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... reader of the Bible version of the Psalms ) that the piece was written on occasion of the betrothment of a youthful Jewish pair . It is followed by a list of the Dramatis Personæ , and , according to Hebrew usage , an abstract of the ...
... reader of the Bible version of the Psalms ) that the piece was written on occasion of the betrothment of a youthful Jewish pair . It is followed by a list of the Dramatis Personæ , and , according to Hebrew usage , an abstract of the ...
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... reader , will probably form its chief recommendation ; though the specimens given will prove that in the staple commodity of all dramatic poetry , viz . sentiment and passion - the Jew of the eighteenth century was , at all events , on ...
... reader , will probably form its chief recommendation ; though the specimens given will prove that in the staple commodity of all dramatic poetry , viz . sentiment and passion - the Jew of the eighteenth century was , at all events , on ...
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... reader should have heard him tell , for his imitation of the parties connected with it was excellent ; I will give as nearly as possible the words in which he told it , but for his manner and the character of the persons spoken of , I ...
... reader should have heard him tell , for his imitation of the parties connected with it was excellent ; I will give as nearly as possible the words in which he told it , but for his manner and the character of the persons spoken of , I ...
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... reader . - But , secondly , granting that an infidel government must necessarily have such a firm belief in the social tenets of the " credal infidel " creed as to act upon the " doctrine ” of utilitarian philosophy , one of the ...
... reader . - But , secondly , granting that an infidel government must necessarily have such a firm belief in the social tenets of the " credal infidel " creed as to act upon the " doctrine ” of utilitarian philosophy , one of the ...
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... reader , who may wish to look a little into it , may derive much amusement , and instruction also ( whatever conclusion he comes to ) , in " The London Phalanx , " published by Mr. Doherty , of Catherine Street , in the First Number of ...
... reader , who may wish to look a little into it , may derive much amusement , and instruction also ( whatever conclusion he comes to ) , in " The London Phalanx , " published by Mr. Doherty , of Catherine Street , in the First Number of ...
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Page 474 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Page 486 - It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
Page 117 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend — This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall: Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all.
Page 198 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Page 485 - No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this ; the only right is what is after my constitution, the only wrong what is against it.
Page 202 - Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 487 - A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. — " Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.
Page 203 - What though the field be lost ? All is not lost : the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield : And what is else not to be overcome ? That glory never shall his wrath or might 110 Extort from me.
Page 202 - His spear, — to equal which, the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Page 168 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.