The British Essayists: GuardianJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... give notice to all under my jurisdiction , that whoever are willing to contribute to this good design , if they will affix their information to the leg or neck of the aforesaid raven or jackall , they will be thankfully received by ...
... give notice to all under my jurisdiction , that whoever are willing to contribute to this good design , if they will affix their information to the leg or neck of the aforesaid raven or jackall , they will be thankfully received by ...
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... . O the cooling curds and cream ! Charming cooling curds and cream , When all is over , she gives her lover , Who on her skimming - dish carves her name— Who on , & c . MR . IRONSIDE , July 30 . I have always 8 124 . THE GUARDIAN .
... . O the cooling curds and cream ! Charming cooling curds and cream , When all is over , she gives her lover , Who on her skimming - dish carves her name— Who on , & c . MR . IRONSIDE , July 30 . I have always 8 124 . THE GUARDIAN .
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... give a very good description of them . But I must own , I never had a greater curiosity to visit any of these strangers than your lion . Accordingly I came yesterday to town , being able to wait no longer for fair weather , and made ...
... give a very good description of them . But I must own , I never had a greater curiosity to visit any of these strangers than your lion . Accordingly I came yesterday to town , being able to wait no longer for fair weather , and made ...
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... year , " with some verses which I transcribe from a manu- script poem upon hunting . The author gives direc- tions , that hounds should breed in the spring ; whence The he takes occasion , after the manner of the 12 125 . THE GUARDIAN .
... year , " with some verses which I transcribe from a manu- script poem upon hunting . The author gives direc- tions , that hounds should breed in the spring ; whence The he takes occasion , after the manner of the 12 125 . THE GUARDIAN .
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... Give me the warfare of the woods to sing , To breed my whelps , and healthful press the game , A mean , inglorious , but a guiltless name . No. 126. WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 5 , 1713 . Homo sum , humani nihil à me alienum puto . TER . Heaut ...
... Give me the warfare of the woods to sing , To breed my whelps , and healthful press the game , A mean , inglorious , but a guiltless name . No. 126. WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 5 , 1713 . Homo sum , humani nihil à me alienum puto . TER . Heaut ...
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Page 225 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
Page 224 - Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Page 225 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Page 225 - She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Page 46 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 53 - ... of such a trivial animal as I am. The morning after my exit, the sun will rise as bright as ever, the flowers smell as sweet, the plants spring as green, the world will proceed in its old course, people will laugh as heartily, and marry as fast, as they were used to do. The memory of man (as it is elegantly expressed in the Book of Wisdom) passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but one day.
Page 62 - And there we wrestled for the two greatest and dearest prizes we could ever expect trial for, honour and life. In which struggling my hand, having but an ordinary glove on it, lost one of her servants though the meanest; which hung by a skin, and to...
Page 68 - A GOOD conscience is to the soul what health is to the body : it preserves a constant ease and serenity within us, and more than countervails all the calamities and afflictions which can possibly befal us.
Page 52 - Sickness is a sort of early old age ; it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state, and inspires us with the thoughts of a future, better than a thousand volumes of philosophers and divines. It gives so warning a concussion to those props of our vanity, our strength and youth, that we think of fortifying ourselves within, when there is so little dependence upon our outworks.
Page 53 - I am even as unconcerned as was that honest Hibernian, who being in bed in the great storm some years ago, and told the house would tumble over his head, made answer, " What care I for the house ? I am only a lodger.