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Page xviii
... whereby the noblest minds fell often upon doubt- ful deaths , and melancholy dissolutions with these hopes Socrates warmed his doubtful spirits , against the cold potion ; and Cato , before he durst give the fatal stroke , spent part of ...
... whereby the noblest minds fell often upon doubt- ful deaths , and melancholy dissolutions with these hopes Socrates warmed his doubtful spirits , against the cold potion ; and Cato , before he durst give the fatal stroke , spent part of ...
Page xix
... whereby , by knowing no other original , and deeper igno- rance of themselves , they might have enjoyed the happiness of inferior creatures , who in tranquillity possess their constitu- tions , as having not the apprehension to deplore ...
... whereby , by knowing no other original , and deeper igno- rance of themselves , they might have enjoyed the happiness of inferior creatures , who in tranquillity possess their constitu- tions , as having not the apprehension to deplore ...
Page xxvi
... whereby he obtained so great a degree of honour from all that knew him , remains to be given in the history of his life . And had that been written by him- " For a character of his person , his complexion xxvi DR . JOHNSON'S LIFE OF.
... whereby he obtained so great a degree of honour from all that knew him , remains to be given in the history of his life . And had that been written by him- " For a character of his person , his complexion xxvi DR . JOHNSON'S LIFE OF.
Page xxxix
... whereby We naturally do fall and die . What furie is't to take a death part , And rather than by nature , die by art . b " A worthy person . " - See her account of her father , in Preface to the Life . In his Life of Prince Henry , 8vo ...
... whereby We naturally do fall and die . What furie is't to take a death part , And rather than by nature , die by art . b " A worthy person . " - See her account of her father , in Preface to the Life . In his Life of Prince Henry , 8vo ...
Page lxii
... whereby they apparently let him see the great benefit his child received thereby . Hereupon the father became so amazed , that he threw off his nonconformity , and exprest his thanks in this method ; Farewell to all dissenters , and to ...
... whereby they apparently let him see the great benefit his child received thereby . Hereupon the father became so amazed , that he threw off his nonconformity , and exprest his thanks in this method ; Farewell to all dissenters , and to ...
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Page xxxviii - Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato to unfold What worlds, or what vast regions, hold The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook...
Page 348 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Page 31 - Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down ; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Page 433 - So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.