The Weekly Miscellany; Or, Instructive Entertainer: Containing a Collection of Select Pieces, Both in Prose and Verse; Curious Anecdotes, Instructive Tales, and Ingenious Essays on Different Subjects, Volume 7R. Goadby, 1776 |
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... whole , much more to be praised than condemned . The name of the man who had fo far infinuated himself into William's favour , as to govern with almoft a plenitude of power , was Gerbert , nearly related to a Monk of the fame name , and ...
... whole , much more to be praised than condemned . The name of the man who had fo far infinuated himself into William's favour , as to govern with almoft a plenitude of power , was Gerbert , nearly related to a Monk of the fame name , and ...
Page 8
... whole Court . He could not help marking the contemptuous looks with which he retired from his prefence ; but as he had pro- voked them by the roughness of his reprimand , he forgave them , and fecretly wifhed for an opportunity to ...
... whole Court . He could not help marking the contemptuous looks with which he retired from his prefence ; but as he had pro- voked them by the roughness of his reprimand , he forgave them , and fecretly wifhed for an opportunity to ...
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... whole company into fome little confufion , except Lord Townshend , who , after congratulating him on his fafe arrival , bid him fit down , and do as he did ; obferving , at the fame time , " that though he did come at the twelfth hour ...
... whole company into fome little confufion , except Lord Townshend , who , after congratulating him on his fafe arrival , bid him fit down , and do as he did ; obferving , at the fame time , " that though he did come at the twelfth hour ...
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... whole cone , and AEGD its fruftrum , whofe height is 1.59 inches , and content one ale gallon ; and let ABCD be the whole fruftrum , whofe depth HI is 12 inches . Put 10x = AD ; then 6x = BC . Let HF - 1.59 m IH - 12 - a ; confequent ...
... whole cone , and AEGD its fruftrum , whofe height is 1.59 inches , and content one ale gallon ; and let ABCD be the whole fruftrum , whofe depth HI is 12 inches . Put 10x = AD ; then 6x = BC . Let HF - 1.59 m IH - 12 - a ; confequent ...
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... whole ; but cannot , even where it does fubfift in the extremeft de- gree , induce amongst free agents any natural dependence or inequa- lity , any right to dominion on the one hand , or obligation to sub- jection on the other . The ...
... whole ; but cannot , even where it does fubfift in the extremeft de- gree , induce amongst free agents any natural dependence or inequa- lity , any right to dominion on the one hand , or obligation to sub- jection on the other . The ...
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acquainted affured againſt alfo almoſt Anfwer appear becauſe cafe caufe cauſe confequence confiderable defign defire difcovered drefs encreaſe fafe faid fame father favages fecond feemed feen fenfe fent fervants ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt fituation fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofed fupport fure furprize give greateſt happineſs heart herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe huſband inferted intereft Iroquois itſelf juft King lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs live manner meaſure moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafion paffed paffion perfon plant pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffible prefent preferve prifoners purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect rife ſhall ſhe ſmall ſpeak ſtate Steart ſtill Surena thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion underſtanding uſe vifit virtue weft whofe wife
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Page 295 - I saw him pale and feverish ; in thirty years the western breeze had not once fanned his blood ; he had seen no sun, no moon, in all that time, nor had the voice of friend or kinsman breathed through his lattice ; his children — but here my heart began to bleed, and I was forced to go on with another part of the portrait.
Page 30 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good. and thou shalt have praise of the same: for he is a minister of God to thee for good.
Page 222 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Page 295 - I took a single captive, and having first shut him up in his dungeon, I then looked through the twilight of his grated door to take his picture.
Page 222 - Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright : At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Page 222 - When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Page 222 - Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Page 130 - ... by voluntary aggravations. We may charge to design the effects of accident; we may think the blow violent only...
Page 295 - He had one of these little sticks in his hand, and with a rusty nail he was etching another day of misery to add to the heap. 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.
Page 130 - ... insulted by his adversary, or despised by the world. It may be laid down as an unfailing and universal axiom, that " all pride is abject and mean.