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Pagina 2
... believe ; and , to expose him to the ridicule of the company , he was desired to prove what he had advanced , as a fit punishment of his design to engage others to prove the contrary , which , though for a different reason , was yet ...
... believe ; and , to expose him to the ridicule of the company , he was desired to prove what he had advanced , as a fit punishment of his design to engage others to prove the contrary , which , though for a different reason , was yet ...
Pagina 4
... believe every one will readily admit , that Mr. Traffic was neither free in specula- tion nor fact : for he can be little better than a ma- chine actuated by avarice , who had not power to spare one thousand pounds from two hundred ...
... believe every one will readily admit , that Mr. Traffic was neither free in specula- tion nor fact : for he can be little better than a ma- chine actuated by avarice , who had not power to spare one thousand pounds from two hundred ...
Pagina 5
... believe , merely for the pleasure of being laughed at . ' I remember too , that when he had heard me out , he shrugged up his shoulders , and , greatly extending the longitudi- nal dimensions of his countenance , All this , ' said he ...
... believe , merely for the pleasure of being laughed at . ' I remember too , that when he had heard me out , he shrugged up his shoulders , and , greatly extending the longitudi- nal dimensions of his countenance , All this , ' said he ...
Pagina 16
... believe our importance is increased , by a recapitu lation of the discourse , of which we were such dis- tinguished sharers : and to shew that we were esteemed fit to be entrusted with affairs of great concern and privacy , we notably ...
... believe our importance is increased , by a recapitu lation of the discourse , of which we were such dis- tinguished sharers : and to shew that we were esteemed fit to be entrusted with affairs of great concern and privacy , we notably ...
Pagina 62
... believe I felt as keen anguish as he , who with a halter about his neck looks up , while the other end of it is fastening to the gibbet . The screen , however , was soon replaced , and the broken china removed ; and though the dog was ...
... believe I felt as keen anguish as he , who with a halter about his neck looks up , while the other end of it is fastening to the gibbet . The screen , however , was soon replaced , and the broken china removed ; and though the dog was ...
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absurd acquainted ADVENTURER Agrestis Amana Amelia Amphinomus Anticlea appear Aristotle Bagshot beauty behold believe Boileau Caliph Captain character conceal conduct consider contempt countenance death desire dignity discovered distress dreadful effect equally Eugenio Euripides Eutyches evil excellence expence expressed eyes falsehood father favour folly fortune Freeman genius gentleman gratify guilt hand happiness heard heart Homer honour hope human Iliad imagination immediately kind labour Lady Forrest less Longinus looked mankind Mantua marriage ment mind misery morning nature neral ness never Nouraddin object Odyssey opinion Osmin OVID passion perceived perhaps person pleasure poet POPE present principles produced Prosopopoeia punish Quintilian racter reason received rusal SATURDAY says scarce sensibility sentiments servant shew Sir James Socrates soon Sophocles suffered tain tears tenderness thou thought Tibullus tion tosus truth TUESDAY Ulysses vanity Ventosus vice VIRG virtue wife wish wretched writers XXIV
Populaire passages
Pagina 95 - Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Pagina 132 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Pagina 91 - When he gave to the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment. When he appointed the foundations of the earth., then I was by him, as one brought up with him, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him, rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sons of men.
Pagina 53 - And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him for they saw that his grief was very great.
Pagina 130 - VITAL spark of heavenly flame! Quit, O quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, O, the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life! Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit, come away!
Pagina 52 - Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit? or whither shall I go then from thy presence ? If I climb up into heaven, thou art there ; if I go down to hell, thou art there also.
Pagina 92 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. . ' Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest ? Or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Pagina 44 - Tasso, Mazzoni, and others, teaches what the laws are of a true epic poem, what of a dramatic, what of a lyric, what decorum is, which is the grand masterpiece to observe.
Pagina 52 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Pagina 55 - Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.