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الصفحة 58 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
الصفحة 180 - It is wonderful that five thousand years have now elapsed since the creation of the world, and still it is undecided whether or not there has ever been an instance of the spirit of any person appearing after death. All argument is against it; but all belief is for it.
الصفحة 154 - FRIENDS. Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes ; they were easiest for his feet.
الصفحة 170 - I perceiving what an opinion he had of me, and that it was only melancholy that troubled him, took him in hand, warranted him, if he would follow my directions, to cure him in a short time. I desired him to let me be alone about an hour, and then to come again, which he was very willing to. In the...
الصفحة 164 - I to see a man run after a sermon, if he cozens and cheats as soon as he comes home ? On the other side, morality must not be without religion ; for if so, it may change as I see convenience. Religion must govern it.
الصفحة 76 - The threads of a fine lawn seem coarser than the yarn with which ropes are made for anchors. But a silk-worm's web appears perfectly smooth and shining, and everywhere equal. The smallest dot that is made with a pen appears irregular and uneven.
الصفحة 160 - OF all actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people ; yet of all actions of our life it is most meddled with by other people.
الصفحة 90 - Nevertheless, although, if melted before entering the mouth, it assuages thirst like other water, when melted in the mouth it has the opposite effect. To render this paradox more striking, we have only to remember that ice, which melts more slowly in the mouth, is very efficient in allaying thirst.
الصفحة 148 - They have put in the papers a good story made on White's : a man dropped down dead at the door, was carried in; the club immediately made bets whether he was dead or not, and when they were going to bleed him, the wagerers for his death interposed, and said it would affect the fairness of the bet Mr.
الصفحة 165 - It is a fine thing for children to learn to make verse, but when they come to be men they must speak like other men, or else they will be laughed at. It is ridiculous to speak, or write, or preach in verse. As it is good to learn to dance : a man may learn his leg, learn to go handsomely ; but it is ridiculous for him to dance, when he should go.