ObserverT. and J. Allman, 1823 - English essays |
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... heavy purse In a fool's pocket is a heavy curse . THERE are so many striking advantages in the pos- session of wealth , that the inheritance of a great estate devolving upon a man in the vigour of mind N ° 57 . 35 OBSERVER .
... heavy purse In a fool's pocket is a heavy curse . THERE are so many striking advantages in the pos- session of wealth , that the inheritance of a great estate devolving upon a man in the vigour of mind N ° 57 . 35 OBSERVER .
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... strike me in the gale ! Like Egypt's blight his breath is all alive : His very dew is poison , honey - sweet , Teeming with putrefaction ; in his fog The locust and the caterpillar swarm , And vegetable nature falls before them : Open ...
... strike me in the gale ! Like Egypt's blight his breath is all alive : His very dew is poison , honey - sweet , Teeming with putrefaction ; in his fog The locust and the caterpillar swarm , And vegetable nature falls before them : Open ...
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... with plantations of pine , where you see the rock and broken ground , which will be a bold and striking contrast to the or- namented grounds about it - I am surprised , ' added 6 6 he , you can see any beauty in 48 N ° 58 . OBSERVER .
... with plantations of pine , where you see the rock and broken ground , which will be a bold and striking contrast to the or- namented grounds about it - I am surprised , ' added 6 6 he , you can see any beauty in 48 N ° 58 . OBSERVER .
Page 55
... strike without prefacing the blow by saying to themselves - This man deserves to die . - Foolish wretches , what computation must they make of life , who devote so great a portion of it to miseries and reproaches of their own creating ...
... strike without prefacing the blow by saying to themselves - This man deserves to die . - Foolish wretches , what computation must they make of life , who devote so great a portion of it to miseries and reproaches of their own creating ...
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... striking at the foundation of the most splendid fabric Superstition ever reared on earth . These Gentiles are not a rude and barbarous race , but men of illuminated minds , acute philosophers , eloquent orators , powerful reasoners ...
... striking at the foundation of the most splendid fabric Superstition ever reared on earth . These Gentiles are not a rude and barbarous race , but men of illuminated minds , acute philosophers , eloquent orators , powerful reasoners ...
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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.