The British Essayists;: SpectatorJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 |
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... countenance to retrieve his lost condition . • SIR , • It is in vain to multiply words and make apologies for what is never to be defended by the best advocate in the world , the guilt of being un- fortunate . All that a man in my ...
... countenance to retrieve his lost condition . • SIR , • It is in vain to multiply words and make apologies for what is never to be defended by the best advocate in the world , the guilt of being un- fortunate . All that a man in my ...
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... countenance your affairs with my appearance for you , but shall accom- modate you with a considerable sum at common in- terest for three years . You know I could make more of it ; but I have so great a love for you , that I can wave ...
... countenance your affairs with my appearance for you , but shall accom- modate you with a considerable sum at common in- terest for three years . You know I could make more of it ; but I have so great a love for you , that I can wave ...
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... countenance among the men of mode . Our excess of modesty makes us shame- faced in all the exercises of piety and devotion . This humour prevails upon us daily ; insomuch that , at many well - bred tables , the master of the house is so ...
... countenance among the men of mode . Our excess of modesty makes us shame- faced in all the exercises of piety and devotion . This humour prevails upon us daily ; insomuch that , at many well - bred tables , the master of the house is so ...
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... countenance among us , By this means we are gradually fallen into that vicious modesty , which has in some measure worn out from among us the appearance of Christianity in ordinary life and conversation , and which distinguishes us from ...
... countenance among us , By this means we are gradually fallen into that vicious modesty , which has in some measure worn out from among us the appearance of Christianity in ordinary life and conversation , and which distinguishes us from ...
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... countenance when she was dancing ; for my girl , though I say it myself , showed in one quarter of an hour the innate principles of a modest virgin , a tender wife , a generous friend , a kind mother , and an indulgent mistress . I'll ...
... countenance when she was dancing ; for my girl , though I say it myself , showed in one quarter of an hour the innate principles of a modest virgin , a tender wife , a generous friend , a kind mother , and an indulgent mistress . I'll ...
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Page 60 - And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 60 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...
Page 53 - Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD ? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 88 - I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Page 60 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball ; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Page 172 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.
Page 3 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Page 2 - If gratitude, when exerted towards one another, naturally produces a very pleasing sensation in the mind of a grateful man, it exalts the soul into rapture, when it is employed on this great object of gratitude ; on this beneficent Being, who has given us every thing we already possess, and from whom we expect every thing we yet hope for.
Page 193 - ... the state of his soul, whether he was of the number of the elect ; what was the occasion of his conversion ; upon what day of the month and hour of the day it happened ; how it was carried on, and when completed ? The whole examination was summed up with one short question, namely, whether he was prepared for death...
Page 171 - Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.