The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 33-34 |
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... better said by P. Syrus the actor , when he saw one Mucius , a malevolent fellow , in a very melancholy mood- ' Either some ill fortune has befallen Mucius , or some good has happened to one of his acquaintance . ' A man's fame shall be ...
... better said by P. Syrus the actor , when he saw one Mucius , a malevolent fellow , in a very melancholy mood- ' Either some ill fortune has befallen Mucius , or some good has happened to one of his acquaintance . ' A man's fame shall be ...
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... better - tem- pered , but a braver man than Pompey . But of all the ancient wits Augustus seems to have had the most point , and he was as remarkable for taking a jest , as for giving it . A country fellow came to Rome , who was so like ...
... better - tem- pered , but a braver man than Pompey . But of all the ancient wits Augustus seems to have had the most point , and he was as remarkable for taking a jest , as for giving it . A country fellow came to Rome , who was so like ...
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... better than any man then living could act them , for neither Garrick nor Henderson were yet born . P. Clodius , the fine gen- tleman and rake of the age , had the indecorum to press Laberius to come forward on the public stage , and ...
... better than any man then living could act them , for neither Garrick nor Henderson were yet born . P. Clodius , the fine gen- tleman and rake of the age , had the indecorum to press Laberius to come forward on the public stage , and ...
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... better days nor foe , nor friend , Nor threat , nor bribe , nor vanity , cou'd bend ; Now lur'd by flattery in my weaker age , I sink my knighthood and ascend the stage . Yet muse not therefore - How shall man gainsay Him , whom the ...
... better days nor foe , nor friend , Nor threat , nor bribe , nor vanity , cou'd bend ; Now lur'd by flattery in my weaker age , I sink my knighthood and ascend the stage . Yet muse not therefore - How shall man gainsay Him , whom the ...
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... Better might it be for a nation , to see a libertine on its throne , surrounded by vir- tuous counsellors , than to contemplate a virtuous sovereign , delegating his authority to unprincipled and licentious servants . The king who ...
... Better might it be for a nation , to see a libertine on its throne , surrounded by vir- tuous counsellors , than to contemplate a virtuous sovereign , delegating his authority to unprincipled and licentious servants . The king who ...
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Page 118 - Cannot be ill, cannot be good : if ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion...
Page 157 - 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 100 - And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Page 128 - 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 119 - 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 - The effect and it ! Come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murth'ring ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief ! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry "Hold, hold!
Page 94 - For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth. to the purifying of the flesh : How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Page 86 - And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph...
Page 99 - 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.
Page 123 - Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty...