The Adventurer, Volume 2John Hawkesworth J. Richardson, 1823 - English essays |
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... labour was to feed , and his vigilance protect ; will see that Alexander was more the pest of society than Bagshot , and more deserved a gibbet in the proportion of a mil- lion to one . It may , perhaps , be thought absurd to inquire ...
... labour was to feed , and his vigilance protect ; will see that Alexander was more the pest of society than Bagshot , and more deserved a gibbet in the proportion of a mil- lion to one . It may , perhaps , be thought absurd to inquire ...
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... labour to as little purpose as he who should attempt to fill a sieve with water . I was accidentally led to pursue my subject in this train by the sight of an historical chart , in which the rise , the progress , the declension , and ...
... labour to as little purpose as he who should attempt to fill a sieve with water . I was accidentally led to pursue my subject in this train by the sight of an historical chart , in which the rise , the progress , the declension , and ...
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... labours to lessen the dignity of human nature destroys many efficacious motives for practising worthy actions , and deserves ill of his fellow crea- tures , whom he paints in dark and disagreeable co- lours . As the opinions of men ...
... labours to lessen the dignity of human nature destroys many efficacious motives for practising worthy actions , and deserves ill of his fellow crea- tures , whom he paints in dark and disagreeable co- lours . As the opinions of men ...
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... labour wrought it into a tragedy . " When it was finished , I sat down , like Her- cules after his labours , exulting in the past , 52 . 31 ADVENTURER .
... labour wrought it into a tragedy . " When it was finished , I sat down , like Her- cules after his labours , exulting in the past , 52 . 31 ADVENTURER .
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John Hawkesworth. cules after his labours , exulting in the past , and en- joying the future by anticipation . I read it to every friend who favoured me with a visit , and when I went abroad I always put it into my pocket . Thus it ...
John Hawkesworth. cules after his labours , exulting in the past , and en- joying the future by anticipation . I read it to every friend who favoured me with a visit , and when I went abroad I always put it into my pocket . Thus it ...
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Page 26 - Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit? or whither shall I go then from thy presence ? If I climb up into heaven, thou art there ; if I go down to hell, thou art there also.
Page 26 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, And are counted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 67 - Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Page 27 - And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him for they saw that his grief was very great.
Page 26 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 63 - When he gave to the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment. When he appointed the foundations of the earth., then I was by him, as one brought up with him, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him, rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sons of men.
Page 65 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Page 102 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Page 65 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 28 - The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.