Letters Concerning the English NationL. Davis and C. Reymers; R. Baldwin, and S. Crowder and Company, 1760 - 255 sider |
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... feveral dignities , and we thofe of chriftian humility . We fly from all affemblies of pleafure , from di- verfions of every kind , and from places where gaming is practis'd ; and indeed our cafe wou'd be very deplorable , fhould we ...
... feveral dignities , and we thofe of chriftian humility . We fly from all affemblies of pleafure , from di- verfions of every kind , and from places where gaming is practis'd ; and indeed our cafe wou'd be very deplorable , fhould we ...
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... feveral , of thefe in London , but that which he carried me to ftands near the famous pillar call'd the Monument . The brethren were already affembled at my en- tering it with my guide . There might be about four hundred men and three ...
... feveral , of thefe in London , but that which he carried me to ftands near the famous pillar call'd the Monument . The brethren were already affembled at my en- tering it with my guide . There might be about four hundred men and three ...
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... fenfible to involuntary motions ; confequently he , who created thy body , gives motion to this earthly ta- bernacle . And are the feveral ideas of B 6 which which thy foul receives the impreffion form'd by thy felf the ENGLISH NATION . II.
... fenfible to involuntary motions ; confequently he , who created thy body , gives motion to this earthly ta- bernacle . And are the feveral ideas of B 6 which which thy foul receives the impreffion form'd by thy felf the ENGLISH NATION . II.
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... feveral grimaces , and shook in every limb the instant the fit of inspira- tion came upon them , whence they were call'd Quakers . The vulgar attempted to mimick them , they trembled , they fpake thro ' the nofe ; they quak'd , and ...
... feveral grimaces , and shook in every limb the instant the fit of inspira- tion came upon them , whence they were call'd Quakers . The vulgar attempted to mimick them , they trembled , they fpake thro ' the nofe ; they quak'd , and ...
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... feveral times per- fecuted under Charles the fecond , not upon a religious account , but for refuf- ing to pay the tythes , for Thee - ing and Thou - ing the magiftrates , and for refuf- ing to take the oaths enacted by the laws . AT AT ...
... feveral times per- fecuted under Charles the fecond , not upon a religious account , but for refuf- ing to pay the tythes , for Thee - ing and Thou - ing the magiftrates , and for refuf- ing to take the oaths enacted by the laws . AT AT ...
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Academy affert againſt alfo Altena beauty becauſe boaſt body cafe call'd Cartes caufe cauſe Chriftian church of England circumſtance confequently confifts Dean Swift defign defirous demonftrated diſcover diſcoveries earth elogium England English exiſtence faid falfe fame fecond fect felf fenfe feve feven feveral fhall fhews fhould fince fingle fingular firft firſt fome foon foul France French ftars fubject fuch fuppofe fyftem genius greateſt Hamburgh hiftory himſelf honour houſe impoffible John Vanbrugh juſt king laft laws leaft leaſt lefs LETTER lord lord Bacon mankind manner moft moſt muft muſt nation nature neceffary never obferve occafion opinion Pafchal paffion perfons philofo philofophers pleaſure poet poffible prefent Quakers reafon reflect reft religion Sir Ifaac Newton thefe themſelves ther theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro tion tranflated Twas underſtand underſtood univerfal uſe Voltaire whofe wou'd writer ΟΝ
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Side 171 - And screen'd in shades from day's detested glare, She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her, side, and Megrim at her head.
Side 139 - Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Side 149 - He spoke of his works as of trifles that were beneath him ; and hinted to me, in our first conversation, that I should visit him upon no other foot than that of a gentleman, who led a life of plainness and simplicity.
Side 170 - For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search the gloomy cave of Spleen.
Side 18 - ... is both to God and man : If after all these warnings and advertisements, thou dost not turn unto the Lord with all thy heart, but forget him, who remembered thee in thy distress, and give up thyself to follow lust and vanity; surely great will be thy condemnation.
Side 136 - No Traveller returns) puzzles the Will ; And makes us rather bear thofe Ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of. Thus...
Side 148 - He was infirm and come to the verge of life when I knew him. Mr. Congreve had one defect, which was his entertaining too mean an idea of his first profession (that of a writer), though it was to this he owed his fame and fortune.
Side 18 - Against which snare as well as the temptation of those that may or do feed thee, and prompt thee to evil, the most excellent and prevalent remedy will be, to apply thyself to that Light of Christ, which shineth in thy...
Side 135 - To be, or not to be : that is the queftion— — — Whether 'tis nobler in the mind, to fuffer The flings and arrows of outragious fortune j Or to take arms againft a fea of troubles, * And by oppofing end them.
Side 171 - She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her side, and Megrim at her head. Two handmaids wait the throne: alike in place, But differing far in figure and in face.