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Page 88
I can look upon • The yielding marble of a snowy breast , ' with as much coldness
as this line of Mr. Waller represents in the object itself . But my fair readers ought
to consider that all their beholders are not Nestors . Every man is not sufficiently ...
I can look upon • The yielding marble of a snowy breast , ' with as much coldness
as this line of Mr. Waller represents in the object itself . But my fair readers ought
to consider that all their beholders are not Nestors . Every man is not sufficiently ...
Page 146
GUARDIAN , • Your predecessor , the Spectator , endeavoured , but in vain , to
improve the charms of the fair sex , by exposing their dress whenever it launched
into extremities . Among the rest the great petticoat came under his consideration
...
GUARDIAN , • Your predecessor , the Spectator , endeavoured , but in vain , to
improve the charms of the fair sex , by exposing their dress whenever it launched
into extremities . Among the rest the great petticoat came under his consideration
...
Page 233
Do me therefore the right to understand the truth of that ; and in my behalf inform
others , who either are , or may be infected with sinister rumours , much
prejudicial to that fair opinion I desire to hold amongst all worthy persons . And ,
on the ...
Do me therefore the right to understand the truth of that ; and in my behalf inform
others , who either are , or may be infected with sinister rumours , much
prejudicial to that fair opinion I desire to hold amongst all worthy persons . And ,
on the ...
Page 380
Cease , cease , fair nymph , to lavish precious tears , And discompose your soul
with airy fears . Look on Sicilia's glittring courts with scorn ; A nobler sceptre shall
that hand adorn . Imperial pomp shall sooth a gen'rous pride ; The bridegroom ...
Cease , cease , fair nymph , to lavish precious tears , And discompose your soul
with airy fears . Look on Sicilia's glittring courts with scorn ; A nobler sceptre shall
that hand adorn . Imperial pomp shall sooth a gen'rous pride ; The bridegroom ...
Page 400
First draw her easy - flowing hair As soft and black as she is fair ; And , if your art
can rise so high , Let breathing odours round her fly : Beneath the shade of
flowing jet The iv'ry forehead smoothly set . With care the sable brows extend ,
And in ...
First draw her easy - flowing hair As soft and black as she is fair ; And , if your art
can rise so high , Let breathing odours round her fly : Beneath the shade of
flowing jet The iv'ry forehead smoothly set . With care the sable brows extend ,
And in ...
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Page 23 - Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword.
Page 32 - Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
Page 398 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household. For all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Page 31 - Hitherto shalt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.
Page 398 - 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.
Page 197 - A new commandment I give unto you : That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love one for another.
Page 23 - He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Page 32 - Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: they shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Page 399 - She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night. She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
Page 32 - When he made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder, then did he see it and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
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| Title | The Guardian: no.83-176, June 16-Oct. 1, 1713 Volume 2 of The Guardian: A New Edition, Carefully Revised, in Two Volumes; with Prefaces Historical and Biographical, Alexander Chalmers |
| Author | Alexander Chalmers |
| Contributors | Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison |
| Publisher | F. C. and J. Rivington, J. Nunn, 1822 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Jul 2007 |
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