The cruet stand, select pieces of prose and poetry, Volumen2 |
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... to say on this head , because whatever our Free - thinkers may boast of the
sufficient power of reason to reclaim a man from a long vicious course , from the
prevalency of evil habits and constitutional vices , whatever PROSE AND
POETRY .
... to say on this head , because whatever our Free - thinkers may boast of the
sufficient power of reason to reclaim a man from a long vicious course , from the
prevalency of evil habits and constitutional vices , whatever PROSE AND
POETRY .
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... than in my pretended conversion to it : the truth of it is , that I was too young and
heedless , vain and conceited , to lie open to conviction , and that I read and
heard the arguments on both sides , rather to fill my head , than to rectify my heart
...
... than in my pretended conversion to it : the truth of it is , that I was too young and
heedless , vain and conceited , to lie open to conviction , and that I read and
heard the arguments on both sides , rather to fill my head , than to rectify my heart
...
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... and though some are more corrupted than others , yet all are united into one
body , of which he himself is the supreme head and governor , and is
acknowledged by them as such . However , I own the Church of England hath , in
all respects ...
... and though some are more corrupted than others , yet all are united into one
body , of which he himself is the supreme head and governor , and is
acknowledged by them as such . However , I own the Church of England hath , in
all respects ...
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Sometimes the women , in double files , with their arms thrown around the one
before them , moved in procession with the dancing images at their head , but
never proceeded far in a direction from the main body . All night long they kept up
...
Sometimes the women , in double files , with their arms thrown around the one
before them , moved in procession with the dancing images at their head , but
never proceeded far in a direction from the main body . All night long they kept up
...
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The mayor then bawled out to the king _ " Hold up your head , and look like a
man . " The king looked all astonishment . The barber then whispered to the
mayor " Damn you , you ' ll be the ruin of us all . ” The mayor then sung out — "
Damme ...
The mayor then bawled out to the king _ " Hold up your head , and look like a
man . " The king looked all astonishment . The barber then whispered to the
mayor " Damn you , you ' ll be the ruin of us all . ” The mayor then sung out — "
Damme ...
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Página 240 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat...
Página 240 - Out of my grief and my impatience, Answer'd neglectingly, I know not what, He should, or he should not ; for he made me mad, To see him shine so brisk and smell so sweet, And talk so like a waiting gentlewoman...
Página 274 - It is easy' in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
Página 238 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.
Página 266 - I was ever of opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single and only talked of population.
Página 96 - From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, — Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
Página 221 - Then holding the spectacles up to the court — Your lordship observes they are made with a straddle As wide as the ridge of the Nose is ; in short, Designed to sit close to it, just like a saddle.
Página 291 - My heart is awed within me, when I think Of the great miracle that still goes on, In silence, round me — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever.
Página 221 - So Tongue was the lawyer, and argued the cause With a great deal of skill, and a wig full of learning ; While chief baron Ear sat to balance the laws, So famed for his talent in nicely discerning. In behalf of the Nose it will quickly appear, And your lordship...
Página 238 - Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; .and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.