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... Judge upon the Circuit attended by his Phrenological assessor . With what true and de- licious feelings of rapture would I then gaze upon some Phrenological friend , in this enviable situation , seated near the Judge ! I think I see him ...
... Judge upon the Circuit attended by his Phrenological assessor . With what true and de- licious feelings of rapture would I then gaze upon some Phrenological friend , in this enviable situation , seated near the Judge ! I think I see him ...
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... judge to be expedient or necessary . The object which the nobility had in view , by this proposed conference , was to draw over some of the Minis- ters to their party ; but when they found that the Assembly would not consent to the ...
... judge to be expedient or necessary . The object which the nobility had in view , by this proposed conference , was to draw over some of the Minis- ters to their party ; but when they found that the Assembly would not consent to the ...
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... judge comparatively . It is indeed upon record , that he once attended a ⚫ hunt at Brighton ; but upon that oc- casion it seems the learned Doctor got entangled among the hounds , and concluded the sports of the day by very nearly ...
... judge comparatively . It is indeed upon record , that he once attended a ⚫ hunt at Brighton ; but upon that oc- casion it seems the learned Doctor got entangled among the hounds , and concluded the sports of the day by very nearly ...
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... judge : " I did love once , - Lov'd as youth , genius , woman loves , though now My heart is chill'd , and sear'd , and taught to wear That falsest of false things , a mask of smiles ; Yet every pulse throbs at the memory Of that which ...
... judge : " I did love once , - Lov'd as youth , genius , woman loves , though now My heart is chill'd , and sear'd , and taught to wear That falsest of false things , a mask of smiles ; Yet every pulse throbs at the memory Of that which ...
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... judge for him or her- self , as the case may be . ACT I. SCENE - A Carpenter's Shop . Dan Wiggins patching an old arm - chair , and his man , Jem Dingle , mending a broken wheel - barrow . Dingle - I say , master . Wiggins . - Say on ...
... judge for him or her- self , as the case may be . ACT I. SCENE - A Carpenter's Shop . Dan Wiggins patching an old arm - chair , and his man , Jem Dingle , mending a broken wheel - barrow . Dingle - I say , master . Wiggins . - Say on ...
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Page 547 - ... this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 134 - WHAT is truth ?" said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief, affecting free-will in thinking as well as in acting. And though the sects of philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins, though there be not so...
Page 547 - I have of late — but wherefore I know not — lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory...
Page 549 - What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel, Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous, and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls ? Say, why is this?
Page 69 - Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.
Page 299 - Hark, his hands the lyre explore! Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er, Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.
Page 299 - Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high To bitter Scorn a sacrifice And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try And hard Unkindness...
Page 411 - If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him : and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
Page 548 - With wondrous potency. Once more, good night, And when you are desirous to be blest, I'll blessing beg of you.
Page 416 - A set o' dull conceited hashes Confuse their brains in college classes ! They gang in stirks, and come out asses, Plain truth to speak; An' syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o