ObserverT. and J. Allman, 1823 - English essays |
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... hope now remained for moderate measures , when the people's representatives should again assemble ? In this fatal moment the fuel was prepared and the match lighted , to give life to the flames of civil war ; already Scotland had set ...
... hope now remained for moderate measures , when the people's representatives should again assemble ? In this fatal moment the fuel was prepared and the match lighted , to give life to the flames of civil war ; already Scotland had set ...
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... hope a little plain English , without the help of Sotades , will serve to open the eyes of a plain Englishman , and prevent him from strutting about the world merely to make sport for his neighbours ; for I declare in truth , that so ...
... hope a little plain English , without the help of Sotades , will serve to open the eyes of a plain Englishman , and prevent him from strutting about the world merely to make sport for his neighbours ; for I declare in truth , that so ...
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... hope it would be sufficient ) , is to take down his Bible from the shelf , and look out for the parable of the Pharisee and Publican ; it is a short story and soon read , but the moral is so much to his purpose , that he may depend upon ...
... hope it would be sufficient ) , is to take down his Bible from the shelf , and look out for the parable of the Pharisee and Publican ; it is a short story and soon read , but the moral is so much to his purpose , that he may depend upon ...
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... hope administers a cordial even in our last mo- ments , that lulls the agonies of death : but where is the need of these , had this discovery been esta- blished ? Why call in physicians and resort to cor- dials , if we can hold danger ...
... hope administers a cordial even in our last mo- ments , that lulls the agonies of death : but where is the need of these , had this discovery been esta- blished ? Why call in physicians and resort to cor- dials , if we can hold danger ...
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... hope of evading death , or there is something in a life of dissipation not worth preserving . I am astonished at the stupidity of any man , who can deny himself the gratification of con- scious integrity : the proud man must be a con ...
... hope of evading death , or there is something in a life of dissipation not worth preserving . I am astonished at the stupidity of any man , who can deny himself the gratification of con- scious integrity : the proud man must be a con ...
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Popular passages
Page 116 - I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair. And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature...
Page 124 - I am settled, and bend up Each corporal agent to this terrible feat. Away, and mock the time with fairest show : False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
Page 122 - He's here in double trust; First, as I am his kinsman and his subject Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.
Page 152 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake : Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog...
Page 91 - And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon : and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves ; for the time of figs was not yet.
Page 130 - Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day ; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond "Which keeps me pale...
Page 83 - And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph...
Page 130 - His cloister'd flight; ere to black Hecate's summons The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums Hath rung night's yawning peal, there shall be done A deed of dreadful note.
Page 83 - And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Page 96 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.