The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and CriticalJ. Haddon, 1819 - English essays |
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... greater , as each reporter is confident , that he only com- municated it to one person . A report , ' says Stra- da , thus transmitted from . one to one , is like a drop of water at the top of a house ; it descends but from tile to tile ...
... greater , as each reporter is confident , that he only com- municated it to one person . A report , ' says Stra- da , thus transmitted from . one to one , is like a drop of water at the top of a house ; it descends but from tile to tile ...
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... greater obstinacy the project of another ; as each is more able to distinguish himself as the head of a party , he will less readily be made a follower or an associate . The reigning philosophy informs us , that the vast bodies which ...
... greater obstinacy the project of another ; as each is more able to distinguish himself as the head of a party , he will less readily be made a follower or an associate . The reigning philosophy informs us , that the vast bodies which ...
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... greater malignity , if it is com- mitted in those seasons which are set apart to plea- santry and good - humour , and brightened with enjoyments peculiar to rational and social beings . Detraction is among those vices , which the most ...
... greater malignity , if it is com- mitted in those seasons which are set apart to plea- santry and good - humour , and brightened with enjoyments peculiar to rational and social beings . Detraction is among those vices , which the most ...
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... greater aggrava- tion of guilt , and more extensive and pernicious effects , to render him the object of veneration and applause . Bagshot , the robber , having lost the booty of a week among his associates at hazard , loaded his ...
... greater aggrava- tion of guilt , and more extensive and pernicious effects , to render him the object of veneration and applause . Bagshot , the robber , having lost the booty of a week among his associates at hazard , loaded his ...
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... greater part of mankind must answer in the affirmative ; and yet nothing can be more absurd than their different apprehensions of the Hero and the Thief . The conduct of Bagshot and Alexander had in general the same motives , and the ...
... greater part of mankind must answer in the affirmative ; and yet nothing can be more absurd than their different apprehensions of the Hero and the Thief . The conduct of Bagshot and Alexander had in general the same motives , and the ...
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Page 58 - And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Page 54 - 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 92 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth; when he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep; 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...
Page 55 - 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 307 - I will up, saith the Lord : and will help every one from him that swelleth against him, and will set him at rest. 7 The words of the Lord are pure words : even as the silver, which from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the fire.
Page 96 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Page 54 - 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 55 - 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 94 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Page 93 - O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet ? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.