The life of Dr. Parnell. The life of Henry Lord Viscount Bolingbroke. [Miscellaneous prefaces]. The Bee. EssaysF.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 |
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... respects to him , instead of following my " friend Jervas's example , which , to say the truth , I " have as much inclination to do as I want ability . I " have been ever since December last in greater va- riety of business than any ...
... respects to him , instead of following my " friend Jervas's example , which , to say the truth , I " have as much inclination to do as I want ability . I " have been ever since December last in greater va- riety of business than any ...
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... respect , and seems to say , that the prose is excellent in its kind . It must be confessed , however , that he is by no means inconsistent ; what he says in both places may very easily be reconciled to truth ; but who can defend his ...
... respect , and seems to say , that the prose is excellent in its kind . It must be confessed , however , that he is by no means inconsistent ; what he says in both places may very easily be reconciled to truth ; but who can defend his ...
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... respect to the prose works of Parnell , I have mentioned them already : his fame is too well ground- ed for any defects in them to shake it . I will only add , that the Life of Zoilus was written at the request of his friends , and ...
... respect to the prose works of Parnell , I have mentioned them already : his fame is too well ground- ed for any defects in them to shake it . I will only add , that the Life of Zoilus was written at the request of his friends , and ...
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... respect to the tories , in the form of a letter to Sir William Windham . Nor was he so entirely devoted to the fatigues of business , but that he gave pleasure a share in his pursuits . He had never much agreed with the lady he first ...
... respect to the tories , in the form of a letter to Sir William Windham . Nor was he so entirely devoted to the fatigues of business , but that he gave pleasure a share in his pursuits . He had never much agreed with the lady he first ...
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... respect Mr. Ray undoubtedly remains still without a rival ; he was sensible that no accu- rate idea could be formed from a mere distribution of animals in particular classes ; he has therefore ranged them according to their most obvious ...
... respect Mr. Ray undoubtedly remains still without a rival ; he was sensible that no accu- rate idea could be formed from a mere distribution of animals in particular classes ; he has therefore ranged them according to their most obvious ...
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Page 420 - With a bare bodkin ? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
Page 427 - As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest; with, such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
Page 437 - She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...
Page 394 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 251 - We were to drag up oceans of gold from the bottom of the sea; we were to supply all Europe with herrings upon our own terms. At present we hear no more of all this. We have fished up very little gold that I can learn ; nor do we furnish the world with herrings as was expected.
Page 206 - ... state ; and nature seemed to have fitted it for such a life, for upon a single fly it subsisted for more than a week. I once put a wasp into the net ; but when the spider came out in order to seize it as usual, upon perceiving what kind of an enemy it had to deal with, it instantly broke all the bands that held it fast, and contributed all that lay in its power to disengage so formidable an antagonist.
Page 420 - For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin?
Page 7 - For him, thou oft hast bid the world attend, Fond to forget the statesman in the friend ; For SWIFT and him, despised the farce of state, • The sober follies of the wise and great ; Dext'rous, the craving, fawning crowd to quit, And pleased to 'scape from Flattery to Wit.
Page 411 - ... mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love and praise. O how shall words with equal warmth The gratitude declare That glows within my ravish'd heart? But Thou canst read it there. Thy Providence my life sustain'd, And all my wants redrest; When in the silent womb I lay, And hung upon the breast.
Page 178 - ... the true use of speech is not so much to express our wants, as to conceal them.