The Hive of Ancient and Modern Literature: A Collection of Essays, Narratives, Allegories, and Instructive CompositionsS. Hodgson, 1806 - 340 pages |
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... present The man of Ross On the being of a God The country clergyman My mother The withered rose On the miseries of human life The battle of Blenheim Henry IV.'s invocation to sleep The wounded soldier To the memory of Mr Burgh ...
... present The man of Ross On the being of a God The country clergyman My mother The withered rose On the miseries of human life The battle of Blenheim Henry IV.'s invocation to sleep The wounded soldier To the memory of Mr Burgh ...
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... present about my parent . " The happy father has her declaration that he will not marry du- ring his life , and the pleasure of seeing that refolution not uneafy to her . Were one to paint filial affection in its utmost beauty , he ...
... present about my parent . " The happy father has her declaration that he will not marry du- ring his life , and the pleasure of seeing that refolution not uneafy to her . Were one to paint filial affection in its utmost beauty , he ...
Page 98
... present my thanks to your master , with my little boy's thanks along with them , for his courtesy to me ; -if he was of Leven's - faid the lieu- -I told him your honour was- -Then , faid he , I ferved three campaigns with him in ...
... present my thanks to your master , with my little boy's thanks along with them , for his courtesy to me ; -if he was of Leven's - faid the lieu- -I told him your honour was- -Then , faid he , I ferved three campaigns with him in ...
Page 123
... present state , incline us always to estimate the advantages which are in the poffeffion of others above their real value . Every one must have remarked what powers and prerogatives the vulgar imagine to be conferred by learning . A man ...
... present state , incline us always to estimate the advantages which are in the poffeffion of others above their real value . Every one must have remarked what powers and prerogatives the vulgar imagine to be conferred by learning . A man ...
Page 134
... present and future felicity . They add dig- nity , pleasure , and fecurity to any age ; but to old age they are the moft becoming grace , the moft fubftantial fupport , and the fweeteft comfort . In order to preferve them , it will be ...
... present and future felicity . They add dig- nity , pleasure , and fecurity to any age ; but to old age they are the moft becoming grace , the moft fubftantial fupport , and the fweeteft comfort . In order to preferve them , it will be ...
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