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Pagina 13
... less quantity . There is neither river nor lake any where in that part of the country , and it is above six miles from the sea . There are very near it several much lower valleys , in which there is no appearance of water , unless a ...
... less quantity . There is neither river nor lake any where in that part of the country , and it is above six miles from the sea . There are very near it several much lower valleys , in which there is no appearance of water , unless a ...
Pagina 34
... less amorous for writing ridiculous love - letters ; nor a general less suc- cessful for wanting wit and honesty . Why , then , may not a poor author say nothing , and yet pass muster ? Set him on the top of a stage coach , he will make ...
... less amorous for writing ridiculous love - letters ; nor a general less suc- cessful for wanting wit and honesty . Why , then , may not a poor author say nothing , and yet pass muster ? Set him on the top of a stage coach , he will make ...
Pagina 41
... less laudable impulse of ostentation ; the prin- ciple from which it arose , and the merit due to the giver , is to be adjusted at a higher tribunal than earth can boast . Man must not too harshly pass sentence apon his fellow creature ...
... less laudable impulse of ostentation ; the prin- ciple from which it arose , and the merit due to the giver , is to be adjusted at a higher tribunal than earth can boast . Man must not too harshly pass sentence apon his fellow creature ...
Pagina 42
... less estimable description of the same heavenly virtue , which may be called the charity of sympathy . It is this noble pas- sion which leads us to feel for the woes , and wants , and sufferings of our fellow creatures , as intensely as ...
... less estimable description of the same heavenly virtue , which may be called the charity of sympathy . It is this noble pas- sion which leads us to feel for the woes , and wants , and sufferings of our fellow creatures , as intensely as ...
Pagina 44
... less cantious in examining the mo- tives from which our conduct receives its bias . Again , if we consider virtue as a constituent and essential part of the oratorical character , we shall probably be too ready to give our assent to ...
... less cantious in examining the mo- tives from which our conduct receives its bias . Again , if we consider virtue as a constituent and essential part of the oratorical character , we shall probably be too ready to give our assent to ...
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Pagina 337 - Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget What thou among -the leaves hast never known, The weariness, the fever, and the fret Here, where men sit and hear each other groan...
Pagina 271 - Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Pagina 109 - The friendly many, and the favourite few ; Nor one that day did he to mind recall, But she has treasured, and she loves them all ; When in her way she meets them, they appear Peculiar people — death has made them dear. He named his friend, but then his hand she prest, And fondly whispered, " Thou must go to rest :"
Pagina 70 - ... towards it with a view of proceeding close to its base, I observed a few little pieces fall from the top, and while my eye was fixed upon- the place, an immense column, probably fifty feet square, and one hundred and fifty feet high, began to leave the parent ice at the top, and leaning majestically forward, with an accelerated velocity fell with an awful crash into the sea. The water into which it plunged was converted into an appearance of vapour or smoke, like that from a furious cannonading.
Pagina 220 - It derives its name from the instrument made use of by surgeons to stop the circulation of the blood in a limb about to be amputated. It is performed by clasping the hand of your friend, as far as you can, in your own, and then contracting the muscles of your thumb, fingers, and palm, till you have induced any degree of compression you may propose in the hand of your friend.
Pagina 71 - ... through sub-glacial channels to the front of the iceberg, where, in transparent streams, or in small cascades, they fell into the sea. In some places, chasms of several yards in width were seen, in others they were only a few inches or feet across. One of the sailors who attempted to walk across the iceberg, imprudently stept into a narrow chasm filled up with snow to the general level.
Pagina 109 - Apart she sigh'd ; alone, she shed the tear; Then, as if breaking from a cloud, she gave Fresh light, and gilt the prospect of the grave. One day he lighter seem'd, and they forgot The care, the dread, the anguish of their lot; They spoke with cheerfulness, and seem'd to think, Yet said not so—
Pagina 326 - Jones at piquet, for sixpence a game; they played a good while, and the Duke left off when winner of one game. Some time after, he desired the Dean to pay him his sixpence; the Dean said he had no silver ; the Duke asked him for it over and over, and at last desired that he would change a guinea to pay it him, because he should want it to pay the chair that carried him home. The Dean...
Pagina 109 - twas her proper care. Here will she come, and on the grave will sit, Folding her arms, in long abstracted fit; But, if observer pass, will take her round, And careless seem, for she would not be found ; Then go again, and thus her hour employ, While visions please her, and while woes destroy.
Pagina 243 - And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth and fame, And leaves the -wretch to weep...