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Page 59
... equal degree , his ignorance of his patient's philosophy , and his own propensity to ludicrous pleasantry ; " Poor philosopher Berke- ley , " says he , " has now the idea of health , which was very hard to produce in him ; for he had an ...
... equal degree , his ignorance of his patient's philosophy , and his own propensity to ludicrous pleasantry ; " Poor philosopher Berke- ley , " says he , " has now the idea of health , which was very hard to produce in him ; for he had an ...
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... equal that which had been derived from the Iliad , yet did it make a considerable addition to the property of our poet ; he had the benefit of the subscrip- tion copies , in number eight hundred and nine- teen 96 BIOGRAPHICAL AND ...
... equal that which had been derived from the Iliad , yet did it make a considerable addition to the property of our poet ; he had the benefit of the subscrip- tion copies , in number eight hundred and nine- teen 96 BIOGRAPHICAL AND ...
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... equal advantage to himself and his patron . The decease of Addison , which took place in 1719 , was severely felt and sincerely lamented by Tickell . To the collected works of his great patron , who had on his death - bed left him the ...
... equal advantage to himself and his patron . The decease of Addison , which took place in 1719 , was severely felt and sincerely lamented by Tickell . To the collected works of his great patron , who had on his death - bed left him the ...
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... equal merit in the more rustic style : these two poets , therefore , may justly be supposed in this allegory to have inherited his kingdom of Arca- dia * " This poem , like every other poetical produc- tion from the pen of Sir William ...
... equal merit in the more rustic style : these two poets , therefore , may justly be supposed in this allegory to have inherited his kingdom of Arca- dia * " This poem , like every other poetical produc- tion from the pen of Sir William ...
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... equal state of doubt , and there is reason to suppose that Swift derived much en- tertainment from the surmises and curiosity of his friends . Arbuthnot , however , seems to have been in the secret ; for , writing to Swift on No- vember ...
... equal state of doubt , and there is reason to suppose that Swift derived much en- tertainment from the surmises and curiosity of his friends . Arbuthnot , however , seems to have been in the secret ; for , writing to Swift on No- vember ...
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Page 67 - Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Page 101 - She, who ne'er answers till a husband cools, Or, if she rules him, never shows she rules; Charms by accepting, by submitting sways, Yet has her humour most, when she obeys...
Page 92 - But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles, and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence., and a dread repose: Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Page 66 - In happy climes, where from the genial sun And virgin earth such scenes ensue, The force of Art by Nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true...
Page 88 - Or o'er the glebe distil the kindly rain; Others on earth o'er human race preside, Watch all their ways, and all their actions guide: Of these the chief the care of nations own, And guard with arms divine the British throne. 'Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing, though less glorious care; To save the powder from too rude a gale, Nor let th...
Page 297 - Yet e'en in transitory life's late day, That mingles all my brown with sober gray, Revere the man, whose pilgrim marks the road, And guides the progress of the soul to God.
Page 88 - Some to the sun their insect-wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms, too fine for mortal sight, Their fluid bodies half...
Page 161 - And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
Page 20 - O'er which the Cambrian mountains, like far clouds That skirt the blue horizon, dusky rise. Flush'd by the spirit of the genial year, Now from the virgin's cheek a fresher bloom Shoots, less and less, the live carnation round ; Her lips blush deeper sweets ; she breathes of youth ; The shining moisture swells into her eyes, In brighter flow ; her wishing bosom heaves, With palpitations wild ; kind tumults seize Her veins, and all her yielding soul is love. From the keen gaze her lover turns away,...
Page 116 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.