The Bee: Or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, Volume 3James Anderson Mundell and Son, Parliament Stairs, 1791 |
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... reason , but because the parties on one fide having been habituated to bufi- nefs , knew not how to enjoy their leifure with that eafe the other could do who had been idle all their lives . " I have made fuch a progrefs in this art , as ...
... reason , but because the parties on one fide having been habituated to bufi- nefs , knew not how to enjoy their leifure with that eafe the other could do who had been idle all their lives . " I have made fuch a progrefs in this art , as ...
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... reason , so fre- quently produces among the inferior animals , reflection and feeling , however seldom , will furely fometimes effect among ourselves . I have indeed no crown to offer you , as an atonement for the one which you have ...
... reason , so fre- quently produces among the inferior animals , reflection and feeling , however seldom , will furely fometimes effect among ourselves . I have indeed no crown to offer you , as an atonement for the one which you have ...
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... reason to hope for a favourable acceptance ; and if time be the most irretrievable lofs , the regrets which follow will be thought , I hope , the most jufti- fiable . The regaining of my liberty from a long state of indolence and ...
... reason to hope for a favourable acceptance ; and if time be the most irretrievable lofs , the regrets which follow will be thought , I hope , the most jufti- fiable . The regaining of my liberty from a long state of indolence and ...
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... reason be demanded . The continuation of his English history , from 1748 to 1764 , is a mere catchpenny chaos , with- out even a spark of merit . There is great reason to believe that he , or rather his journeymen , copied at random ...
... reason be demanded . The continuation of his English history , from 1748 to 1764 , is a mere catchpenny chaos , with- out even a spark of merit . There is great reason to believe that he , or rather his journeymen , copied at random ...
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... reason . Mr. Hume , in common with most of our historians , has omitted to give an account of his materials . A judicious reader , when he fees them perpetually refer- red to , will afk who is Froiffart , and who is Rhymer ? Till the ...
... reason . Mr. Hume , in common with most of our historians , has omitted to give an account of his materials . A judicious reader , when he fees them perpetually refer- red to , will afk who is Froiffart , and who is Rhymer ? Till the ...
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Page 311 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Page 97 - ... the foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality ; and the pre-eminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens, and command the respect of the world.
Page 96 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men, more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency...
Page 336 - Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends ; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Page 257 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Page 276 - At the desire of many of his friends, his body was carried into the chapel the day preceding the interment, and there lay in a kind of state becoming the person, dressed in his clerical habit, with gown, cassock, and band ; the old clerical cap on his head, a Bible in one hand, and a white handkerchief in the other.
Page 303 - Strange cozenage ! none would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain, And from the dregs of life think to receive What the first sprightly running could not give. I'm tired of waiting for this chymic gold Which fools us young and beggars us when old.
Page 325 - A stately tree grew on the plain ; its branches were covered with verdure ; its boughs spread wide, and made a goodly shadow ; the trunk was like a strong pillar ; the roots were like crooked fangs.
Page 323 - This is my story, — now to the prayer of my petition. I never before envied you the possession of the Orkneys, which I now do only to provide for this eloquent innocent apostle. The sun has refused your barren...
Page xxxvi - And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of fleep ; for now is our falvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far fpent, the day is at hand ; let us therefore caft off the works of darknefs, and let us put on the armour of light.