The Hive of Ancient and Modern Literature: A Collection of Essays, Narratives, Allegories, and Instructive CompositionsS. Hodgson, 1806 - 340 pages |
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... whose com- pany they had iffued from the ftraits of Infancy , perish in the way , and at laft were overfet by a crofs breeze , without the toil of refiftance , or the anguish of expec- tation . But fuch as had often fallen against the ...
... whose com- pany they had iffued from the ftraits of Infancy , perish in the way , and at laft were overfet by a crofs breeze , without the toil of refiftance , or the anguish of expec- tation . But fuch as had often fallen against the ...
Page 85
... whose whole endeavours were employed , and whofe pleasure confifted , in terrifying , enfnaring , tormenting , and deftroying mankind ? Whofe fuperior faculties were exerted in fomenting animofities amongst them , in contriving engines ...
... whose whole endeavours were employed , and whofe pleasure confifted , in terrifying , enfnaring , tormenting , and deftroying mankind ? Whofe fuperior faculties were exerted in fomenting animofities amongst them , in contriving engines ...
Page 107
... - of an only daughter , for whom nature had done much , and to whose native endowments it was the chief study and delight of her parents to add every thing that art could could beftow . The gratitude of the chief was only ( 107 )
... - of an only daughter , for whom nature had done much , and to whose native endowments it was the chief study and delight of her parents to add every thing that art could could beftow . The gratitude of the chief was only ( 107 )
Page 133
... whose rank they wish to reduce us , is found in the flighteft degree to partici- pate . Such philofophers may be called , in a double sense , the enemies of mankind . They not only endeavour to entice man from his duty , but to rob him ...
... whose rank they wish to reduce us , is found in the flighteft degree to partici- pate . Such philofophers may be called , in a double sense , the enemies of mankind . They not only endeavour to entice man from his duty , but to rob him ...
Page 137
... whose business it is to hide our weaknesses from us ; or by giving a loose to malice , and license to reproach ; or at leaft by cutting off those pleasures which called us away from meditation on our own conduct , and repreffing that ...
... whose business it is to hide our weaknesses from us ; or by giving a loose to malice , and license to reproach ; or at leaft by cutting off those pleasures which called us away from meditation on our own conduct , and repreffing that ...
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