The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient, Medieval and Modern, with Biographical and Explanatory Notes, Volume 16Clarke Company, limited, 1890 |
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... , who from politics Had learned a thousand cunning tricks , Was , by their happy influence , Made friends with vice ; and ever since , The worst of all the multitude Did something for the 20 THE GRUMBLING HIVE , OR KNAVES TURNED HONEST .
... , who from politics Had learned a thousand cunning tricks , Was , by their happy influence , Made friends with vice ; and ever since , The worst of all the multitude Did something for the 20 THE GRUMBLING HIVE , OR KNAVES TURNED HONEST .
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... happy place . My heart melted away in secret raptures . " I had been often told that the rock before me was the haunt of a genius ; and that several had been entertained with music who had passed by it , but never heard that the ...
... happy place . My heart melted away in secret raptures . " I had been often told that the rock before me was the haunt of a genius ; and that several had been entertained with music who had passed by it , but never heard that the ...
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... happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage to them , except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge . The islands , said he , that lie so fresh and green before thee , and with which the ...
... happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage to them , except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge . The islands , said he , that lie so fresh and green before thee , and with which the ...
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... happy an existence ? Think not man was made in vain , who has such an eternity reserved for him . I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands . At length , said I , show me now , I beseech thee , the secrets that lie hid ...
... happy an existence ? Think not man was made in vain , who has such an eternity reserved for him . I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands . At length , said I , show me now , I beseech thee , the secrets that lie hid ...
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... happy still , Bury those Carrots under a Hill . 4 THE HISTORY OF JOHN BULL . BY JOHN ARBUTHNOT . [ JOHN ARBUTHкот , Scotch physician and wit , was born at Arbuthnot , Scot- land , in 1667. He was physician to Queen Anne from 1705 until ...
... happy still , Bury those Carrots under a Hill . 4 THE HISTORY OF JOHN BULL . BY JOHN ARBUTHNOT . [ JOHN ARBUTHкот , Scotch physician and wit , was born at Arbuthnot , Scot- land , in 1667. He was physician to Queen Anne from 1705 until ...
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The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature ..., Volume 16 Richard Garnett,Léon Vallée,Alois Brandl Visualização integral - 1899 |
The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature ..., Volume 16 Richard Garnett,Léon Vallée,Alois Brandl Visualização integral - 1899 |
The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature ..., Volume 16 Richard Garnett,Leon Vallée,Alois Brandl Visualização integral - 1899 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
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Página 208 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shaft glorify me.
Página 85 - In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where nature guides and virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry of courts and schools: There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts.
Página 291 - FATHER of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! Thou great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind...
Página 45 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Página 356 - Boastful and rough, your first son is a squire; The next a tradesman, meek, and much a liar; Tom struts a soldier, open, bold, and brave; Will sneaks a scrivener, an exceeding knave: Is he a Churchman?
Página 361 - KNOW then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest; In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer...
Página 168 - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? 275 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Página 85 - There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts. " Not such as Europe breeds in her decay ; Such as she bred when fresh and young, When heavenly flame did animate her clay, By future poets shall be sung. " Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day ; Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Página 61 - ... of the quorum. The whole parish followed the corpse with heavy hearts and in their mourning suits; the men in frieze, and the women in riding-hoods. Captain Sentry, my master's nephew, has taken possession of the Hall-house, and the whole estate. When my old master saw him, a little before his death, he shook him by the hand, and wished him joy of the estate. which was falling to him, desiring him only to make...
Página 361 - Go, wondrous creature ! mount where Science guides, Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides ; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Correct old Time, and regulate the Sun ; Go, soar with Plato to th...