The Adventurer, Volume 2S. Doig, 1793 |
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... fame reasons , to confute or to ridicule a huf band with an apparent fuperiority of knowledge or of wit , affords all the parade of triumph to a wife ; it is to be strong where weakness is no reproach , and to conquer when it would not ...
... fame reasons , to confute or to ridicule a huf band with an apparent fuperiority of knowledge or of wit , affords all the parade of triumph to a wife ; it is to be strong where weakness is no reproach , and to conquer when it would not ...
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... fame fubject , with a general remark . As they who poffefs lefs than they expected cannot be happy , to ex- patiate in chimerical profpects of felicity is to infure the anguish of disappointment , and to loofe the power of enjoying ...
... fame fubject , with a general remark . As they who poffefs lefs than they expected cannot be happy , to ex- patiate in chimerical profpects of felicity is to infure the anguish of disappointment , and to loofe the power of enjoying ...
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... fame degree of pain in both fubjects , is in the fame degree an evil ; and that it cannot be wanton- ly inflicted , without equal violation of right . Neither does it follow from the contrary pofitions , that man should abstain from ...
... fame degree of pain in both fubjects , is in the fame degree an evil ; and that it cannot be wanton- ly inflicted , without equal violation of right . Neither does it follow from the contrary pofitions , that man should abstain from ...
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... charity ; and the effect " of example is the fame , whether it be intended to 66 obtain the favour of God or man . Let thy virtue " " be " be thus diffused ; and if thou believeft with No. XXXVIII . 23 THE ADVENTURER .
... charity ; and the effect " of example is the fame , whether it be intended to 66 obtain the favour of God or man . Let thy virtue " " be " be thus diffused ; and if thou believeft with No. XXXVIII . 23 THE ADVENTURER .
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year to every region of the earth , is the fame , though distributed at various times and in different portions ; fo , perhaps , to each individual of the human species , nature has ordained the fame quantity of wakefulness and fleep ...
year to every region of the earth , is the fame , though distributed at various times and in different portions ; fo , perhaps , to each individual of the human species , nature has ordained the fame quantity of wakefulness and fleep ...
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Page 154 - 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 hurl'd; The glory jest, and riddle of the world!
Page 77 - If I climb up into heaven, thou art there: If I go down to hell, thou art there also.
Page 81 - I have trodden the winepress alone ; and of the people there was none with me : for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury ; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
Page 114 - 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 69 - Tasso, Mazzoni, and others, teaches what the laws are of a true epic poem, what of a dramatic, what of a lyric, what decorum is, which is the grand masterpiece to observe.
Page 78 - 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 118 - I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
Page 82 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
Page 1 - I will meditate the reason of thy request; and may he who illuminates the mind of the humble, enable me to determine with wisdom.
Page 3 - I now descried a fox, whose two forelegs appeared to be broken. Before this fox the eagle laid part of a kid, which she had brought in her talons, and then disappeared.