Essays, Moral and Literary, Volumen 3J. Mawman ... R. Lea ... J. Walker ... and J. Nunn, 1803 |
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... superstition ; and therefore spend the Sabbath , like the charming people abroad , at cards and in dissipa- tion , and very much lament those gross prejudices of the common people , which render it decent and 8 No. 120 . ESSAYS ,
... superstition ; and therefore spend the Sabbath , like the charming people abroad , at cards and in dissipa- tion , and very much lament those gross prejudices of the common people , which render it decent and 8 No. 120 . ESSAYS ,
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... tion . They are illiberal in their nature ; they origi- , nated in slavery , and they lead to tyranny . It is remarked by Burn , and the great Commentator on our legal system , that , in one statute only for the preservation of Game ...
... tion . They are illiberal in their nature ; they origi- , nated in slavery , and they lead to tyranny . It is remarked by Burn , and the great Commentator on our legal system , that , in one statute only for the preservation of Game ...
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... tion which God and nature have constituted free as the seas and winds . They do not consider the pursuit of game in the liberal light of a gentleman- like diversion , but view the hare and the partridge as provender for the table at ...
... tion which God and nature have constituted free as the seas and winds . They do not consider the pursuit of game in the liberal light of a gentleman- like diversion , but view the hare and the partridge as provender for the table at ...
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... tion too much engaged by dancers , singers , and har- lequins , to admit the serious , yet lively pleasures of the tragic muse . There seems to me , to be no method more effec- tual of softening the ferocity , and improving the minds of ...
... tion too much engaged by dancers , singers , and har- lequins , to admit the serious , yet lively pleasures of the tragic muse . There seems to me , to be no method more effec- tual of softening the ferocity , and improving the minds of ...
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... tion takes an unfortunate turn ; and if he arrives not at the honour of dying like a Macheath , he will at least endeavour to deserve it . Such , I am well as . sured , is often a true case ; but even the miserable creatures , who are ...
... tion takes an unfortunate turn ; and if he arrives not at the honour of dying like a Macheath , he will at least endeavour to deserve it . Such , I am well as . sured , is often a true case ; but even the miserable creatures , who are ...
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Página 206 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Página 177 - I come, as it were, to make up my account with you, let me take to myself some degree of honest pride on the nature of the charges that are against me. I do not here stand before you accused of venality, or of neglect of duty. It is not said that, in the long period of my service, I have, in a single instance, sacrificed the slightest of your interests to my ambition, or to my fortune. It is not alleged that, to...
Página 185 - As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down, shook his head, and went on with his work of affliction.
Página 177 - I do not here stand before you accused of venality, or of neglect of duty. It is not said, that, in the long period of my service, I have, in a single instance, sacrificed the slightest of your interests to my ambition or to my fortune. It is not alleged, that to gratify any anger, or revenge of my own, or of my party, I have had a share in wronging or oppressing any description of men, or any one man in any description.
Página 185 - Adieu, poor luckless maiden ! Imbibe the oil and wine which the compassion of a stranger, as he journeyeth on his way, now pours into thy wounds — the Being who has twice bruised thee can only bind them up for ever.
Página 203 - God, and wandering every man after the counsel of his own heart, and in the sight of his own eyes...
Página 177 - No ! the charges against me are all of one kind : that I have pushed the principles of general justice and benevolence too far, — further than a cautious policy would warrant, and further than the opinions of many would go along with me. In every accident which may happen through life, in pain, in sorrow, in depression, and distress, I will call to mind this accusation, and be comforted.
Página 16 - From a similar principle to which, though the forest laws are now mitigated, and by degrees grown entirely obsolete, yet from this root has sprung a bastard slip, known by the name of the game laws, now arrived to and wantoning in its highest vigour ; both founded upon the same unreasonable notions of permanent property in wild creatures ; and both productive of the same tyranny to the commons : but with this difference, that the forest law?
Página 54 - I think it is not difficult to perceive, that the admirers of English poetry are divided into two parties. The objects of their love are, perhaps, of equal beauty, though they greatly differ in their air, their dress, the turn of their features, and their complexion. On one side are the lovers and imitators of Spenser and Milton ; and on the other, those of Dryden, Boileau, and Pope.
Página 16 - ... of forest laws imported from the continent, whereby the slaughter of a beast was made almost as penal as the death of a man. In the Saxon times, though no man was allowed to kill or chase the king's deer, yet he might start any game, pursue and kill it upon his own estate.