The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 24 |
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... principle which they de- rided as absurd , and appeared to detest as im- pious . The company consisted of Mr. Traffic , a wealthy merchant ; Mr. Courtly , a commissioner of a pub- lic office ; Mr. Gay , a gentleman in whose conver ...
... principle which they de- rided as absurd , and appeared to detest as im- pious . The company consisted of Mr. Traffic , a wealthy merchant ; Mr. Courtly , a commissioner of a pub- lic office ; Mr. Gay , a gentleman in whose conver ...
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... principles upon which it is writ- ten , I have taken the first opportunity to communi- cate it to the public : the subject is unquestionably of great importance ; and as I think it is far from being exhausted , it may possibly produce ...
... principles upon which it is writ- ten , I have taken the first opportunity to communi- cate it to the public : the subject is unquestionably of great importance ; and as I think it is far from being exhausted , it may possibly produce ...
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... principles of social beings , there is reason to fear , that we are placed in the most un- fortunate and lamentable æra since the creation of mankind . It is not the increase of vices inseparable from humanity that alarms us , the riots ...
... principles of social beings , there is reason to fear , that we are placed in the most un- fortunate and lamentable æra since the creation of mankind . It is not the increase of vices inseparable from humanity that alarms us , the riots ...
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... principles of action ridiculous . It may , however , be allowed , that if in these in- stances reason always appeared to be overborne by the importunity of appetite ; if the future was sacri- ficed to the present , and hope renounced ...
... principles of action ridiculous . It may , however , be allowed , that if in these in- stances reason always appeared to be overborne by the importunity of appetite ; if the future was sacri- ficed to the present , and hope renounced ...
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... principles , may in the scripture sense be said to love his enemy ; yet something more may still be effected : the passion itself in some degree is in our power ; we may rise to a yet nearer emulation of divine forgiveness , we may ...
... principles , may in the scripture sense be said to love his enemy ; yet something more may still be effected : the passion itself in some degree is in our power ; we may rise to a yet nearer emulation of divine forgiveness , we may ...
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Page 95 - Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Page 132 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Page 91 - When he gave to the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment. When he appointed the foundations of the earth., then I was by him, as one brought up with him, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him, rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sons of men.
Page 53 - And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him for they saw that his grief was very great.
Page 130 - VITAL spark of heavenly flame! Quit, O quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, O, the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life! Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit, come away!
Page 52 - Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit? or whither shall I go then from thy presence ? If I climb up into heaven, thou art there ; if I go down to hell, thou art there also.
Page 92 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. . ' Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest ? Or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 44 - Tasso, Mazzoni, and others, teaches what the laws are of a true epic poem, what of a dramatic, what of a lyric, what decorum is, which is the grand masterpiece to observe.
Page 52 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 55 - Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.