 | English literature - 1773 - 394 pages
...were not fufficient for it, we turn the moft indifferent circumftances into misfortunes, and fuffer as much from trifling accidents, as from real evils. I have known the fhooting of a ftar fpoil a night's reft; and have feen a man in love grow pale and lofe his appetite,... | |
 | 1789 - 508 pages
...were not fufficient for it, we turn the moft indifferent circumflances into misfortunes, and fuffer as much from trifling accidents, as from real evils. I have known the fhooting of a ftar fpoil a night's reft j and have feen a man in love grow pale, and lofe his appetite,... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 420 pages
...that do not properly come within our lot. As if the natural calamities of life were not sufficient for it, we turn the most indifferent circumstances...pale and lose -his appetite upon the plucking of a merry thought. A screech-owl at midnight has alarmed a family more than a band of robbers ; nay, the... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...that do not properly come within our lot. As if the natural calamities of life were not sufficient for it, we turn the most indifferent circumstances...and suffer as much from trifling accidents as from reul evils. I have known the shooting of a star spoil a night's rest; and have seen a man in love grow... | |
 | 1804 - 676 pages
...indifferent cireumstances into misfortunes, and suffer as much from trifling accidents as from rest evil.M. I have known the shooting of a star spoil a night's...his appetite, upon the plucking of a merrythought. A sereech-owl at midnight has alarmed a family more than a band of robbers; nay, the voice of a ericket... | |
 | 1804 - 452 pages
...superstition: it hath ever imposed the most abject kind of slavery. I have known (says the Spectator) the shooting of a star spoil a night's rest, and have...pale, and lose his appetite upon the plucking of a merry thought. A screech owl at midnight has alarmed a family more than a band of robbers, and the... | |
 | Spectator The - 1808 - 348 pages
...ferent circumstances into misfortunes, and suffer it much from triffing accidents, as from real evils. 1 have known the shooting of a star spoil a night's rest; and have seen a man in love grow pale and luse hii appetite, upon the plucking of a merry-thonght. A screech-owl at midnight has alarmed a family... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 412 pages
...were not sufficient for it, we turn the most indifferent circumstances into misfortunes, and suft'er as much from trifling accidents, as from real evils....screech-owl at midnight has alarmed a family more than a band of robbers; nay, the voice of a cricket hath struck more terror than, the roaring of a lion. There... | |
 | John Brand - Christian antiquities - 1810 - 510 pages
...Superstition: It hath ever imposed the most abject Kind of Slavery. I have known (says the Spectator) the shooting of a Star spoil a Night's Rest, and have...Appetite upon the plucking of a Merrythought. — A screech Orel at Midnight has alarmed a Family more than a Band of Robbers, and the Voice of a Cricket... | |
 | John Brand - Great Britain - 1810 - 508 pages
...Superstition : It hath ever imposed the most abject Kind of Slavery. I have known (says the Spectator) the shooting of a Star spoil a Night's Rest, and have...Appetite upon the plucking of a Merrythought. — A screech Owl at Midnight has alarmed a Family more than a Band of Robbers, and the Voice of a Cricket... | |
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... as much from trifling accidents as from real evils. I have known the shooting of a star spoil a night's rest ; and have seen a man in love grow pale, and lose his appetite, upon the plucking of a merry-thought. A screech-owl at midnight has alarmed... 
