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... Honour be it spoken , there is not a Sage of them all could have better acted up to their Precepts in one of the most important Points of Life : I mean in that Generous Difre- gard of Popular Opinion , which you showed some Years ago ...
... Honour be it spoken , there is not a Sage of them all could have better acted up to their Precepts in one of the most important Points of Life : I mean in that Generous Difre- gard of Popular Opinion , which you showed some Years ago ...
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... Honour , Religion and Virtue ; and so long as he acts with an Eye to these Principles , whatever Party he is of , he cannot fail of being a good Englishman , and a Lover of his Country . As As for the Persons concerned in this Work ...
... Honour , Religion and Virtue ; and so long as he acts with an Eye to these Principles , whatever Party he is of , he cannot fail of being a good Englishman , and a Lover of his Country . As As for the Persons concerned in this Work ...
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... some Years last past , in the Cities of London and Westminster . Thus much for the profound Gentleman who honours me with the fol- lowing Epiftle . : Ba SIR , 6 SIR , B From my Cell , June 24. No.560 . The. SPECTATOR . 15.
... some Years last past , in the Cities of London and Westminster . Thus much for the profound Gentleman who honours me with the fol- lowing Epiftle . : Ba SIR , 6 SIR , B From my Cell , June 24. No.560 . The. SPECTATOR . 15.
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... honour me with a Vifit , I will compli- ment you with the first opening of my Mouth , and if you please you may make an entertaining Dialogue out of the Conversation of two dumb Men . Excuse this Trouble , worthy Sir , from one who has ...
... honour me with a Vifit , I will compli- ment you with the first opening of my Mouth , and if you please you may make an entertaining Dialogue out of the Conversation of two dumb Men . Excuse this Trouble , worthy Sir , from one who has ...
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... Honour , and if you could recommend me ef- fectually , should be well enough contented to pass the • Remainder of my Days in the Arms of some dear kind Creature , and upon a pretty Estate in the Coun- try . C2 6 try . This , as I take ...
... Honour , and if you could recommend me ef- fectually , should be well enough contented to pass the • Remainder of my Days in the Arms of some dear kind Creature , and upon a pretty Estate in the Coun- try . C2 6 try . This , as I take ...
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Seite 259 - ... all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy. But when, or where ? — This world was made for Caesar.
Seite 37 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Seite 11 - I did not question, came loaded with his crimes; but, upon searching into his bundle, I found that, instead of throwing his guilt from him, he had only laid down his memory. He was followed by another worthless rogue, who flung away his modesty, instead of his ignorance.
Seite 11 - The immoderate breadth of the features made me very much out of humour with my own countenance, upon which I threw it from me like a mask. It happened very luckily that one who stood by me had just before thrown down his visage, which it seems was too long for him.
Seite 67 - to the sun, and water to the diamond. It irradiates every metal, and enriches lead with all the properties of gold. It heightens smoke into flame, flame into light, and light into glory.
Seite 53 - We may assure ourselves that the great Author of nature will not always be as one who is indifferent to any of his creatures.
Seite 134 - ... there is more beauty in the works of a great genius, who is ignorant of all the rules of art, than in the works of a little genius, who not only knows but scrupulously observes them.
Seite 10 - I saw multitudes of old women throw down their wrinkles, and several young ones who stripped themselves of a tawny skin.
Seite 71 - We make provisions for this life, as though it were never to have an end, and for the other life, as though it were never to have a beginning. Should a spirit of superior rank, who is a stranger to human nature, accidentally alight upon the earth, and take a survey of its inhabitants ; what would his notions of us...
Seite 10 - Jupiter, that every mortal should bring in his griefs and calamities, and throw them together in a heap. There was a large plain appointed for this purpose. I took my stand in the centre of it, and saw with a great deal of pleasure the whole human species marching one after another, and throwing down their several loads, which immediately grew up into a prodigious mountain, that seemed to rise above the clouds.