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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... dear creatures called to me , to ask what I wanted , when I could not answer , only To look at you . ' I went to one of the windows which opened to the area below , where all the several voices lost their distinction , and rose up in a ...
... dear creatures called to me , to ask what I wanted , when I could not answer , only To look at you . ' I went to one of the windows which opened to the area below , where all the several voices lost their distinction , and rose up in a ...
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... DEAR SPEC , Sir , yours , & c . August 6 , 1712 . You have given us , in your Spectator of Saturday last , a very excellent discourse upon the force of custom , and its wonderful efficacy in mak- ing every thing pleasant to us . I ...
... DEAR SPEC , Sir , yours , & c . August 6 , 1712 . You have given us , in your Spectator of Saturday last , a very excellent discourse upon the force of custom , and its wonderful efficacy in mak- ing every thing pleasant to us . I ...
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... dear rails at my father and mo- ther , and I curse hers for making the match . ' • Mr. SPECTATOR , August 8 , 1712 . ' I LIKE the theme you lately gave out ex- tremely , and should be as glad to handle it as any man living . But I find ...
... dear rails at my father and mo- ther , and I curse hers for making the match . ' • Mr. SPECTATOR , August 8 , 1712 . ' I LIKE the theme you lately gave out ex- tremely , and should be as glad to handle it as any man living . But I find ...
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... DEAR TOMм , I AM very glad to hear that you have heart enough to begin the world a second time . I assure you , I do not think your numerous family at all diminished ( in the gifts of nature , for which I have ever so much admired them ) ...
... DEAR TOMм , I AM very glad to hear that you have heart enough to begin the world a second time . I assure you , I do not think your numerous family at all diminished ( in the gifts of nature , for which I have ever so much admired them ) ...
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... dear selves ; and thou art no longer to drudge in raising the mirth of stupids , who know nothing of thy merit , for thy maintenance . It is natural for the generality of mankind to run into reflexions upon our mortality , when ...
... dear selves ; and thou art no longer to drudge in raising the mirth of stupids , who know nothing of thy merit , for thy maintenance . It is natural for the generality of mankind to run into reflexions upon our mortality , when ...
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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.