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... Happiness - obstructed by the Free- thinkers 84. Silly Habits of Coffee - house Orators- twisting off Buttons 85. On Scandal - Letter from a Sufferer by Calumny - from Daniel Button 86. Classical Descriptions - of the War Horse in Job ...
... Happiness - obstructed by the Free- thinkers 84. Silly Habits of Coffee - house Orators- twisting off Buttons 85. On Scandal - Letter from a Sufferer by Calumny - from Daniel Button 86. Classical Descriptions - of the War Horse in Job ...
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... Happiness of living under the Protec- tion of Omnipotence .. 118. Information from a Lioness - Offer of an out - riding Lion 119. Translation of Strada's Prolusion 120. On Female Gamesters .... 121. Account of the Silent Club , PEARCE ...
... Happiness of living under the Protec- tion of Omnipotence .. 118. Information from a Lioness - Offer of an out - riding Lion 119. Translation of Strada's Prolusion 120. On Female Gamesters .... 121. Account of the Silent Club , PEARCE ...
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... happiness of society , are the great ends which all men ought to promote , and some of that sect would be thought to have at heart above the rest of mankind . But supposing those who make that profession to carry on a good design in the ...
... happiness of society , are the great ends which all men ought to promote , and some of that sect would be thought to have at heart above the rest of mankind . But supposing those who make that profession to carry on a good design in the ...
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... happiness , or misery , as the consequence of their choice . Are not men actuated by their passions ? and are not hope and fear the most powerful of our passions ? and are there any objects which can rouse and awaken our hopes and fears ...
... happiness , or misery , as the consequence of their choice . Are not men actuated by their passions ? and are not hope and fear the most powerful of our passions ? and are there any objects which can rouse and awaken our hopes and fears ...
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... happiness , even in this life ; yet titles , estates , and fantastical pleasures , are more ardently sought after by most men , than the natural gratifications of a reasonable mind ; and it cannot be denied , that virtue and in- nocence ...
... happiness , even in this life ; yet titles , estates , and fantastical pleasures , are more ardently sought after by most men , than the natural gratifications of a reasonable mind ; and it cannot be denied , that virtue and in- nocence ...
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169. oldal - Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? »the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword.
169. oldal - He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
262. oldal - LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
157. oldal - Thou, even thou, art Lord alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all ; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
160. oldal - I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
171. oldal - Phoebus' fiery car : The youth rush eager to the sylvan war, Swarm o'er the lawns, the forest walks surround, Rouse the fleet hart, and cheer the opening hound. Th...
158. oldal - Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
262. oldal - And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour : so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
127. oldal - They have already laid down many mechanical rules for compositions of this sort, but at the same time they cut off almost all undertakers from the possibility of ever performing them ; for the first qualification they unanimously require in a poet, is a genius. I shall here endeavour (for the benefit of my countrymen) to make it manifest, that epic poems may be made without a genius, nay without learning or much reading.
172. oldal - Nay, to that perfection is he arrived, that he stoops as he walks. The figure of the man is odd enough : he is a lively little creature, with long arms and legs. A spider is no ill emblem of him. He has been taken at a distance for a small windmill.