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... afterwards owed to his kindness , will be found incorporated in its proper place in this work . Dr. Adams had distinguished himself by an able answer to David Hume's " Essay on Miracles . " He told me he had once dined in company with ...
... afterwards owed to his kindness , will be found incorporated in its proper place in this work . Dr. Adams had distinguished himself by an able answer to David Hume's " Essay on Miracles . " He told me he had once dined in company with ...
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... afterwards , unknown to me and other friends , he had been persuaded , contrary to his own better judgment , to alter it , so as to produce the unlucky effect above - mentioned . " The above was written by the Bishop when he had not the ...
... afterwards , unknown to me and other friends , he had been persuaded , contrary to his own better judgment , to alter it , so as to produce the unlucky effect above - mentioned . " The above was written by the Bishop when he had not the ...
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... afterwards mentioned to him that I condemned myself for being so , when poor Mr. and Mrs. Thrale were in such distress . JOHNSON : " You are wrong , Sir ; twenty years hence Mr. and Mrs. Thrale will not suffer much pain from the death ...
... afterwards mentioned to him that I condemned myself for being so , when poor Mr. and Mrs. Thrale were in such distress . JOHNSON : " You are wrong , Sir ; twenty years hence Mr. and Mrs. Thrale will not suffer much pain from the death ...
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... afterwards Speaker of the House of Commons , and in 1782 created Baron Grantley . M. ] By courtesy of Messrs . A. C. Lomax's successors THE OLD GUILD OR TOWN HALL , LICHFIELD where theatrical performances were sometimes given , before ...
... afterwards Speaker of the House of Commons , and in 1782 created Baron Grantley . M. ] By courtesy of Messrs . A. C. Lomax's successors THE OLD GUILD OR TOWN HALL , LICHFIELD where theatrical performances were sometimes given , before ...
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... afterwards came to practise in London , attended Johnson in his last illness . He died in March , 1805 , aged seventy - nine . - Croker . ] " 6 † [ Andrew Stuart's Letter to Lord Mansfield on the Douglas Cause . " — Croker ...
... afterwards came to practise in London , attended Johnson in his last illness . He died in March , 1805 , aged seventy - nine . - Croker . ] " 6 † [ Andrew Stuart's Letter to Lord Mansfield on the Douglas Cause . " — Croker ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
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Página 1054 - I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love ; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Página 583 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Página 732 - His violent prejudice against our West Indian and American settlers appeared whenever there was an opportunity. Towards the conclusion of his Taxation no Tyranny, he says, 'how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?
Página 922 - In his Night Thoughts he has exhibited a very wide display of original poetry, variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions, a wilderness of thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue and of every odour. This is one of the few poems in which blank verse could not be changed for rhyme but with disadvantage.
Página 940 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Página 846 - Poor stuff! No Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.
Página 948 - ... it being : sometimes it riseth only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange : sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose. Often it consisteth in one knows not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable, and inexplicable ; being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy, and windings of language.
Página 956 - They are more powerful, sir, than we," answered Imlac, "because they are wiser; knowledge will always predominate over ignorance, as man governs the other animals. But why their knowledge is more than ours, I know not what reason can be given but the unsearchable will of the Supreme Being.
Página 750 - Accustom your children," said he, "constantly to this; if a thing -happened at one window, and they, when relating it, say that it happened at another, do not let it pass, but instantly check them; you do not know where deviation from truth will end.
Página 718 - Why, Sir, you \ find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. \ No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford.