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affection Alexis almoſt alſo amuſing animal aſs beauty becauſe beſt cauſe chearful Cicero cife cloſe colour converſation courſe curioſity diſplay diſtance eaſe eaſy Emilia eſteem Euphronius exerciſe expreſſed eyes faid falſe fame father firſt fiſhes fleſh fome foon forrow friends friendſhip fuch fuffer gratitude happy heart honour horſe houſe human increaſe inſtance inſtantly inſtruction intereſting itſelf Joſeph Julius juſt leſs leſſon Lord Lord Bolingbroke loſs Mancheſter ment mind moral moſt muſt nature neceſſary neſs obſerved paſs paſſed paſſion perſon Petrarch Philofophical pleaſing pleaſure Plutarch poſition preſent purſuits raiſe reaſon reſpect ſaid ſame ſay ſcene ſeemed ſenſe ſeveral ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhip ſhort ſhould ſince ſkill ſmall ſnow ſome Sophron ſpeak ſpecies ſpirit ſtanding ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtopped ſtranger ſtrength ſtriking ſtudy ſubject ſuch ſuggeſted ſurpriſe ſyſtem taſte themſelves theſe thoſe thou tion univerſe unto uſed virtue viſit whilst whoſe youth
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Page 142 - And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
Page 142 - And he said, My son shall not go down with you ; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone ; if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Page 142 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Page 142 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 142 - Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way : and thus did he unto them.
Page 145 - And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen ; and ye shall haste, and bring down my father hither.
Page 145 - And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen; and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast. And there will I nourish thee, (for yet there are five years of famine,) lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
Page xxvii - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Page 93 - I'll lay my life the thing is blue." "And I'll be sworn, that when you've seen The reptile, you'll pronounce him green." "Well, then, at once to ease the doubt," Replies the man, "I'll turn him out; And when before your eyes I've set him, If you don't find him black, I'll eat him...
Page 12 - Yon house, erected on the rising ground, With tempting aspect drew me from my road ; For plenty there a residence has found, And grandeur a magnificent abode. Hard is the fate of the...