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... party at liberty of returning to it again . Desertum pro neglecto , says Spi- gelius in his Lexicon . But the difference between deserere and derelinquere is ex- pressly laid down by Bartolus on the 8th law of the 58th title of the 11th ...
... party at liberty of returning to it again . Desertum pro neglecto , says Spi- gelius in his Lexicon . But the difference between deserere and derelinquere is ex- pressly laid down by Bartolus on the 8th law of the 58th title of the 11th ...
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... parties from whom the act emanated ; a reciprocal obligation is annulled by the mu- tual consent of those who have ... party spirit what the magistrates enacted for the good of the republic ; the same restless temper would lead many to ...
... parties from whom the act emanated ; a reciprocal obligation is annulled by the mu- tual consent of those who have ... party spirit what the magistrates enacted for the good of the republic ; the same restless temper would lead many to ...
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... party . The man who is diverted seeks to be present at every thing ; he is struck with every thing , and ceases to be attentive to one thing in order to direct his regards to another ; he turns from the right to the left , but does not ...
... party . The man who is diverted seeks to be present at every thing ; he is struck with every thing , and ceases to be attentive to one thing in order to direct his regards to another ; he turns from the right to the left , but does not ...
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... parties . Such a fast would have the natural tendency to the procuring of those ends for which a fast is pro- Plaimed . Addison . ABSTINENT . ABSTINENT , SOBER , ABSTEMIOUS , TEMPERATE . THE first of these terms is generic , the rest ...
... parties . Such a fast would have the natural tendency to the procuring of those ends for which a fast is pro- Plaimed . Addison . ABSTINENT . ABSTINENT , SOBER , ABSTEMIOUS , TEMPERATE . THE first of these terms is generic , the rest ...
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... party spirit , or an intemper ate warmth of feeling in matters of opinion . Abuse is always resorted to by the vulgar in their private quarrels : inrective is the ebul- lition of zeal and ill nature in public con- cerns . The more rude ...
... party spirit , or an intemper ate warmth of feeling in matters of opinion . Abuse is always resorted to by the vulgar in their private quarrels : inrective is the ebul- lition of zeal and ill nature in public con- cerns . The more rude ...
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action Addison admit affections animals applied authority bad sense Blair body Burke cause cerned character Christian Cicero circumstances civil comes common compounded comprehends conduct confined Cumberland degree denotes disposition distinction divine Dryden employed endeavour epithets evil exer express favour feeling figurative former French frequently friends German give Greek happy heart Hebrew honour human humour idea implies individual indulgence ject Johnson labour Latin latter lence less low German manner marks means ment Milton mind mode moral nature neral ness never nifies object occasion offended one's opposed ourselves pain participle particular passions perly person pleasure Pope principles produce properly quires racter regard religion respects Saxon sentiment serve Shakspeare signi signifies literally signifies the thing sion sometimes speak species spects spirit Steele superior tain temper Thomson tion truth vice vidual virtue wish words
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Page 314 - To rapture, and enthusiastic heat, We feel the present Deity, and taste The joy of GOD to see a happy world...
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Page 307 - A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding; it dissipates every doubt and scruple in an instant; accommodates itself to the meanest capacities; silences the loud and clamorous; and brings over the most obstinate and inflexible.
Page 173 - So that pure and unsullied thoughts are naturally suggested to the mind, by those objects that perpetually encompass us, when they are beautiful and elegant in their kind. In the east, where the warmth of the climate makes cleanliness more immediately necessary than in colder countries, it is made one part of their religion : the Jewish law...
Page 190 - Everything is compatible with a plan which does not interrupt its prosecution ; everything is consistent with a person's station by which it is neither degraded nor elevated. It is not compatible with the good discipline of a school to allow of foreign interference ; it is not consistent with the elevated and dignified character of a clergyman to engage in the ordinary pursuits of other men.
Page 354 - ... where And what I was whence thither brought and how. Not distant far from thence a murmuring sound Of waters issued from a cave and spread Into a liquid plain then stood unmoved Pure as the expanse of heaven I thither went With unexperienced thought and laid me down On the green bank to look into the clear Smooth lake that to me seemed another sky.
Page 359 - ... competitor, I was awakened by the noise of the cannon, which were then fired for the taking of Mons. I should have been very much troubled 'at being thrown out of so pleasing a vision on any other occasion ; but thought it an agreeable change to have my thoughts diverted from the greatest among the dead and fabulous heroes, to the most famous among the real and the living.
Page 488 - Which is the hot condition of their blood ; If they but hear perchance a trumpet sound, Or any air of music touch their ears, You shall perceive them make a mutual stand, Their savage eyes...