The cruet stand, select pieces of prose and poetry, Volumen2 |
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We must not , however , suppose that the blessed effects of such a repentance
will be so soon felt by us as we could wish , or that the duties of self - denial , self
- abhorrence , fasting , solitude , ineditation , self - examination , & c . , will
become ...
We must not , however , suppose that the blessed effects of such a repentance
will be so soon felt by us as we could wish , or that the duties of self - denial , self
- abhorrence , fasting , solitude , ineditation , self - examination , & c . , will
become ...
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... and to give myself up to a fresh and more close application to that controversy ,
and the reading of all the best authors who had , or who should afterwards write
on either side , for I doubted not we should soon hear of one or more answers ...
... and to give myself up to a fresh and more close application to that controversy ,
and the reading of all the best authors who had , or who should afterwards write
on either side , for I doubted not we should soon hear of one or more answers ...
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The lying late in bed is one of the ills of the aged and sick , but ought not to be an
enjoyment of persons in perfect health . If any , therefore , have been so
unfortunate , as to have acquired this idle habit , let them get rid of it as soon as
they can ...
The lying late in bed is one of the ills of the aged and sick , but ought not to be an
enjoyment of persons in perfect health . If any , therefore , have been so
unfortunate , as to have acquired this idle habit , let them get rid of it as soon as
they can ...
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Enjoy the spring of love and youth ; To some good angel leave the rest ; For time
will teach you soon the truth , There are no birds in last year ' s nest . When icicles
hang by the wall , And Dick the shepherd blows his nail , And Tom bears logs ...
Enjoy the spring of love and youth ; To some good angel leave the rest ; For time
will teach you soon the truth , There are no birds in last year ' s nest . When icicles
hang by the wall , And Dick the shepherd blows his nail , And Tom bears logs ...
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Thou art dreaming , youthful student , Of celebrity and fame ; Of the honours
which shall cluster Around thy lowly name : of the rich and varied pleasures
Which soon thy path shall strew . Thou art dreaming , youthful student ; But will
those ...
Thou art dreaming , youthful student , Of celebrity and fame ; Of the honours
which shall cluster Around thy lowly name : of the rich and varied pleasures
Which soon thy path shall strew . Thou art dreaming , youthful student ; But will
those ...
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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.