The British Essayists: GuardianJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... in that part of his character , as I am told I already am in all parts of my person . Wherefore I most humbly propose to you , that ( B 3 124 . 5 THE GUARDIAN . Letters from an University Lion-on Horns-Burlesque Lyric-Visit the Lion.
... in that part of his character , as I am told I already am in all parts of my person . Wherefore I most humbly propose to you , that ( B 3 124 . 5 THE GUARDIAN . Letters from an University Lion-on Horns-Burlesque Lyric-Visit the Lion.
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... told from the queen , that the equivalent for it is in the hands of the French king . That the Sieur Tugghe has the impudence to ask ” the queen to remit the most material part of the ar- ticles of peace between Her Majesty and his ...
... told from the queen , that the equivalent for it is in the hands of the French king . That the Sieur Tugghe has the impudence to ask ” the queen to remit the most material part of the ar- ticles of peace between Her Majesty and his ...
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... told you I reserved the heart for a truer re- conciliation . Now be that noble gentleman my love once spoke you , and come and do him right that could recite the trials you owe your birth and coun- try , ' were I not confident your ...
... told you I reserved the heart for a truer re- conciliation . Now be that noble gentleman my love once spoke you , and come and do him right that could recite the trials you owe your birth and coun- try , ' were I not confident your ...
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... told the house would tumble over his head ) made answer , ' What care I for the house ? I am only a lodger . ' I fancy it is the best time to die , when one is in the best humour : and so excessively weak as I now am , I may say with ...
... told the house would tumble over his head ) made answer , ' What care I for the house ? I am only a lodger . ' I fancy it is the best time to die , when one is in the best humour : and so excessively weak as I now am , I may say with ...
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... told him that he found himself so far behind - hand , as a little of my blood would not serve his turn ; and therefore he was now resolved to have me alone , be- cause he knew ( for I will use his own words ) that so worthy a gentleman ...
... told him that he found himself so far behind - hand , as a little of my blood would not serve his turn ; and therefore he was now resolved to have me alone , be- cause he knew ( for I will use his own words ) that so worthy a gentleman ...
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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.