ObserverT. and J. Allman, 1823 - English essays |
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... turning to Syrus , gave him this extemporary an- swer- To stand the first is not the lot of all ; ' Tis now your turn to mount and mine to fall : " Tis slippery ground ; beware you keep your feet ; For public favour is a public cheat ...
... turning to Syrus , gave him this extemporary an- swer- To stand the first is not the lot of all ; ' Tis now your turn to mount and mine to fall : " Tis slippery ground ; beware you keep your feet ; For public favour is a public cheat ...
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... turn ; his long and vo- luntary exile in the island of Rhodes , where he seemed for a time to have renounced all desire of succeeding to the empire , might be a reason with Augustus for making this experiment upon a man of his cold and ...
... turn ; his long and vo- luntary exile in the island of Rhodes , where he seemed for a time to have renounced all desire of succeeding to the empire , might be a reason with Augustus for making this experiment upon a man of his cold and ...
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... turn , did not come to any satisfactory conclusion on the point . Tiberius on his accession found the empire in a critical situation , for besides the movements which Clemens on one part , and Scribonius Libo on an- other , were making ...
... turn , did not come to any satisfactory conclusion on the point . Tiberius on his accession found the empire in a critical situation , for besides the movements which Clemens on one part , and Scribonius Libo on an- other , were making ...
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... turns the spirit of emulation into the gall of acrimony . Above all things let it be his inviolable maxim to distinguish strongly and pointedly in his attentions between men of virtuous morals and men of vicious : there is nothing so ...
... turns the spirit of emulation into the gall of acrimony . Above all things let it be his inviolable maxim to distinguish strongly and pointedly in his attentions between men of virtuous morals and men of vicious : there is nothing so ...
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... turn out amiss , to put us in mind how they dissuaded us from such and such an undertaking , that they foresaw what would happen , and that the event is neither more nor less than they expected and predicted . These retorts , cast in ...
... turn out amiss , to put us in mind how they dissuaded us from such and such an undertaking , that they foresaw what would happen , and that the event is neither more nor less than they expected and predicted . These retorts , cast 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.