The Moral Miscellany: Or, a Collection of Select Pieces, in Prose and Verse. For the Instruction and Entertainment of YouthT. Cadell, 1773 - Всего страниц: 376 |
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... there is not another world . True , Jon , faid the hermit ; but what is thy condition if there is ? Man is a creature defigned for two different ftates 平 ftates of being , or rather , for two different THE MORAL MISCELLANY .
... there is not another world . True , Jon , faid the hermit ; but what is thy condition if there is ? Man is a creature defigned for two different ftates 平 ftates of being , or rather , for two different THE MORAL MISCELLANY .
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... faid the Ass , " when I was " difmiffed from the earth , I think I fhould have been a lofer by my exiftence ; for during my whole life , " there was fcarce an interval of an hour , in which I 66 did " did not fuffer the accumulated ...
... faid the Ass , " when I was " difmiffed from the earth , I think I fhould have been a lofer by my exiftence ; for during my whole life , " there was fcarce an interval of an hour , in which I 66 did " did not fuffer the accumulated ...
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... faid to herself , " She had wit and beauty , and fuch charms as often captivate fo far as to make men forget thofe meaner " confidèrations , and innocent freedoms were not to " be denied : A gentleman of condition is not to be " fhunned ...
... faid to herself , " She had wit and beauty , and fuch charms as often captivate fo far as to make men forget thofe meaner " confidèrations , and innocent freedoms were not to " be denied : A gentleman of condition is not to be " fhunned ...
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... faid for fuch an evil ; but that the reftraints of fhame and ignominy are bro- ken down by the prevalence of custom . I don't , indeed , expect that my precautions will have any great weight with men of mode ; but I know not but they ...
... faid for fuch an evil ; but that the reftraints of fhame and ignominy are bro- ken down by the prevalence of custom . I don't , indeed , expect that my precautions will have any great weight with men of mode ; but I know not but they ...
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... faid with a fmile , " If I fhould visit her upon your introduction now I have leifure , I don't know " but I might go again upon her own invitation , when " I ought to be better employed . " But when I caft about all the inftances which ...
... faid with a fmile , " If I fhould visit her upon your introduction now I have leifure , I don't know " but I might go again upon her own invitation , when " I ought to be better employed . " But when I caft about all the inftances which ...
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Стр. 127 - And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour, so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
Стр. 344 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn Or busy housewife ply her evening care : No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Стр. 168 - ... them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pitfalls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
Стр. 13 - 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.
Стр. 127 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad : for who is able to judge this thy so great a people ? And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
Стр. 346 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Стр. 344 - THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Стр. 346 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Стр. 344 - And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.