 ... person at the point of death, we cannot forbear being attentive to every thing he says or does, because we are sure that some time or other we shall ourselves be in the same melancholy circumstances. The general, the statesman, or the philosopher,...  The life and letters of William Cowper - Strana 460podľa William Cowper - 1809Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1803 - Počet stránok 412
...The general, the statesman, or the philosopher, are perhaps characters which we may never act in, but the dying man is one whom, sooner or later, we shall certainly resemble. It is perhaps, for the same kind of reason, that few books written in English have been so much perused... | |
 | 1803 - Počet stránok 372
...general, the statesjman, or the philosopher, are perhaps characters which we may never act in ; but the dying man is one whom, sooner or later, we shall certainly resemble. It is, perhaps, for the same kind of reason that few books written in English, have been so much perused... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - Počet stránok 490
...person commemorated are observed to excite a peculiarity of interest, which Addison has well explained by saying — " The dying man is one, whom, sooner...benevolence, it may be truly said, in the words of Shakespear, Nothing in his life Became him, like the leaving it : he died ' • As one, that had been... | |
 | William Hayley - 1806 - Počet stránok 484
...person commemorated are observed to excite a peculiarity of interest, which Addison has well explained by saying—" The dying man is one, whom, sooner or...benevolence, it may be truly said, in the words of Shakespear, Nothing in his life . Became him, like the leaving it: he died As one, that had been studied... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - Počet stránok 304
...The general, the statesman, or the philosopher, are perhaps characters which we may never act ini but the dying man is one whom, sooner or later, we shall certainly resemble. It is perhaps, for the same kind of reason, that few books written in English have been so much perused... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - Počet stránok 802
...The general, the statesman, or the philosopher, are perhaps characters which we may never act in, but the dying man is one whom, sooner or later, we shall certainly resemble. ÎOO. penned as Dr. Sherlock's Discourse upon Death; though at the same (¡me ( um-i own, (hat he who... | |
 | William Hayley - 1812 - Počet stránok 464
...person commemorated are observed to excite a peculiarity of interest, which Addison has well explained by saying — " The dying man is one, whom, sooner...benevolence, it may be truly said, in the words of Shakespeare, Nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it : he died As one, that had been studied... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1817 - Počet stránok 740
...general, the statesman, or the " philosopher, are perhaps characters which we " may never act in ; but the dying man is one " whom, sooner or later, we shall certainly re" seinble." Thus while these instructive pages teach us how to live, they impart a lesson equally... | |
 | 1819 - Počet stránok 308
...The general, the statesman, or the philosopher, are perhaps characters which we may never act in, but the dying man is one whom, sooner or later, we shall certainly resemble. It is perhaps, for the same kind of reason, that few books written in English have been so much perused... | |
 | 1822 - Počet stránok 788
...The general, the statesman, or the philosopher, are perhaps characters which we may never act in, but er them to the following purin father ' FHAXCIS.' Constantia saw It is, perhaps, for the same kind of reason, that few books written in English have been so much I... | |
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