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Side 656
... SAID , AND LOCKS , AND BOLTS , AND IRON BARS , MIGHT HAVE PRESERV'D ONE INNOCENT MAIDENHEAD ; BUT VENUS LAUGH'D , & c . Plate XI . SPECTATOR Publifhed as the Act directs ,. the - first woman , immediately after her creation , ran to a ...
... SAID , AND LOCKS , AND BOLTS , AND IRON BARS , MIGHT HAVE PRESERV'D ONE INNOCENT MAIDENHEAD ; BUT VENUS LAUGH'D , & c . Plate XI . SPECTATOR Publifhed as the Act directs ,. the - first woman , immediately after her creation , ran to a ...
Side 656
... SAID , AND LOCKS , AND BOLTS , AND IRON BARS , MIGHT HAVE PRESERV'D ONE INNOCENT MAIDENHEAD ; BUT VENUS LAUGH'D , & C . Plate XI . SPECTATOR , Published as the Act directs. the - first woman , immediately after her creation , ran to a ...
... SAID , AND LOCKS , AND BOLTS , AND IRON BARS , MIGHT HAVE PRESERV'D ONE INNOCENT MAIDENHEAD ; BUT VENUS LAUGH'D , & C . Plate XI . SPECTATOR , Published as the Act directs. the - first woman , immediately after her creation , ran to a ...
Side 673
... SAID , THAT MEN ARE NOT SO MUCH PLEASED WITH WHAT IS RIGHT , AS DISGUSTED AT WHAT IS WRONG . N ° CCCXXXV . TUESDAY , MARCH 25 . RESPICERE. his throne . Homer afterwards defcribes Vulcan as pouring down a storm of fire upon the river ...
... SAID , THAT MEN ARE NOT SO MUCH PLEASED WITH WHAT IS RIGHT , AS DISGUSTED AT WHAT IS WRONG . N ° CCCXXXV . TUESDAY , MARCH 25 . RESPICERE. his throne . Homer afterwards defcribes Vulcan as pouring down a storm of fire upon the river ...
Side 684
... Said then th'omnific word , ' your discord end ' Up - lifted , in paternal glory rode Nor fay'd , but on the wings of cherubim Far into chaos , and the world unborn ; For chaos heard his voice . Him all his train Follow'd in bright ...
... Said then th'omnific word , ' your discord end ' Up - lifted , in paternal glory rode Nor fay'd , but on the wings of cherubim Far into chaos , and the world unborn ; For chaos heard his voice . Him all his train Follow'd in bright ...
Side 1011
... said to the father of the daughter , in my hearing " Brother , I confent to this " marriage , provided you will fettle upon your daughter fifty ruined vil- " lages for her portion . " To which the father of the daughter replied ...
... said to the father of the daughter , in my hearing " Brother , I confent to this " marriage , provided you will fettle upon your daughter fifty ruined vil- " lages for her portion . " To which the father of the daughter replied ...
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Side 722 - For swift descent ; with him the cohort bright Of watchful Cherubim ; four faces each Had, like a double Janus ; all their shape Spangled with eyes more numerous than those...
Side 823 - But this is certain, that a noble writer should be born with this faculty in its full strength and vigour, so as to be able to receive lively ideas from outward objects, to retain them long, and to range them together, upon occasion, in such figures and representations, as are most likely to hit the fancy of the reader.
Side 1096 - ... figure in it, that as I looked upon him I could not forbear laughing at myself, insomuch that I put my own face out of countenance. The poor gentleman was so sensible of the ridicule, that I found he was ashamed of what he had done ; on the other side, I found that I myself had no great reason to triumph, for as I went to touch my forehead, I missed the place, and clapped...
Side 811 - Our general taste in England is for epigram, turns of wit, and forced conceits, which have no manner of influence either for the bettering or enlarging the mind of him who reads them, and have been carefully avoided by the greatest writers, both among the ancients and moderns.
Side 1096 - ... to them. One of these looked like a man walking upon stilts, and was so lifted up into the air, above his ordinary height, that his head turned round with it ; while the other made...
Side 793 - Try me, O God, and seek the ground of my heart ; prove me, and examine my thoughts. Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me ; and lead me in the way everlasting.
Side 754 - Shall finish what his short-lived sire begun : Their vines a shadow to their race shall yield, And the same hand that sow'd shall reap the field. The swain in barren deserts with surprise Sees lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise ; And starts, amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murmuring in his ear. On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods. Waste sandy valleys once perplex'd with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn : To leafless...
Side 929 - I asked a gentleman the other day, that is famous for a good carver, (at which acquisition he is out of countenance, imagining it may detract from some of his more essential qualifications,) to help me to something that was near him; but he excused himself, and blushing told me, "Of all things he could never carve in his life;" though it can be proved upon him that he cuts up, disjoints, and uncases with incomparable dexterity.
Side 982 - River being crofled, we were received upon the further Bank by our Friends and Acquaintance, whom Comfort had brought out to congratulate our Appearance in the World again. Some of...
Side 877 - In short, heaven is not to be looked upon only as the reward, but as the natural effect of a religious life.