The Mirror: A Periodical Paper Published in Edinburgh in the Years 1779 and 1780, Volumen1J. Richardson, 1822 |
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... turned ignorant of every thing they ought to know ; their minds corrupted , and their bodies debilitated , by a course of premature debauchery . I can easily see that I do not possess either their confidence or affection ; and they even ...
... turned ignorant of every thing they ought to know ; their minds corrupted , and their bodies debilitated , by a course of premature debauchery . I can easily see that I do not possess either their confidence or affection ; and they even ...
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... turned down stairs , with a refusal of twenty pounds to set him up in the trade of a shoemaker . There is pedantry in every disquisition , however masterly it may be , that stops the general conversa- 22 5 . THE MIRROR . On the ...
... turned down stairs , with a refusal of twenty pounds to set him up in the trade of a shoemaker . There is pedantry in every disquisition , however masterly it may be , that stops the general conversa- 22 5 . THE MIRROR . On the ...
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... turned our course homewards , and at the first inn on our road were joined by one Mr. Johnson , with whom I was slightly acquainted . Politeness would not allow me to reject the offer of his company , especially as I knew him to be a ...
... turned our course homewards , and at the first inn on our road were joined by one Mr. Johnson , with whom I was slightly acquainted . Politeness would not allow me to reject the offer of his company , especially as I knew him to be a ...
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... turned round to the spectators : You think , ' said he , ' that I am now ready to cut the throat of that un- fortunate young man ; but I know that at this mo- ment he feels anguish a thousand times more keen than any my sword could ...
... turned round to the spectators : You think , ' said he , ' that I am now ready to cut the throat of that un- fortunate young man ; but I know that at this mo- ment he feels anguish a thousand times more keen than any my sword could ...
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... turning up the faces of the cards , and repeating their names from an ace upwards , as if the players were learning to speak , and had got only thirteen words in their vocabulary . But of this , and every other custom at nobody is ...
... turning up the faces of the cards , and repeating their names from an ace upwards , as if the players were learning to speak , and had got only thirteen words in their vocabulary . But of this , and every other custom at nobody is ...
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Página 251 - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Página 276 - And, he gave it for his opinion, that, whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Página 123 - Through the heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
Página 193 - I descend to the grave, May I a small house and large garden have, And a few friends, and many books, both true, Both wise, and both delightful too ! And since love ne'er will from me flee, A mistress moderately fair, And good as...
Página 122 - And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the...
Página 68 - The oaks of the mountains fall; the mountains themselves decay with years; the ocean shrinks and grows again; the moon herself is lost in heaven, but thou art for ever the same, rejoicing in the brightness of thy course.
Página 150 - Who, having been praised for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness ; and constrains the garb Quite from his nature : ,he cannot flatter, he ! — An honest mind and plain, — he must speak truth ! An they will take it, so ; if not, he's plain.
Página 122 - Through the high wood echoing shrill. Sometime walking, not unseen, By hedgerow elms, on hillocks green, Right against the eastern gate, Where the great sun begins his state...
Página 68 - When the world is dark with tempests, when thunder rolls, and lightning flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and laughest at the storm.
Página 229 - Father of mercies," said he, " forgive these tears; assist thy servant to lift up his soul to thee; to lift to thee the souls of thy people. My friends, it is good so to do, at all seasons it is good ; but in the days of our distress, what a privilege it is ! Well saith the sacred book, ' Trust in the Lord ; at all times trust in the Lord.