...h the cool and procrastinating alembic of Dyer’s W eekly Letter. [Long the oracle of the country gentle- men of the high Tory party. The ancient News-... ...ually as- sumed the tone best qualified for the display of his talents and acquisitions. The gaiety of the evening was exalted in character, rather th...

...match so disadvanta geous, in point of interest, to his sister. From what oracle he received this opinion, I shall leave the reader to deter mine: b... ...hes or worldly power, taught me, however, the art of despising the highest acquisitions of both. They elevate the mind, and steel and harden it agains...

... by his side, or the comrade riding with him in Rotten Row. Her words were oracles to him, her smallest actions marked by an infallible grace and wisd... ..., his costumes, and black man, were hailed at Gaunt House as very valuable acquisitions. He led off the first charade. A Turkish officer with an im- m...

...ded by divers grants of land in the neighbourhood of Toledo. On one of his acquisitions, about two leagues from the city, he built himself a castle wh... ...s of Lothario, and believed them as fully as if they had been spoken by an oracle; nevertheless he begged of him not to relinquish the undertaking, we... ... the advice and with the approval of the great Carrasco, who was now their oracle, it was arranged that their departure should take place three days t...

...g; “I have sailed about with my father, and I know what is called a sou, a crown, a pistole, a louis, and a double louis, in all the languages of Euro... ...g admitted to your table. My name is Agnan, at your service, monsieur, the unworthy steward of a rich seigneur, who wishes to pur- chase some salt-min...

..., and books the commentary. Thus compelled, the Muse of history will utter oracles, as never to those who do not respect themselves. I have no expecta... ...eying the Almighty effort and advancing on Chaos and the Dark. What pretty oracles nature yields us on this text in the face and behavior of children,... ...ings are so, like day and night, not to be disputed. My wilful actions and acquisitions are but roving;—the idlest reverie, the faint- est native emot... ...served wisdom. Far otherwise; your silence answers very loud. You have no oracle to utter, and your fellow-men have learned that you cannot help them... ... to utter, and your fellow-men have learned that you cannot help them; for oracles speak. Doth not Wisdom cry and Understanding put forth her voice? D... ...opular notion of a revelation is that it is a telling of fortunes. In past oracles of the soul the understanding seeks to find answers to sensual ques...

...brushed from it a great deal of rubbish.’ Gibbon called Johnson ‘Reynolds’ oracle.’ In one of his Dis- courses Sir Joshua, mindful no doubt of his own... ...earning by regular gradations, as men of inferiour powers of mind. His own acquisitions had been made by fits and starts, by violent irruptions into t... ...d the art of displaying with more advantage as a writer, whatever literary acquisitions he made. ‘Nihil quod tetigit non ornavit.’ His mind re- semble... ...e honour of a visit. He seemed to me to be considered as a kind of publick oracle, whom every body thought they had a right to visit and consult; and ... ...home. My domestick companion is taken from me. She is much missed, for her acquisitions were many, and her curiosity universal; so that she partook of... ... be a weak man who quotes com- mon things with an emphasis as if they were oracles; Johnson agreed with him; and Sir Joshua having also observed that ... ... how much there was to be learnt, he used to mention his own com- parative acquisitions. When Mr. Cumberland talked to him of the Greek fragments whic...

...orrit called in the vulgar tongue a Catch-em-alive O. Of these pic- torial acquisitions Mr Meagles spoke in the usual manner. He was no judge, he said... ...eriod, got about five centuries in arrears, and delivered solemn political oracles appropriate to that epoch. He finished by freezing a cup of tea for... ... terms, ‘Tails, kick; heads, encourage,’ and abid- ing by the voice of the oracle. It chanced, however, that his wife expressed a dislike to the engag... ...his name was good enough for it; some, and these the more solemn political oracles, said that Decimus did wisely to strengthen himself, and that the s... ...s arms, and leaning back in his chair. ‘Assuredly, Madame Flintwinch is an oracle! How shall we interpret the oracle, you and I and the old intriguer?...

...tself, but to that of the Pope. 22 Not for license to compound for unjust acquisitions by de. voting a part of them to pious uses. 23 “Not the tithe... ...nt to his mother to ascer- tain the truth. 2 Not with riddles such as the oracles gave out before they fell silent at the coming of Christ. 68 Norto...

...es which Socrates assumes are like the parables of the New Testament, or the oracles of the Del- phian God; they half conceal, half reveal, his meanin... ...assail you and my friend Alcibiades, when they are losing not only their new acquisitions, but also their original possessions; not that you are the a...

...s not the first only, not the original only, but is yet the sole authentic oracle of truth. Woman, therefore, the beauty of the female mind, this is o... ... own energies, and of feeding his own sensi- bilities, than for any direct acquisitions of knowledge, or for any trains of systematic research. All me...

...ining a due sense of our equal right to the use of our own faculties, to the acquisitions of our own industry, to honor and confidence from our fellow... ...ed, and independent people to blend their desti nies with our own. Even our acquisitions from Mexico form no exception. Unwilling to take advantage o... ...of events we shall still further extend our possessions. Hitherto in all our acquisitions the people, under the protection of the American flag, have ... ...tisanship should be unknown. Let our people find a new meaning in the divine oracle which declares that “a little child shall lead them,” for our own ...

...always occupied myself in working over, repeat- ing, and reproducing these acquisitions. A more salutary moral effect than that of these rude and haza... ...ed; and my mother doubly consoled the next day, when, having consulted the oracle of her treasure- box, by the prick of a needle, she received a very ... ... assured me that nothing in the world was surer than the responses of this oracle; only it must be consulted, not out of sport and mischief, but solel...

... Are there not aversions, predilections, rivalships, and desires of unjust acquisitions, that affect nations as well as kings? Are not popular assembl... ...l be thought, when we shall have received further les- sons from that best oracle of wisdom, experience. It at all times betrayed an ignorance of the ... ... controversies between the in- habitants and those who came to consult the oracle. As a fur- ther provision for the efficacy of the federal powers, th... ...long on the con- templation of these federal precedents. Experience is the oracle of truth; and where its responses are unequivocal, they ought to be ... ...he three great depart- ments of power should be separate and distinct. The oracle who is always consulted and cited on this subject is the cel- ebrate...

...ardi refers to Pansanias, where “the Nymphs” are spoken of as expounders of oracles for a vindication of the poet’s accuracy. Should the reader blam... ...dispensation.] Dominic did not ask license to compound for the use of unjust acquisitions, by dedicating a part of them to pious purposes. v. 89. In ...

...k One called in the vulgar tongue a Catch-em-alive O. Of these pic- torial acquisitions Mr Meagles spoke in the usual manner. He was no judge, he said... ...eriod, got about five centuries in arrears, and delivered solemn political oracles appropriate to that epoch. He finished by freezing a cup of tea for...