The Spectator, Volume 8Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 |
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... least a cheerful heart , That tastes those gifts with joy . XI . Through every period of my life Thy goodness I'll pursue ; And after death in distant worlds The glorious theme renew . XII . • When nature fails , and day and 12 ...
... least a cheerful heart , That tastes those gifts with joy . XI . Through every period of my life Thy goodness I'll pursue ; And after death in distant worlds The glorious theme renew . XII . • When nature fails , and day and 12 ...
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... least of my satisfaction in my survey , to go up stairs , and pass the shops of agreeable females : to observe so many pretty hands busy in the folding of rib- bons , and the utmost eagerness of agreeable faces in the sale of patches ...
... least of my satisfaction in my survey , to go up stairs , and pass the shops of agreeable females : to observe so many pretty hands busy in the folding of rib- bons , and the utmost eagerness of agreeable faces in the sale of patches ...
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... least are but annuals . Some pro- fessed florists make them their constant study and employment , and despise all fruit ; and now and then a few fanciful people spend all their time in the cultivation of a single tulip , or a carnation ...
... least are but annuals . Some pro- fessed florists make them their constant study and employment , and despise all fruit ; and now and then a few fanciful people spend all their time in the cultivation of a single tulip , or a carnation ...
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... least provoca- tion ; and indeed we live better together than usually folks do who hated one another when they were first joined . To evade the sin against pa- rents , or at least to extenuate it , my dear rails at my father and mother ...
... least provoca- tion ; and indeed we live better together than usually folks do who hated one another when they were first joined . To evade the sin against pa- rents , or at least to extenuate it , my dear rails at my father and mother ...
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... least injury , are cautious of ex- acting the utmost justice . Let any one who is conversant in the variety of human life reflect upon it , and he will find the man who wants mercy has a taste of no enjoy- ment of any kind . There is a ...
... least injury , are cautious of ex- acting the utmost justice . Let any one who is conversant in the variety of human life reflect upon it , and he will find the man who wants mercy has a taste of no enjoy- ment of any kind . There is a ...
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Page 73 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 101 - I HAVE SET THE LoRD ALWAYS BEFORE ME : Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Page 14 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ, Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 101 - I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth : my flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt shew me the path of life : in thy presence is fulness of joy ; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Page 184 - They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, And his wonders in the deep.
Page 106 - Tunes her nocturnal note : thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 147 - WHO shall decide, when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me...
Page 72 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...
Page 60 - In counterpoise ; now ponders all events, Battles and realms : in these he put two weights, The sequel each of parting and of fight: The latter quick up flew, and...
Page 106 - And feel thy sovran vital lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.