The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient, Medieval and Modern, with Biographical and Explanatory Notes, Volume 16Clarke Company, limited, 1890 - Anthologies |
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... present , than that it hath been in all ages defended by many learned men , and among the rest by Socrates himself , whom I look upon as undoubtedly the wisest of uninspired mortals to which if we add that those who have condemned ...
... present , than that it hath been in all ages defended by many learned men , and among the rest by Socrates himself , whom I look upon as undoubtedly the wisest of uninspired mortals to which if we add that those who have condemned ...
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... present me with his almanack , as he did other gentlemen , upon the score of some little gratuity we gave him . I saw him accidentally once or twice , about ten days before he died , and observed he began very much to droop and languish ...
... present me with his almanack , as he did other gentlemen , upon the score of some little gratuity we gave him . I saw him accidentally once or twice , about ten days before he died , and observed he began very much to droop and languish ...
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... present distemper : for , said he , " I am thoroughly persuaded , and I think I have very good reasons , that Mr. Bickerstaff spoke altogether by guess , and knew no more what will happen this year than I did myself . " I told him , his ...
... present distemper : for , said he , " I am thoroughly persuaded , and I think I have very good reasons , that Mr. Bickerstaff spoke altogether by guess , and knew no more what will happen this year than I did myself . " I told him , his ...
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... present year : such usage is very indecent from one gentleman to another , and does not at all contribute to the discovery of truth , which ought to be the great end in all disputes of the learned . To call a man fool , and villain ...
... present year : such usage is very indecent from one gentleman to another , and does not at all contribute to the discovery of truth , which ought to be the great end in all disputes of the learned . To call a man fool , and villain ...
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... present year , and in that ungentlemanly manner ( pardon the expression ) as I have above related . In that work he very roundly asserts , that he " is not only now alive , but was likewise alive on that very 29th of March , when I had ...
... present year , and in that ungentlemanly manner ( pardon the expression ) as I have above related . In that work he very roundly asserts , that he " is not only now alive , but was likewise alive on that very 29th of March , when I had ...
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Page 208 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shaft glorify me.
Page 85 - In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where nature guides and virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry of courts and schools: There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts.
Page 291 - FATHER of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! Thou great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind...
Page 45 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Page 356 - Boastful and rough, your first son is a squire; The next a tradesman, meek, and much a liar; Tom struts a soldier, open, bold, and brave; Will sneaks a scrivener, an exceeding knave: Is he a Churchman?
Page 361 - KNOW then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest; In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer...
Page 168 - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? 275 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Page 85 - There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts. " Not such as Europe breeds in her decay ; Such as she bred when fresh and young, When heavenly flame did animate her clay, By future poets shall be sung. " Westward the course of empire takes its way ; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day ; Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Page 61 - ... of the quorum. The whole parish followed the corpse with heavy hearts and in their mourning suits; the men in frieze, and the women in riding-hoods. Captain Sentry, my master's nephew, has taken possession of the Hall-house, and the whole estate. When my old master saw him, a little before his death, he shook him by the hand, and wished him joy of the estate. which was falling to him, desiring him only to make...
Page 361 - Go, wondrous creature ! mount where Science guides, Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides ; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run, Correct old Time, and regulate the Sun ; Go, soar with Plato to th...