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... hand of his master , - “ Museo contingens cuncta lepore ; " but such is the effect of his plain and seemingly artless manner , that the most profound conclusions of po- litical economy assume , in his hands , the appearance of ...
... hand of his master , - “ Museo contingens cuncta lepore ; " but such is the effect of his plain and seemingly artless manner , that the most profound conclusions of po- litical economy assume , in his hands , the appearance of ...
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... hand in the discontinuance of the " Spectator . " He was the " writer and printer " of the first daily newspaper the " Daily Courant ; " and having published on the 7th of April , 1712 , a memorial of the States - General reflecting on ...
... hand in the discontinuance of the " Spectator . " He was the " writer and printer " of the first daily newspaper the " Daily Courant ; " and having published on the 7th of April , 1712 , a memorial of the States - General reflecting on ...
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... hand , and the Act of Toleration on the left . At the lower end of the hall was the Act of Settlement , which was placed full in the eye of the virgin that sat upon the throne . Both the sides of the hall were covered with such Acts of ...
... hand , and the Act of Toleration on the left . At the lower end of the hall was the Act of Settlement , which was placed full in the eye of the virgin that sat upon the throne . Both the sides of the hall were covered with such Acts of ...
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... hand , which in the dance he often brandished at the Act of Settlement ; and a citizen who stood by me , whispered in my ear , that he saw a spunge in his left hand . " The dance of so many jarring natures put me in mind of the sun ...
... hand , which in the dance he often brandished at the Act of Settlement ; and a citizen who stood by me , whispered in my ear , that he saw a spunge in his left hand . " The dance of so many jarring natures put me in mind of the sun ...
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... hand ; the second was Moderation leading in Religion ; and the third , a person whom I had never seen , ' with the genius of Great Britain . At the first entrance the lady revived ; the bags swelled to their former bulk ; the pile of ...
... hand ; the second was Moderation leading in Religion ; and the third , a person whom I had never seen , ' with the genius of Great Britain . At the first entrance the lady revived ; the bags swelled to their former bulk ; the pile of ...
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Page 48 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night.
Page 12 - It is said he keeps himself a bachelor by reason he was crossed in love by a perverse beautiful widow of the next county to him.
Page 83 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Page 381 - I could discover nothing in it; but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them.
Page 381 - I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped, had they not been thus forced upon them. "The genius, seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. ' Take thine eyes off the bridge,' said he, ' and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend.' Upon looking up,...
Page 220 - The stout Earl of Northumberland, A vow to God did make, His pleasure in the Scottish woods Three summer's days to take; The chiefest harts in Chevy-Chase To kill and bear away.
Page 289 - ... his virtues, as well as imperfections, are as it were tinged by a certain extravagance, which makes them particularly his, and distinguishes them from those of other men. This cast of mind, as it is generally very innocent in itself, so it renders his conversation highly agreeable, and more delightful than the same degree of sense and virtue would appear in their common and ordinary colours.
Page 6 - Cocoa-tree, and in the theatres both of Drury-lane and the Haymarket. I have been taken for a merchant upon the Exchange for above these ten years, and sometimes pass for a Jew in the assembly of stockjobbers at Jonathan's.
Page 379 - I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide. The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life ; consider it attentively.
Page 302 - There is not, in my opinion, a more pleasing and triumphant consideration in religion than this, of the perpetual progress which the soul makes towards the perfection of its nature, without ever arriving at a period in it.