ( 23 )
... foul will not admit fuch a degree of it as will fill up and fatisfy our intellectual capacities : but ftill fuch a portion of it is within our reach , as as will render this state of existence easy and tranquil ( 23 )
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Página 189 - What conscience dictates to be done. Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.
Página 45 - Look'd through ? or can a part contain the whole ? Is the great chain, that draws all to agree, And drawn supports, upheld by God, or thee ? II.
Página 190 - Or aught Thy goodness lent. Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Página 190 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe.
Página 190 - Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge Thy foe. If I am right, Thy grace impart...
Página 150 - She was dressed in black, her skin was contracted into a thousand wrinkles, her eyes deep sunk in her head, and her complexion pale and livid as the countenance of death. Her looks were filled with terror and unrelenting severity, and her hands armed with whips and scorpions.
Página 167 - In full-blown dignity, see Wolsey stand, Law in his voice, and fortune in his hand : To him the church, the realm, their pow'rs consign. Through him the rays of regal bounty shine, Turn'd by his nod the stream of honour flows, His smile alone security bestows...
Página 232 - ... to the loiterer, who makes appointments which he never keeps; to the consulter, who asks advice which he never takes; to the boaster, who blusters only to be praised; to the complainer, who whines only to be pitied; to the projector, whose happiness is to entertain his friends with expectations which all but himself know to be vain; to the...
Página 45 - Say first, of God above, or man below, What can we reason, but from what we know ? Of man, what see we but his station here, From which to reason, or to which refer ? Thro' worlds unnumber'd tho' the God be known, "Tis ours to trace him only in our own.
Página 232 - ... who whines only to be pitied; to the projector, whose happiness is to entertain his friends with expectations which all but himself know to be vain; to the economist, who tells of bargains and settlements; to the politician, who predicts the fate of battles and breach of alliances; to the usurer, who compares the different funds; and to the talker, who talks only because he loves to be talking.