The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Volume 2Nathan Drake Suttaby, Evance, and Company, 1811 |
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... scene . To look on our bodies as enemies to our peace , would be ingratitude to the wise and good Au- thor of them : to cherish them as friends or in- } dulge them as favourites , would be destructive of B 2 NO . 48 . THE GLEANER .
... scene . To look on our bodies as enemies to our peace , would be ingratitude to the wise and good Au- thor of them : to cherish them as friends or in- } dulge them as favourites , would be destructive of B 2 NO . 48 . THE GLEANER .
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... I was contemplating the opening scene , I could not but persuade myself that the source of the Egyptian enthusiasm , all that had given rise to their fabled stories of the production of animals 28 NO . 53 . THE GLEANER .
... I was contemplating the opening scene , I could not but persuade myself that the source of the Egyptian enthusiasm , all that had given rise to their fabled stories of the production of animals 28 NO . 53 . THE GLEANER .
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... scene of its destruc- tion , ruminating on the various turns of fate be- low , and determined never to be insolent in prosperity ; never to triumph over my friend or neighbour , because some favourable event has happened to me ; but to ...
... scene of its destruc- tion , ruminating on the various turns of fate be- low , and determined never to be insolent in prosperity ; never to triumph over my friend or neighbour , because some favourable event has happened to me ; but to ...
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... scene as I did : she just gave me time to admire her sleek , silky coat , and glossy wings , before she plunged into a full blown blossom , and buried herself among the thready honours of the centre . She wantoned and rolled herself ...
... scene as I did : she just gave me time to admire her sleek , silky coat , and glossy wings , before she plunged into a full blown blossom , and buried herself among the thready honours of the centre . She wantoned and rolled herself ...
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... scene of infinite wisdom is displayed before her . He can never want a companion , who has cultivated ac- quaintance with those glorious objects which adorn the canopy of heaven . Neither can he stand in need of a book to fill up the ...
... scene of infinite wisdom is displayed before her . He can never want a companion , who has cultivated ac- quaintance with those glorious objects which adorn the canopy of heaven . Neither can he stand in need of a book to fill up the ...
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Página 129 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Página 373 - Come, but keep thy wonted state, With even step and musing gait And looks commercing with the skies...
Página 281 - HAPPINESS ! our being's end and aim ! Good, pleasure, ease, content — whate'er thy name. That something still which prompts th' eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die...
Página 373 - There, held in holy passion still, Forget thyself to marble, till With a sad, leaden, downward cast Thou fix them on the earth as fast.
Página 110 - Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise. Hail universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good; and if the night Have gather'd aught of evil, or conceal'd, Disperse it, as now light dispels the dark.
Página 8 - Mind, mind alone, (bear witness, earth and heaven!) The living fountains in itself contains Of beauteous and sublime: here hand in hand, Sit paramount the Graces; here enthroned, Celestial Venus, with divinest airs, Invites the soul to never-fading joy.
Página 218 - His cloister'd flight; ere to black Hecate's summons The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums Hath rung night's yawning peal, there shall be done A deed of dreadful note.
Página 41 - IT may seem strange that none of our political writers, in their learned treatises on the English constitution should take notice of any more than three estates, namely, Kings, Lords, and Commons, all entirely passing by in silence that very large and powerful body which form the fourth estate in this community, and have been long dignified and distinguished by the name of The Mob.
Página 14 - God, binding themselves by a solemn oath, not for the purposes of any wicked design, but never to commit any fraud, theft, or adultery, never to falsify their word, nor deny a trust when they should be called upon to deliver it up; after which it was their custom to separate and then reassemble to eat in common a harmless meal.
Página 68 - For neither man nor angel can discern Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks Invisible, except to God alone, By his permissive will, through heaven and earth : And oft, though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps At wisdom's gate, and to simplicity Resigns her charge, while goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems...