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... persons . It would seem indeed that they are all as mad after some imaginary system of perfection in dress , as if ... person well qualified for the task . An author who is in want of occupation , might find it to his account to take ...
... persons . It would seem indeed that they are all as mad after some imaginary system of perfection in dress , as if ... person well qualified for the task . An author who is in want of occupation , might find it to his account to take ...
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... person , whom I had frequently seen attending the anatomical course of lectures at a certain College , gradually unfolded itself to my recollection , and , on mentioning the name , I found I had hit upon the right individual . The ...
... person , whom I had frequently seen attending the anatomical course of lectures at a certain College , gradually unfolded itself to my recollection , and , on mentioning the name , I found I had hit upon the right individual . The ...
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... persons frequently participate in the event of a conviction , in the sum exacted from the unfortunate party , in the shape of penalty or fine , and accordingly they have an interest in all the convictions which occur . But , whether ...
... persons frequently participate in the event of a conviction , in the sum exacted from the unfortunate party , in the shape of penalty or fine , and accordingly they have an interest in all the convictions which occur . But , whether ...
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... person was an assemblage of ele- gance , the more attractive because he added a quality rarely found with it ... persons , not belonging to his retinue , immediately seized the boy , who , with his hand raised , and casting a ...
... person was an assemblage of ele- gance , the more attractive because he added a quality rarely found with it ... persons , not belonging to his retinue , immediately seized the boy , who , with his hand raised , and casting a ...
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... person in question played admirably at whist . " And do you seriously say , Doctor , " said the learned counsel , " that a person having a superior capability for a game so difficult , and which requires , in a pre - eminent degree ...
... person in question played admirably at whist . " And do you seriously say , Doctor , " said the learned counsel , " that a person having a superior capability for a game so difficult , and which requires , in a pre - eminent degree ...
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Page 335 - But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye : and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear...
Page 18 - Bring thy children up in learning and obedience ; yet without outward austerity. Praise them openly, reprehend them secretly. Give them good countenance, and convenient maintenance, according to thy ability ; otherwise thy life will seem their bondage, and what portion thou shalt leave them at thy death, they will thank death for it, and not thee. And I am persuaded that the foolish cockering * of some parents, and the over-stern carriage of others, causeth more men and women to take ill courses...
Page 331 - Our present race of ephemerae will in a course of minutes become corrupt, like those of other and older bushes, and consequently as wretched. And in philosophy how small our progress! Alas! art is long and life is short! My friends would comfort me with the idea...
Page 331 - ... our earth, it must then finish its course, be extinguished in the waters that surround us, and leave the world in cold and darkness, necessarily producing universal death and destruction. I have lived seven of those hours, — a great age, being no less than four hundred and twenty minutes of time.
Page 238 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Page 166 - HARK! from the tombs a doleful sound! My ears attend the cry; " Ye living men, come view the ground, Where you must shortly lie. 2 " Princes, this clay must be your bed, In spite of all your towers; The tall, the wise, the reverend head Must lie as low as ours.
Page 84 - Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
Page 332 - The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits, ready on all occasions.
Page 331 - I could make but little of their conversation. I found, however, by some broken expressions that I heard now and then, they were disputing warmly on the merit of two foreign musicians, one a cousin, the other a moscheto ; in which dispute they spent their time, seemingly as regardless of the shortness of life as if they had been sure of living a month.
Page 158 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell...