Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of British and American Authors, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volúmenes 3-4Robert Chambers American Book Exchange, 1881 |
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... sure to find himself deceived , and consequently is so much more miserable as he fails in his greatest expectations . But since God did not make men on purpose to be misera- ble , since there is a great difference as to men's conditions ...
... sure to find himself deceived , and consequently is so much more miserable as he fails in his greatest expectations . But since God did not make men on purpose to be misera- ble , since there is a great difference as to men's conditions ...
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... sure , not in God's account ; nor should it be in man's . Nobody would endure injuries the easier , or reject favours the more , for coming by the hand of a man well or ill descended . I confess it were greater honour to have had no ...
... sure , not in God's account ; nor should it be in man's . Nobody would endure injuries the easier , or reject favours the more , for coming by the hand of a man well or ill descended . I confess it were greater honour to have had no ...
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... sure to live within com- pass ; horrow not , neither be beholden to any . Ruin not yourselves by kindness to others ; for that exceeds the due bonds of friendship , neither will a true friend ex- pect it . Small matters I heed not . Let ...
... sure to live within com- pass ; horrow not , neither be beholden to any . Ruin not yourselves by kindness to others ; for that exceeds the due bonds of friendship , neither will a true friend ex- pect it . Small matters I heed not . Let ...
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... sure you see with your own eyes , and hear with your own ears . Entertain no lurchers , cherish no informers for gain or revenge , use no tricks , fly to no devices to support or cover injustice ; but let your hearts be upright before ...
... sure you see with your own eyes , and hear with your own ears . Entertain no lurchers , cherish no informers for gain or revenge , use no tricks , fly to no devices to support or cover injustice ; but let your hearts be upright before ...
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... Sure I am , that as the lies of the Papists , of Luther , Zwinglius , Calvin , and Beza are vis by malicious and impudent , by the common plenary contradicting evidence . and yet the multitude of their seduced ones believe them all , in ...
... Sure I am , that as the lies of the Papists , of Luther , Zwinglius , Calvin , and Beza are vis by malicious and impudent , by the common plenary contradicting evidence . and yet the multitude of their seduced ones believe them all , in ...
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Página 68 - THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frowned not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, . Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to misery all he had, a tear: He gained from heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend.
Página 143 - Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place : The whitewashed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door: The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules...
Página 9 - Sent forth a sleepy horror through the blood; And where this valley winded out below, The murmuring main was heard, and scarcely heard, to flow. A pleasing land of drowsy-head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye : And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever flushing round a summer sky...
Página 66 - And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign.
Página 143 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault...
Página 143 - Thither no more the peasant shall repair To sweet oblivion of his daily care; No more the farmer's news, the barber's tale; No more the woodman's ballad shall prevail; No more the smith his dusky brow shall clear, Relax his ponderous strength, and lean to hear...
Página 35 - ... found themselves quickly at a stand, by the difficulties that rose on every side. After we had a while puzzled ourselves, without coming any nearer a resolution of those doubts which perplexed us, it came into my thoughts, that we took a wrong course ; and that before we set ourselves upon inquiries of that nature, it was necessary to examine our own abilities, and see what objects our understandings were, or were not, fitted to deal with.
Página 141 - The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out, to tire each other down; The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter tittered round the place; The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love, The matron's glance that would those looks reprove, — These were thy charms, sweet village! sports like these, With sweet succession, taught e'en toil to please; These, round thy bowers their cheerful influence shed, These were thy charms, — but all these charms are fled!
Página 224 - Chiefs, graced with scars, and prodigal of blood ; Stern patriots, who for sacred freedom stood ; Just men, by whom impartial laws were given ; And saints, who taught, and led, the way to heaven.
Página 141 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...