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... affections is either feeble , or transient . A tem- perate use of such entertainment seems therefore requisite , to afford proper scope for the operations of the understanding and the heart . ment . The reader will perceive that the ...
... affections is either feeble , or transient . A tem- perate use of such entertainment seems therefore requisite , to afford proper scope for the operations of the understanding and the heart . ment . The reader will perceive that the ...
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... affections , even when they draw tears from our eyes for human misery , convey satisfaction to the heart . + They who have nothing to give , can afford relief to others , by imparting what they feel . Our ignorance of what is to come ...
... affections , even when they draw tears from our eyes for human misery , convey satisfaction to the heart . + They who have nothing to give , can afford relief to others , by imparting what they feel . Our ignorance of what is to come ...
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... affections , if no troubles had been mingled with its pleasures ? In seasons of distress or difficulty , to abandon ourselves to dejection , carries no mark of a great or a worthy mind . Instead of sinking under trouble , and declaring ...
... affections , if no troubles had been mingled with its pleasures ? In seasons of distress or difficulty , to abandon ourselves to dejection , carries no mark of a great or a worthy mind . Instead of sinking under trouble , and declaring ...
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... affection , had never opened itself to the flattering allurements of ambition ; and the informa- tion of her advancement to the throne was by no means agreeable to her . She even refused to accept the crown ; pleaded the preferable ...
... affection , had never opened itself to the flattering allurements of ambition ; and the informa- tion of her advancement to the throne was by no means agreeable to her . She even refused to accept the crown ; pleaded the preferable ...
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... affections would be forever united ; and where death , disappointment , and misfortune , could no longer have access to them , or disturb their eternal felicity . " 12. It had been intended to execute the lady Jane and lord Guilford ...
... affections would be forever united ; and where death , disappointment , and misfortune , could no longer have access to them , or disturb their eternal felicity . " 12. It had been intended to execute the lady Jane and lord Guilford ...
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Abdalonymus affections Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention Bayle beauty behold BLAIR blessing cęsura Caius Verres character choly comforts daugh death Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth enjoyment eternity ev'ry evil father fear feel folly fortune gentle give ground happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human inflection Jugurtha kind king king of Numidia labour live look Lord mankind Masinissa means melan ment Micipsa midst mind misery nature ness never niscienced noble o'er ourselves pain passions pause peace person philosopher pleasure possession pow'r praise pride prince proper publick Pythias religion render rest riches rise Roman Roman Senate scene SECTION sense shade shining Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit suffer superiour temper tempest thee things thou thought tion truth vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth
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Page 269 - Angels: for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night Circle his throne rejoicing; ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 251 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 102 - As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.
Page 265 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends , — do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 211 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Page 293 - Cease then, nor order imperfection name: Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point: this kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, Heaven bestows on thee. Submit, in this, or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one Disposing Power, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour.
Page ii - In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned ;" and also to an act, entitled, " An Act supplementary to an act, entitled,' An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned...
Page 280 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Page 289 - What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
Page 281 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...