The Memoirs of Charles Westcote: In which is Introduced the History of the Monk Franciscobooksellers, 1807 - 323 strán (strany) |
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... misery and distress must riot in his breast . Driven from the pinnacle of the supreme possession of a doubtless hope , and precipitated to the abode of a gloom and of endless despair , nothing flourished but a weary waste , beset with ...
... misery and distress must riot in his breast . Driven from the pinnacle of the supreme possession of a doubtless hope , and precipitated to the abode of a gloom and of endless despair , nothing flourished but a weary waste , beset with ...
Strana 25
... misery , and entail the stigma of perpetual infamy upon myself ! Alas ! how ineffectual are our efforts when directed against the unerring principles of nature . My passion , I acknowledge to be criminal : but guilt is relative ; and ...
... misery , and entail the stigma of perpetual infamy upon myself ! Alas ! how ineffectual are our efforts when directed against the unerring principles of nature . My passion , I acknowledge to be criminal : but guilt is relative ; and ...
Strana 28
... misery lies in regret or anticipation . A remark worthy of Goldsmith , and very applicable to my situation at the period I now allude to . Until the hour of eight , my mind was entirely occupied with the presence of Mrs. Edwards , the ...
... misery lies in regret or anticipation . A remark worthy of Goldsmith , and very applicable to my situation at the period I now allude to . Until the hour of eight , my mind was entirely occupied with the presence of Mrs. Edwards , the ...
Strana 57
... misery and calamity , should be the extent of our desires , and the limit of our wants . Are the people of France either free or happy , or void of misery or of wretchedness ? was the question I put to myself . I had as yet insufficient ...
... misery and calamity , should be the extent of our desires , and the limit of our wants . Are the people of France either free or happy , or void of misery or of wretchedness ? was the question I put to myself . I had as yet insufficient ...
Strana 58
... misery and bloodshed should pollute the annals of a great nation , we have only to regard the former regime as the cause , and to lament that the abuse of an ill - disposed power should have entailed so terrible a calamity on its ...
... misery and bloodshed should pollute the annals of a great nation , we have only to regard the former regime as the cause , and to lament that the abuse of an ill - disposed power should have entailed so terrible a calamity on its ...
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Strana 76 - Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, Our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain. Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise ! * Each stamps its image as the other flies.
Strana 30 - Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue, where it meets her, And imitates her actions, where she is not : It ought not to be sported with.
Strana 299 - Inspiration round. As o'er the dusky furniture I bend, Each chair awakes the feelings of a friend.
Strana 319 - And thus still doing, thus he pass'd along. Duch. Alas ! poor Richard ! where rides he the while ? York. As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious : Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard ; no man cried, God save him...
Strana 300 - Her tattered mantle, and her hood of straw ; Her moving lips, her caldron brimming o'er ; The drowsy brood that on her back she bore, Imps, in the barn with mousing owlet bred, From rifled roost at nightly revel fed ; Whose dark eyes...
Strana 301 - Oh haste, unfold the hospitable hall ! That hall, where once, in antiquated state, The chair of justice held the grave debate.
Strana 256 - ... doing his duty as a rational creature, that, though he should miss truth, he will not miss the reward of it. For he governs his assent right, and places it as he should, who, in any case or matter whatsoever, believes or disbelieves according as reason directs him. He that doth otherwise, transgresses against his own light, and misuses those faculties which were given him to no other end, but to search and follow the clearer evidence and greater probability.
Strana 300 - Forgot to trace the feathered feet of Time ? That massive beam, with curious carvings wrought, Whence the caged linnet soothed my pensive thought ; Those muskets, cased with venerable rust ; Those once-loved forms, still breathing thro...
Strana 300 - twas heaven to hear, When soft it spoke a promised pleasure near ; And has its sober hand, its simple chime, Forgot to trace the...
Strana 255 - He that believes, without having any reason for believing, may be in love with his own fancies ; but neither seeks truth as he ought, nor pays the obedience due to his Maker...