The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Volume 2Nathan Drake Suttaby, Evance, and Company, 1811 |
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Pagina 1
... parent of true speculative feli- city ) but gives light to the shocking scene . To look on our bodies as enemies to our peace , would be ingratitude to the wise and good Au- thor of them : to cherish them as friends or in- } dulge them ...
... parent of true speculative feli- city ) but gives light to the shocking scene . To look on our bodies as enemies to our peace , would be ingratitude to the wise and good Au- thor of them : to cherish them as friends or in- } dulge them ...
Pagina 19
... parent and cause of every virtue which she defends . Is Apicius esteemed a man of strict honour , because he is punctual to his promises ; because he is scrupulous in paying his debts , and rigo rously just in discharging the duties of ...
... parent and cause of every virtue which she defends . Is Apicius esteemed a man of strict honour , because he is punctual to his promises ; because he is scrupulous in paying his debts , and rigo rously just in discharging the duties of ...
Pagina 22
... parents , and Venus was often obliged to confine her to her own dressing - room ; which however was no great punishment to her , as she there enjoyed the company of Beauty , these sisters being no less 22 NO . 52 . THE GLEANER .
... parents , and Venus was often obliged to confine her to her own dressing - room ; which however was no great punishment to her , as she there enjoyed the company of Beauty , these sisters being no less 22 NO . 52 . THE GLEANER .
Pagina 33
... parents . Several of them cast off their old skins , and assume new ones ; then change them again and again at certain periods . All of them , who undergo a transformation , pass through an interme- diate state , called chrysalis ...
... parents . Several of them cast off their old skins , and assume new ones ; then change them again and again at certain periods . All of them , who undergo a transformation , pass through an interme- diate state , called chrysalis ...
Pagina 81
... parent , out of the dis- guise of its reptile state . The worms that are thus produced from the eggs of beetles , and are the disguised forms of the beetle brood , feed on wood : the caterpil lars , which are the reptile state of the ...
... parent , out of the dis- guise of its reptile state . The worms that are thus produced from the eggs of beetles , and are the disguised forms of the beetle brood , feed on wood : the caterpil lars , which are the reptile state of the ...
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Pagina 129 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Pagina 373 - Come, but keep thy wonted state, With even step and musing gait And looks commercing with the skies...
Pagina 281 - HAPPINESS ! our being's end and aim ! Good, pleasure, ease, content — whate'er thy name. That something still which prompts th' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die...
Pagina 373 - There, held in holy passion still, Forget thyself to marble, till With a sad, leaden, downward cast Thou fix them on the earth as fast.
Pagina 110 - Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise. Hail universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good; and if the night Have gather'd aught of evil, or conceal'd, Disperse it, as now light dispels the dark.
Pagina 8 - Mind, mind alone, (bear witness, earth and heaven!) The living fountains in itself contains Of beauteous and sublime: here hand in hand, Sit paramount the Graces; here enthroned, Celestial Venus, with divinest airs, Invites the soul to never-fading joy.
Pagina 218 - His cloister'd flight; ere to black Hecate's summons The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums Hath rung night's yawning peal, there shall be done A deed of dreadful note.
Pagina 41 - IT may seem strange that none of our political writers, in their learned treatises on the English constitution should take notice of any more than three estates, namely, Kings, Lords, and Commons, all entirely passing by in silence that very large and powerful body which form the fourth estate in this community, and have been long dignified and distinguished by the name of The Mob.
Pagina 14 - God, binding themselves by a solemn oath, not for the purposes of any wicked design, but never to commit any fraud, theft, or adultery, never to falsify their word, nor deny a trust when they should be called upon to deliver it up; after which it was their custom to separate and then reassemble to eat in common a harmless meal.
Pagina 68 - For neither man nor angel can discern Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks Invisible, except to God alone, By his permissive will, through heaven and earth : And oft, though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps At wisdom's gate, and to simplicity Resigns her charge, while goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems...