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... given him a very new idea of Eng- lish politeness ; and that he did not question but there were excellent compositions in the native language of a country that possessed the Roman genius in so eminent a degree . The first English ...
... given him a very new idea of Eng- lish politeness ; and that he did not question but there were excellent compositions in the native language of a country that possessed the Roman genius in so eminent a degree . The first English ...
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... given as much pleasure in the closet , as others have af- forded from the stage , with all the assistance of voices and instruments . The Comedy called The Tender Husband ap- peared much about the same time , to which Mr. Addison wrote ...
... given as much pleasure in the closet , as others have af- forded from the stage , with all the assistance of voices and instruments . The Comedy called The Tender Husband ap- peared much about the same time , to which Mr. Addison wrote ...
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... given to Mr. Ad- dison the honour of the most applauded pieces in that collection . But as that acknowledgment was delivered only in general terms , without directing the public to the several papers , Mr. Addison , who was content with ...
... given to Mr. Ad- dison the honour of the most applauded pieces in that collection . But as that acknowledgment was delivered only in general terms , without directing the public to the several papers , Mr. Addison , who was content with ...
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... given of the former , to which nothing is now to be added , except that a great part of the Latin quotations were rendered into English , in a very hasty manner , by the Editor , and one of his friends , who had the good - nature to ...
... given of the former , to which nothing is now to be added , except that a great part of the Latin quotations were rendered into English , in a very hasty manner , by the Editor , and one of his friends , who had the good - nature to ...
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... given ; And saints , who taught , and led the way to heaven . Ne'er to these chambers , where the mighty rest , Since their foundation , came a nobler guest ; Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss convey'd A fairer spirit , or more ...
... given ; And saints , who taught , and led the way to heaven . Ne'er to these chambers , where the mighty rest , Since their foundation , came a nobler guest ; Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss convey'd A fairer spirit , or more ...
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Página 36 - Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator ? oft in bands While they keep watch, or nightly rounding walk...
Página 159 - ... in separating carefully, one from another, ideas wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being misled by similitude, and by affinity to take one thing for another.
Página 270 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it, he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servants to them.
Página 338 - I see multitudes of people passing over it", said I, "and a black cloud hanging on each end of it ". As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon...
Página 349 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Página 196 - They closed full fast on every side, No slackness there was found; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground.
Página 270 - Sometimes he will be lengthening out a verse in the singing psalms, half a minute after the rest of the congregation have done with it ; sometimes when he is pleased with the matter of his devotion, he pronounces
Página 256 - At his first settling with me, I made him a present of all the good sermons which have been printed in English, and only begged of him that every Sunday he would pronounce one of them in the pulpit. Accordingly, he has digested them into such a series, that they follow one another naturally, and make a continued system of practical divinity.
Página 391 - If I did despise the cause of my manservant, Or of my maidservant, when they contended with me : What then shall I do when God riseth up ? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him ? Did not he that made me in the womb make him ? And did not one fashion us in the womb...
Página 339 - those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants; and among many other feathered...