Philosophical transactions for the year 1742 and 1743. The first Olynthiac of Demosthenes. Remedy of affiction for the loss of our friends. Dialogue between Alexander the Great, and Diogenes the Cynic. Interlude between Jupiter, Juno, Apollo, and Mercury. The true patriot. The Jacobite's journal. AmeliaJ. Johnson, 1806 |
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... persons , and detest finery so much , that they are seldom to be found in the pockets of laced clothes , and hardly ever in ... person who sticks it on desires : and again , if you desire silence , it will as effectually stop the most ...
... persons , and detest finery so much , that they are seldom to be found in the pockets of laced clothes , and hardly ever in ... person who sticks it on desires : and again , if you desire silence , it will as effectually stop the most ...
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... person he unites the several powers of general , of king , and of treasurer ; he presides absolutely in all councils , and is con- stantly at the head of his army . This indeed will contribute greatly to his successes in the field , but ...
... person he unites the several powers of general , of king , and of treasurer ; he presides absolutely in all councils , and is con- stantly at the head of his army . This indeed will contribute greatly to his successes in the field , but ...
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... person who acquainted him with the death of his son - I KNEW I had begot a Mortal . Whereas , by the behaviour of some on these occasions , we might be almost induced to suspect they were dis- appointed in their hopes of their friend's ...
... person who acquainted him with the death of his son - I KNEW I had begot a Mortal . Whereas , by the behaviour of some on these occasions , we might be almost induced to suspect they were dis- appointed in their hopes of their friend's ...
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... persons think their own death would be by making a will . On the contrary , the sweetest and most rapturous enjoyments are thus promoted and encouraged for what can be a more delightful thought than to assure ourselves , after such ...
... persons think their own death would be by making a will . On the contrary , the sweetest and most rapturous enjoyments are thus promoted and encouraged for what can be a more delightful thought than to assure ourselves , after such ...
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... person we love . These are , I think , the chief comforts which the voice of human philosophy can administer to us on this occasion . Religion goes much farther , and gives us a most delightful assurance , that our friend is not barely ...
... person we love . These are , I think , the chief comforts which the voice of human philosophy can administer to us on this occasion . Religion goes much farther , and gives us a most delightful assurance , that our friend is not barely ...
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Página 456 - t; I have use for it. Go, leave me. — (Exit Emilia). I will in Cassio's lodging lose this napkin, And let him find it. Trifles, light as air, Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of Holy Writ.
Página 143 - The following book is sincerely designed to promote the cause of virtue, and to expose some of the most glaring evils, as well public as private, which at present infest the country...
Página 434 - Grace was in all her steps. Heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
Página 155 - The various accidents which befell a very worthy couple, after their uniting in the state of matrimony, will be the subject of the following history.
Página 338 - She chuckled when a bawd was carted ; And thought the nation ne'er would thrive, Till all the whores were burnt alive.
Página 270 - Mathews, the tenderest of passions is capable of subsiding; nor is absence from our dearest friends so unsupportable as it may at first appear. Distance of time and place do really cure what they seem to aggravate; and taking leave of our friends resembles taking leave of the world, concerning which it hath been often said, that it is not death but dying which is terrible.
Página 73 - ... different days. Secondly, There is no SENSE in them; to prove this, likewise, I appeal to their works. Thirdly, There is, in reality, NOTHING in them at all. And this also must be allowed by their readers, if paragraphs which contain neither wit, nor humour, nor sense, nor the least importance, may be properly said to contain nothing. Such are the arrival of my Lord with a great equipage, the marriage of Miss of great beauty and merit, and the death of Mr. who was never heard of in his life,...
Página 90 - ... we consider, I say, this handful of men landing in the most desolate corner, among a set of poor, naked, hungry, disarmed slaves, abiding there with impunity till they had, as it were in the face of a large body of his majesty's troops, collected a kind of army or rather rabble together ; if we view this army intimidating the king's forces from approaching them by their situation...
Página 321 - ... who can describe the pleasures ' which the morning air gives to one in perfect ' health ; the flow of spirits which springs up from ' exercise ; the delights which parents feel from ' the prattle, and innocent follies of their children; ' the joy with which the tender smile of a wife in1 spires a husband ; or .lastly, the cheerful, solid ' comfort which a fond couple enjoy in each other's
Página 184 - ... such a creature should be in the way of ruin, as I am afraid she is, by her being alone with that young fellow...