The British Essayists: ObserverC. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... moral sentences were found under Plato's pillow when he died , were actors by profession . I shall now only add , that my newspaper con- tains a very interesting description of two young actors , Hylas and Pylades , who became great fa ...
... moral sentences were found under Plato's pillow when he died , were actors by profession . I shall now only add , that my newspaper con- tains a very interesting description of two young actors , Hylas and Pylades , who became great fa ...
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... moral . Four successive parliaments , improvidently dis- solved , were sufficient warnings for the fifth to fall upon expedients for securing to themselves a more permanent duration , by laying some restraints upon a prerogative so ...
... moral . Four successive parliaments , improvidently dis- solved , were sufficient warnings for the fifth to fall upon expedients for securing to themselves a more permanent duration , by laying some restraints upon a prerogative so ...
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... moral attribute , is nevertheless so grateful to society at large , and so recommendatory of those who possess it , that even the best and worthiest characters can- not be truly pleasing without it . I know not how to describe it better ...
... moral attribute , is nevertheless so grateful to society at large , and so recommendatory of those who possess it , that even the best and worthiest characters can- not be truly pleasing without it . I know not how to describe it better ...
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... moral is so much to his purpose , that he may depend upon it , if that does not correct his pride , his pride is incor- rigible , and all the Observers in the world will be but waste paper in his service . NUMBER LVII . Μακάριος ὅστις ...
... moral is so much to his purpose , that he may depend upon it , if that does not correct his pride , his pride is incor- rigible , and all the Observers in the world will be but waste paper in his service . NUMBER LVII . Μακάριος ὅστις ...
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... moral dramatist , no better than an actor's wardrobe , ' the paltry tinsel , that enables him to glitter for a few minutes in a counterfeited character- To fret and strut his hour upon the stage , And then be heard no more . " In ...
... moral dramatist , no better than an actor's wardrobe , ' the paltry tinsel , that enables him to glitter for a few minutes in a counterfeited character- To fret and strut his hour upon the stage , And then be heard no more . " In ...
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Página 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...
Página 134 - 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! Light thickens; and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood: Good things of day begin to droop and drowse; Whiles night's black agents to their preys do rouse.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 93 - Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments ; which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels ; 5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me ; for I am holier than thou.
Página 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!
Página 88 - Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Página 124 - 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 ! make thick my blood, Stop up the access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose...
Página 168 - But will arise, and his great name assert : Dagon must stoop, and shall ere long receive Such a discomfit, as shall quite despoil him Of all these boasted trophies won on me, And with confusion blank his worshippers.
Página 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.