Works: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Band 6Thomas Tegg and others, 1824 |
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... delighted a whole circle at one time with a se- ries of quibbles , and made myself good company at another , by scalding my fingers , or mistaking a lady's lap for my own chair . These are artful deceits and useful expedients ; but ...
... delighted a whole circle at one time with a se- ries of quibbles , and made myself good company at another , by scalding my fingers , or mistaking a lady's lap for my own chair . These are artful deceits and useful expedients ; but ...
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... delights to count the expenses without the least solicitude about the event ; for he knows , that where nothing but an honorary right is contested , the poorer anta- gonist must always suffer , whatever shall be the last decision of the ...
... delights to count the expenses without the least solicitude about the event ; for he knows , that where nothing but an honorary right is contested , the poorer anta- gonist must always suffer , whatever shall be the last decision of the ...
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... delight in abstracts and epitomes , because they want room in their me- mory for long details , and content themselves with effects , without inquiry after causes ; some minds are overpowered by splendour of sentiment , as some eyes are ...
... delight in abstracts and epitomes , because they want room in their me- mory for long details , and content themselves with effects , without inquiry after causes ; some minds are overpowered by splendour of sentiment , as some eyes are ...
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... delight before him , calling on him in distress , and flying to him in danger , without more kindness than he can persuade himself to feel for the wild and unsocial inhabitants of the air and water . We naturally endear to ourselves ...
... delight before him , calling on him in distress , and flying to him in danger , without more kindness than he can persuade himself to feel for the wild and unsocial inhabitants of the air and water . We naturally endear to ourselves ...
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... delights in the misery of others , no man will confess , and yet what other motive can make a father cruel ? The king may be instigated by one man to the destruction of another ; he may sometimes think himself endangered by the virtues ...
... delights in the misery of others , no man will confess , and yet what other motive can make a father cruel ? The king may be instigated by one man to the destruction of another ; he may sometimes think himself endangered by the virtues ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Acastus acquaintance Ajut Altilia amuse ance Anningait ardour attention beauty censure considered contempt conversation criticks curiosity danger delight desire dignity diligence discovered easily elegance endeavour envy equally excellence expected eyes fame fancy father favour favourite fear flattered folly fortune frequently friends gayety genius gratify Greenland happened happiness heart honour hope hour human ignorance imagination inclination indulgence inquire insult kind knowledge labour ladies learning lence Leviculus live long con mankind marriage ment merit mind miscarriage misery nature necessary neglect ness never NUMB observed obtained opinion Ovid pain panegyrist passion perpetual pleased pleasure portunity poverty praise present produced Prospero publick Pylades racter RAMBLER reason received regard reputation resolved riches risum SATURDAY scarcely Seged seldom sentiments smoke of hell solicit sometimes soon suffer superaddition terrour thought Thrasybulus tion topick TUESDAY uncon vanity virtue wealth writer καὶ