Essays and TalesCassell, 1901 - 192 Seiten |
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... Theodosius and Constantia . Good Nature A Grinning Match Trust in God PAGE 9 14 19 25 30 35 41 46 52 • 58 , 64 , 70 , 77 , 82 , 91 · 99 105 , 113 121 126 , 132 138 • 144 149 • · 157 162 171 183 · 188 • ESSAYS AND TALES . PUBLIC CREDIT ...
... Theodosius and Constantia . Good Nature A Grinning Match Trust in God PAGE 9 14 19 25 30 35 41 46 52 • 58 , 64 , 70 , 77 , 82 , 91 · 99 105 , 113 121 126 , 132 138 • 144 149 • · 157 162 171 183 · 188 • ESSAYS AND TALES . PUBLIC CREDIT ...
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... THEODOSIUS AND CONSTANTIA . Illa ; Quis et me , inquit , miseram , et te perdidit , Orpheu ? — Jamque vale : feror ingenti circumdata nocte , Invalidasque tibi tendens , heu ! non tua , palmas . VIRG . , Georg . , iv . 494 . Then thus ...
... THEODOSIUS AND CONSTANTIA . Illa ; Quis et me , inquit , miseram , et te perdidit , Orpheu ? — Jamque vale : feror ingenti circumdata nocte , Invalidasque tibi tendens , heu ! non tua , palmas . VIRG . , Georg . , iv . 494 . Then thus ...
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... Theodosius and Constantia , there broke out an irreparable quarrel between their parents ; the one valuing himself too much upon his birth , and the other upon his possessions . The father of Constantia was so incensed at the father of ...
... Theodosius and Constantia , there broke out an irreparable quarrel between their parents ; the one valuing himself too much upon his birth , and the other upon his possessions . The father of Constantia was so incensed at the father of ...
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... Theodosius , who , after a long tumult of passions which naturally rise in a lover's heart on such an occasion , wrote the following letter to Constantia : - " The thought of my Constantia , which for some years has been my only ...
... Theodosius , who , after a long tumult of passions which naturally rise in a lover's heart on such an occasion , wrote the following letter to Constantia : - " The thought of my Constantia , which for some years has been my only ...
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... Theodosius . In short , she resolved to suffer the utmost effects of her father's displeasure rather than comply with a marriage which appeared to her so full of guilt and horror . The father , seeing himself entirely rid of Theodosius ...
... Theodosius . In short , she resolved to suffer the utmost effects of her father's displeasure rather than comply with a marriage which appeared to her so full of guilt and horror . The father , seeing himself entirely rid of Theodosius ...
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acrostics Addison admirers anagrams ancient appeared beautiful behaviour Bouts-Rimés burning-glasses Cæsar chronograms Cicero consider Constantia conversation death delight discourse dream DRYDEN Earl Douglas endeavour enemy English entertaining Epic Poetry Epidaurus epigram False Humour false wit fancy father fell figure filled friendship genius give grin hand happy heard heart HENRY MORLEY hero human ideas insomuch Italian Julius Cæsar kind of wit King lady language laugh letter likewise lion lives looked Malebranche manner Marraton midst mind mixed wit nature never observed occasion opera OVID paper passage passed passion person pieces Pindar poem poet puns reader reason Religio Medici resemblance rhymes ridicule says sense side Sir Roger L'Estrange soul stood taste thee Theodosius thou thought tion told tongue translated Tryphiodorus turned verses VIRG Virgil virtue Whig whole women words writing
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Seite 155 - ... insomuch that I could discover nothing in it ; but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them. I could see persons dressed in glorious habits, with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and...
Seite 152 - But tell me further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon...
Seite 154 - I here fetched a deep sigh; Alas, said I, man was made in vain! How is he given away to misery and mortality! tortured in life, and swallowed up in death! The Genius, being moved with compassion towards me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect; Look no more...
Seite 155 - These are the mansions of good men after death, who, according to the degree and kinds of virtue in which they excelled, are distributed among these several islands, which abound with pleasures of different kinds and degrees, suitable to the relishes and perfections of those who are settled in them ; every island is a paradise accommodated to its respective inhabitants. Are not these...
Seite 152 - ... is the vale of misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is part of the great tide of eternity. What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other? What thou seest, said he, is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine now, said he, this sea that is thus bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me...
Seite 181 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Seite 191 - Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Seite 153 - I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. " The genius, seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. 'Take thine eyes off the bridge,' said he, 'and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend.' Upon looking up, 'What...
Seite 112 - With that, there came an arrow keen Out of an English bow, Which struck Earl Douglas to the heart, A deep and deadly blow ; Who never spake more words than these, " Fight on, my merry men all ; For why, my life is at an end, Lord Percy sees my fall.
Seite 154 - Look no more, said he, on Man in the first Stage of his Existence, in his setting out for Eternity; but cast thine Eye on that thick Mist into which the Tide bears the several Generations of Mortals that fall into it.