New elegant extracts; a selection from the most eminent prose and epistolary writers, by R.A. Davenport, Volumen 5C.& C. Whittingham, 1827 |
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... it . Be not served with kinsmen or friends , or men en- treated to stay ; for they expect much , and do little nor with such as are amorous , for their heads are intoxicated . And keep rather two too few LETTERS . 27.
... it . Be not served with kinsmen or friends , or men en- treated to stay ; for they expect much , and do little nor with such as are amorous , for their heads are intoxicated . And keep rather two too few LETTERS . 27.
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... expect no answer in word , or writing , but only the real perform- ance , for a beginning to relieve me out of my miseries . For now the ball is at your feet , and the world shall bear me witness , that I have put you fairly to it ; and ...
... expect no answer in word , or writing , but only the real perform- ance , for a beginning to relieve me out of my miseries . For now the ball is at your feet , and the world shall bear me witness , that I have put you fairly to it ; and ...
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... expect that such my compliance with custom shall be also looked upon as an indication of my will and plea- sure to have the thing done . See , therefore , that the boy is admitted . Thy true friend , July 28 , 1655 . OLIVER , P. SIR ...
... expect that such my compliance with custom shall be also looked upon as an indication of my will and plea- sure to have the thing done . See , therefore , that the boy is admitted . Thy true friend , July 28 , 1655 . OLIVER , P. SIR ...
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... expect a blessing from God the rest of the week , that neglects his duty to God in the due conse- cration of this day to the special service and duty to God which this day requires . Fifthly . Receive the sacrament at least three times ...
... expect a blessing from God the rest of the week , that neglects his duty to God in the due conse- cration of this day to the special service and duty to God which this day requires . Fifthly . Receive the sacrament at least three times ...
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... expect you should reverence and honour him for his own , for your , and for his office sake . And now I have written this long epistle to you , to perform that office for me that I should have done in person , if I could have taken this ...
... expect you should reverence and honour him for his own , for your , and for his office sake . And now I have written this long epistle to you , to perform that office for me that I should have done in person , if I could have taken this ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Adderbury affectionate affliction ANNA SEWARD assure believe blessing brother comfort command Cotterstock cousin DEAR SIR dearest death desire duke EARL OF ROCHESTER expect father favour fear give glad grace hand happiness hath hear heart HENRY WOTTON honour hope humble servant intended JACOB TONSON JAMES THOMSON JOHN DRYDEN JOHN LILBURNE John Paston kind king Lady letter Lichfield live London Lord Shaftesbury lordship madam majesty mean mercy mind Miss morning MOUNTNORRIS nature ness never night obliged occasion OLIVER CROMWELL opinion passions pleased pleasure poet poor pray prayers prince reason receive remember RUSSELL TO LORD SAMUEL FOOTE sent Sir William Wyndham sister soul spirit sure tell thank thee thing thou thought tion told town trouble true truly unto Virgil virtue wife wise wish word write
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Página 204 - Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right : for that shall bring a man peace at the last.
Página 206 - Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands, and Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet...
Página 21 - My lord, when I lost the freedom of my cell, which was my college, yet I found some degree of it in my quiet country parsonage ; but I am weary of the noise and oppositions of this place, and indeed God and nature did not intend me for contentions, but for study and quietness.
Página 138 - ... any shall offend you or your people, you shall have a full and speedy satisfaction for the same by an equal number of just men on both sides, that by no means you may have just occasion of being offended against them.
Página 22 - ... government, our manner of God's worship, our praising and praying to him, and our established ceremonies, as often as their tender consciences shall require us. And, in this examination...
Página 24 - ... than sparing, but not costly. For I never knew any man grow poor by keeping an orderly table. But some consume themselves through secret vices, and their hospitality bears the blame. But banish swinish drunkards out of thine house, which is a vice impairing health, consuming much, and makes no show. I never heard praise ascribed to the drunkard, but for the well-bearing of his drink ; which is a better commendation for a brewer's horse or a dray-man, than for either a gentleman or a serving-man.
Página 24 - ... thou shalt live like a rich beggar, in continual want. And the needy man can never live happily nor contentedly. For every disaster makes him ready to mortgage or sell And that gentleman, who sells an acre of land, sells an ounce of credit. For gentility is nothing else but ancient riches. So that if the foundation shall at any time sink, the building must need follow — so much for the first precept.
Página 50 - First, I send you all the thanks which my heart can conceive, or my words express, for your many travails and cares for me ; which, though they have not taken effect as you wished, yet my debt to you is not the less ; but pay it I never shall in this world.
Página 251 - Man alone seems to be the only creature who has arrived to the natural size in this poor soil. Every part of the country presents the same dismal landscape. No grove, nor brook, lend their music to cheer the stranger, or make the inhabitants forget their poverty. Yet with all these disadvantages to call him down to humility, a Scotchman is one of the proudest things alive.
Página 252 - ... on the other end stand their pensive partners that are to be ; but no more intercourse between the sexes than there is between two countries at war. The ladies indeed may ogle, and the gentlemen sigh; but an embargo is laid on any closer commerce.