ObserverT. and J. Allman, 1823 - English essays |
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... of abdi- cation ; for in that case he would not have failed to have taken credit with the people about him , for hav- ing been the means of restoring the liberties of his country , and he would have made as great a N ° 53 . 11 OBSERVER .
... of abdi- cation ; for in that case he would not have failed to have taken credit with the people about him , for hav- ing been the means of restoring the liberties of his country , and he would have made as great a N ° 53 . 11 OBSERVER .
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... mean talent which excels in trifles ; the fine arts are more likely to flourish under a prince , whose ignorance of them is qualified by general and impartial good- will towards their professors , than by one , who is himself a dabbler ...
... mean talent which excels in trifles ; the fine arts are more likely to flourish under a prince , whose ignorance of them is qualified by general and impartial good- will towards their professors , than by one , who is himself a dabbler ...
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... mean which comes under my notice as an Observer , without intruding upon the more important pro- vince of the physician . Now , as this island of ours is most happily supplied with a large and learned body of professors under every ...
... mean which comes under my notice as an Observer , without intruding upon the more important pro- vince of the physician . Now , as this island of ours is most happily supplied with a large and learned body of professors under every ...
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... means to get it from him , rough and smooth , and if a prosecution would have laid against it , I would have driven him out of it by the expenses of a suit ; but all to no purpose ; I am so tormented by the fellow's obstinacy , and my ...
... means to get it from him , rough and smooth , and if a prosecution would have laid against it , I would have driven him out of it by the expenses of a suit ; but all to no purpose ; I am so tormented by the fellow's obstinacy , and my ...
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... means of pro- viding for the event of death , though none have yet been discovered of preventing it . Religion and vir- tue are the great physicians of the soul ; patience and resignation are the nursing - mothers of the human heart in ...
... means of pro- viding for the event of death , though none have yet been discovered of preventing it . Religion and vir- tue are the great physicians of the soul ; patience and resignation are the nursing - mothers of the human heart in ...
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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.