The cruet stand, select pieces of prose and poetry, Volumen21853 |
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... tell every man how careful he ought to be not to be mistaken in a matter of such infinite concern ? And suppose we have ever so much reason to think those that differ from us , are really so , must we , therefore , take upon us to ...
... tell every man how careful he ought to be not to be mistaken in a matter of such infinite concern ? And suppose we have ever so much reason to think those that differ from us , are really so , must we , therefore , take upon us to ...
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... tell all my faults like a penitent nun ; For I know , for my Mary , before I address her , She won't be a cynical father confessor . Come , come , ' twill not do ! put that purling brow down ; You can't for the soul of you learn how to ...
... tell all my faults like a penitent nun ; For I know , for my Mary , before I address her , She won't be a cynical father confessor . Come , come , ' twill not do ! put that purling brow down ; You can't for the soul of you learn how to ...
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... tell him what to say , when he should approach the king at the town hall . On entering the hall the mayor unfortunately held down his head . The barber then whispered- " Hold up your head , and look like a man . " The mayor then bawled ...
... tell him what to say , when he should approach the king at the town hall . On entering the hall the mayor unfortunately held down his head . The barber then whispered- " Hold up your head , and look like a man . " The mayor then bawled ...
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... tell the liberator who is passing— Prince , receive our homage , accept our gratitude and live ! Live , Prince , to accomplish , with the protection of Heaven and the benedictions of the Earth , the most elevated mission , and the most ...
... tell the liberator who is passing— Prince , receive our homage , accept our gratitude and live ! Live , Prince , to accomplish , with the protection of Heaven and the benedictions of the Earth , the most elevated mission , and the most ...
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... telling its own story ; since a key would be more probably in the hand of the conqueror than of the defender of a ' fortress . The following remarks , however , are just and instructive : - It may be said that the most cultivated minds ...
... telling its own story ; since a key would be more probably in the hand of the conqueror than of the defender of a ' fortress . The following remarks , however , are just and instructive : - It may be said that the most cultivated minds ...
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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.