The Spectator. ...H. Hughs, 1789 |
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... I was once like to have been run through the body for making a little too free with my betters . In a word , I am quite another man to what I was . B4 --Nil Tam difpar fibi C Nil fuit unquam HOR . I N ° 556 . THE SPECTATOR . 7.
... I was once like to have been run through the body for making a little too free with my betters . In a word , I am quite another man to what I was . B4 --Nil Tam difpar fibi C Nil fuit unquam HOR . I N ° 556 . THE SPECTATOR . 7.
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... body before . 6 6 ' SIR , I I AM defcended from the ancient family of the Blanks , a name well known among all ' men of business . It is always read in those little white fpaces of writing which want to be filled up , and which for that ...
... body before . 6 6 ' SIR , I I AM defcended from the ancient family of the Blanks , a name well known among all ' men of business . It is always read in those little white fpaces of writing which want to be filled up , and which for that ...
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... body , fought with a refolution equal to the neceffity of their affairs , yet no one fo re- markably diftinguifhed himself on this occafion , to the amazement of both armies , as Ifidas the fon of Phoebidas , who was at that time in the ...
... body , fought with a refolution equal to the neceffity of their affairs , yet no one fo re- markably diftinguifhed himself on this occafion , to the amazement of both armies , as Ifidas the fon of Phoebidas , who was at that time in the ...
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... body , and with one glance of thought should start beyond the bounds of the creation , fhould it for mil- lions of years continue its progress through infinite space with the fame activity , it would ftill find itfelf within the embrace ...
... body , and with one glance of thought should start beyond the bounds of the creation , fhould it for mil- lions of years continue its progress through infinite space with the fame activity , it would ftill find itfelf within the embrace ...
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... body be " allowed to- ? " He had by this time filled a new pipe , and applying it to his lips , when we expected the laft word of his fentence , put us off with a whiff of tobacco ; which he re- doubled with fo much rage and trepidation ...
... body be " allowed to- ? " He had by this time filled a new pipe , and applying it to his lips , when we expected the laft word of his fentence , put us off with a whiff of tobacco ; which he re- doubled with fo much rage and trepidation ...
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Page 137 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Page 56 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 371 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Page 371 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Page 198 - In the next place, our critics do not seem sensible that there is more beauty in the works of a great genius who is ignorant of the rules of art, than in those of a little genius who knows and observes them.
Page 55 - His substance is within the substance of every being, whether material or immaterial, and as intimately present to it as that being is to itself. It would be an imperfection in him...
Page 57 - ... regard every thing that has being, especially such of his creatures who fear they are not regarded by him. He is privy to all their thoughts, and to that anxiety of heart in particular, which is apt to trouble them on this occasion ; for, as it is impossible he should overlook any of his creatures, so we may be confident...
Page 25 - Commodious manner, he marched off with it contentedly, being very well pleased that he had not been left to his own choice as to the kind of evils which fell to his lot.
Page 54 - ... capacities, as they are creatures, that is, beings of finite and limited natures. The presence of every created being is confined to a certain measure of space ; and consequently his observation is stinted to a certain number of objects.
Page 104 - I am got into quotations, give me leave to add the saying of an old philosopher, who, after having invited some of his friends to dine with him, was ruffled by his wife that came into the room in a passion, and threw down the table that stood before them; ' every one,' says he, ' has his calamity, and he is a happy man that has no greater than this.