The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Band 2Nathan Drake Suttaby, Evance, and Company, 1811 |
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... possession of a large estate well - conditioned , but by his con tinued extravagances had greatly impaired it . At one time particularly a considerable sum was wanted ; the only resource left was to fell a suf- ficient number of trees ...
... possession of a large estate well - conditioned , but by his con tinued extravagances had greatly impaired it . At one time particularly a considerable sum was wanted ; the only resource left was to fell a suf- ficient number of trees ...
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... possession of the streets , they make likewise to the possession of the high - ways . I doubt not , I shall be told they claim only an equal right ; for I know it is very usual when a carter or dray - man is civilly desired to make a ...
... possession of the streets , they make likewise to the possession of the high - ways . I doubt not , I shall be told they claim only an equal right ; for I know it is very usual when a carter or dray - man is civilly desired to make a ...
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... possessions of the others , a certain large proportion yearly , upon an implied condition * A lady of great quality , and admirable beauty , was mobbed in the Park at this time . ( for no such was expressed ) , that they NO . 56 . 5,5 ...
... possessions of the others , a certain large proportion yearly , upon an implied condition * A lady of great quality , and admirable beauty , was mobbed in the Park at this time . ( for no such was expressed ) , that they NO . 56 . 5,5 ...
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... possession ; then indeed , whatever shews we may have made , if they were false , the prospect of approaching death will soon discover the deceit . Full of these reflections I fell asleep , and was , methought , insensibly conveyed on ...
... possession ; then indeed , whatever shews we may have made , if they were false , the prospect of approaching death will soon discover the deceit . Full of these reflections I fell asleep , and was , methought , insensibly conveyed on ...
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... possession of the plain : In a hearse she rode reclin'd , Drawn by screech - owls slow and blind : Close to her , with printless feet , Crept Stillness in a winding - sheet- Next to her deaf Silence was seen , Treading on tip - toes o ...
... possession of the plain : In a hearse she rode reclin'd , Drawn by screech - owls slow and blind : Close to her , with printless feet , Crept Stillness in a winding - sheet- Next to her deaf Silence was seen , Treading on tip - toes o ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 373 - Come, but keep thy wonted state, With even step and musing gait And looks commercing with the skies...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...