The Works of the Late Miss Catherine Talbot: First Published by the Late Mrs. Elizabeth Carter; and Now Republished with Some Few Additional Papers, Together with Notes and Illustrations and Some Account of Her LifeF. C. and J. Rivington, 1819 - 363 páginas |
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... scene of life I am engaged in : to be something the wiser for every day's conversation and experi- ence . And let me not fear , but that if I daily thus faithfully strive to grow in holiness and goodness , be my growth at the present ...
... scene of life I am engaged in : to be something the wiser for every day's conversation and experi- ence . And let me not fear , but that if I daily thus faithfully strive to grow in holiness and goodness , be my growth at the present ...
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... regard to the influ- ence they may have on an eternity to come , must be trifling to a degree below contempt , The short scene begun in birth , and closed by REFLECTONS SATURDAY The Importance of Time in relation to Eternity.
... regard to the influ- ence they may have on an eternity to come , must be trifling to a degree below contempt , The short scene begun in birth , and closed by REFLECTONS SATURDAY The Importance of Time in relation to Eternity.
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... scene begun in birth , and closed by death , is acted over millions of mes , in every age ; and all the little concerns of mor- tality are pursued , transacted , and forgotten , like the labours of a bee - hive , or the bustle of an ant ...
... scene begun in birth , and closed by death , is acted over millions of mes , in every age ; and all the little concerns of mor- tality are pursued , transacted , and forgotten , like the labours of a bee - hive , or the bustle of an ant ...
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... scene , where all sorts of people put themselves upon a level : where the meanest and most ignorant censure without ... scenes of life . Per- * If Mr. Burke never read these Essays , it is a curious circumstance that he should have made ...
... scene , where all sorts of people put themselves upon a level : where the meanest and most ignorant censure without ... scenes of life . Per- * If Mr. Burke never read these Essays , it is a curious circumstance that he should have made ...
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... scenes of sad improvement , we so often meet with ! How unfit are we then to commiserate the wretched , or to draw just considerations from the melancholy side of life ! This body , by some accident or other , we look upon in a light of ...
... scenes of sad improvement , we so often meet with ! How unfit are we then to commiserate the wretched , or to draw just considerations from the melancholy side of life ! This body , by some accident or other , we look upon in a light of ...
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affection agreeable amiable amusement appear art thou attend beautiful behaviour better Bishop of Gloucester blessed body Carter CATHARINE character chearful cheerful circumstances companions creatures dear degree delight Demosthenes dili disposition distress drest duty ELIZABETH CARTER employment endeavours Epictetus ESSAY eternal excellent fair fairy fancy faults folly fortune friendship give gratitude happy heart honour human nature humble humour idle imagination improve indolent indulgence infinitely innocent kind labour Lambeth Palace least Lisaura little George live look means melan melancholy ment mind Miss Talbot mortal neral ness never nosegay nymph Ossian ourselves pain perfect perhaps Persephone persons pleasing pleasure poor present racters reason rich scarcely scene Secker seems Sir Charles Grandison smiling society sorrow soul spirits sure sweet temper thee thing thou thought Thyrsis tion trifling true truth uneasiness vanity virtue whole wish wretched
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Página 20 - Nevertheless, he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Página 18 - Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not ; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
Página 109 - Heav'n has no rage like love to hatred turn'd, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorn'd.
Página 35 - But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
Página 6 - To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak : I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
Página 122 - The strength he gains is from th' embrace he gives. On their own axis as the planets run, Yet make at once their circle round the sun ; So two consistent motions act the soul; And one regards itself, and one the whole.
Página 1 - Lord, thou hast searched me out, and known me : thou knowest my down-sitting, and mine up-rising; thou understandest my thoughts long before. Thou art about my path, and about my bed : and spiest out all my ways.
Página 193 - While low delights, succeeding fast behind, In happier meanness occupy the mind : As in those domes, where Caesars once bore sway, Defaced by time and tottering in decay, There in the ruin, heedless of the dead, The shelter-seeking peasant builds his shed ; And, wondering man could want the larger pile, Exults, and owns his cottage with a smile.
Página 28 - I find them irreclaimable, and myself in the least possible danger of being infected by their example — then to fly them as I would the plague ; then to cut off a right hand, and pluck out a right eye, and break through every fondness and every attachment that would destroy my highest, my eternal interest.
Página 224 - But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery. And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace.