Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments;: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality, 3 tomasauthor., 1794 - 304 psl. |
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... themselves by playing with Hope , who was the conftant affociate on the voyage of life . Yet all that Hope ventured to promise , even to thofe whom fhe favoured moft , was , not that they fhould escape , but that they fhould fink laft ...
... themselves by playing with Hope , who was the conftant affociate on the voyage of life . Yet all that Hope ventured to promise , even to thofe whom fhe favoured moft , was , not that they fhould escape , but that they fhould fink laft ...
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... themselves faw likely to perifh foon by irreparable decay . In the midft of the current of life was the Gulph of Intemperance , a dreadful whirlpool , in- terspersed with rocks , of which the pointed crags were concealed under water ...
... themselves faw likely to perifh foon by irreparable decay . In the midft of the current of life was the Gulph of Intemperance , a dreadful whirlpool , in- terspersed with rocks , of which the pointed crags were concealed under water ...
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... themselves continued afloat longer than those who had leaft of their affiftance . The only advantage which , in the voyage of life , the cautious had above the negligent , was , that they funk later , and more fuddenly ; for they paffed ...
... themselves continued afloat longer than those who had leaft of their affiftance . The only advantage which , in the voyage of life , the cautious had above the negligent , was , that they funk later , and more fuddenly ; for they paffed ...
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... themselves , may be mentioned an immoderate thirft after pleasure . This truth will appear very evident , if we con- fider , in the first place , that pleasure is always fure to engrofs the heart of that man who addicts himself to it ...
... themselves , may be mentioned an immoderate thirft after pleasure . This truth will appear very evident , if we con- fider , in the first place , that pleasure is always fure to engrofs the heart of that man who addicts himself to it ...
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... themselves very highly in the battle ; but Miltiades gained the chief glory . As a reward for his ex- traordinary merits , and to perpetuate the memory of his fkill and bravery , they caused a picture to be painted by Polygnotus , one ...
... themselves very highly in the battle ; but Miltiades gained the chief glory . As a reward for his ex- traordinary merits , and to perpetuate the memory of his fkill and bravery , they caused a picture to be painted by Polygnotus , one ...
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affiftance afked againſt ANEC ANECDOTE anfwered aſked becauſe beſt Cæfar cauſe circumftances confiderable confidered courſe daugh death defire difpofition diſcovered DOCTOR JOHNSON Duke efteem eyes fafe faid Falfhood fame father fave fays fecurity feemed felf fenfe fenfibility fent ferved feven fhall fhew fhort fhould firft fituation flain fleep fome fometimes foon foul Friendſhip ftate ftill fubjects fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fupport fure furprize greateſt happineſs heart himſelf honour hope horfe houfe houſe intereft itſelf juftice King labour laft lefs lofe Lord louis d'ors mafter Majefty mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary Nervin never obferved occafion paffed paffions perfon pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed poffible praiſe prefent preferve Prince PRINCE OF CONTI promiſed puniſhment purpoſe raiſed reafon refolved reft replied ſaid ſhall ſhe ſpirit thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand Vifier virtue whofe wife wifhed wiſh young
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48 psl. - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.
8 psl. - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
8 psl. - With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly," death itself awakes ? Can'st thou, O partial sleep ! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
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8 psl. - And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody?
24 psl. - is a voyage, in the progress of which we are perpetually changing our scenes ; we first leave childhood behind us, then youth, then the years of ripened manhood, then the better and more pleasing part of old age.
230 psl. - The dishes of Luxury cover his table, the voice of Harmony lulls him in his bowers; he breathes the fragrance of the groves of Java, and sleeps upon the down of the cygnets of Ganges.
8 psl. - larum bell ? Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast, Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge. And in the visitation of the winds...
175 psl. - To purchase heaven has gold the power ? Can gold remove the mortal hour ? In life can love be bought with gold ? Are friendship's pleasures to be sold ? No all that's worth a wish a thought, Fair virtue gives unbrib'd, unbought.