The British Essayists;: AdventurerJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 - English essays |
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... happiness of engaging a brilliant as- sembly at cards . After I had recollected these incidents , I looked with less contempt upon our Necessitarian ; and to confess a truth , with less esteem upon his present opponents . I took for ...
... happiness of engaging a brilliant as- sembly at cards . After I had recollected these incidents , I looked with less contempt upon our Necessitarian ; and to confess a truth , with less esteem upon his present opponents . I took for ...
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... be procured , and suffered themselves to be debarred from happiness by ob stacles which one united effort would have so easily surmounted . But this gigantic phantom of collective power vanishes at once 18 N45 . ADVENTURER .
... be procured , and suffered themselves to be debarred from happiness by ob stacles which one united effort would have so easily surmounted . But this gigantic phantom of collective power vanishes at once 18 N45 . ADVENTURER .
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... happiness of our world would be pro- moted by a different tendency of the human mind . It appears , indeed , to a slight and superficial observer , that many things impracticable in our present state , might be easily effected , if ...
... happiness of our world would be pro- moted by a different tendency of the human mind . It appears , indeed , to a slight and superficial observer , that many things impracticable in our present state , might be easily effected , if ...
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Alexander Chalmers. equally durable ; as both depend for happiness on the regard of others , on that of which the value arises : merely from comparison , they are both exposed to perpetual jealousies , and both incessantly em- ployed in ...
Alexander Chalmers. equally durable ; as both depend for happiness on the regard of others , on that of which the value arises : merely from comparison , they are both exposed to perpetual jealousies , and both incessantly em- ployed in ...
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... happiness , yet he pro- duced much more dreadful and extensive evil to society in the attempt . Bagshot killed two men ; and I have related the murder and its conse- : quences , with such particulars as usually rouse that 32 No 47 ...
... happiness , yet he pro- duced much more dreadful and extensive evil to society in the attempt . Bagshot killed two men ; and I have related the murder and its conse- : quences , with such particulars as usually rouse that 32 No 47 ...
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Page 55 - And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him for they saw that his grief was very great.
Page 97 - Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Page 134 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Page 54 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 93 - When he gave to the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment. When he appointed the foundations of the earth., then I was by him, as one brought up with him, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him, rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sons of men.
Page 54 - Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit? or whither shall I go then from thy presence ? If I climb up into heaven, thou art there ; if I go down to hell, thou art there also.
Page 96 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Page 97 - Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
Page 94 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 133 - Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law, ' Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And show'da Newton as we show an ape.