The Adventurer, Volume 2John Hawkesworth J. Richardson, 1823 |
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... Observations on the Odyssey of Homer . Warton . 76. The Mercy of Affliction ; an Eastern Story . Warton . 77. The Mischiefs of Superstition and Infidelity . The History of Fidelia . 78. The History of Fidelia continued . Chapone ...
... Observations on the Odyssey of Homer . Warton . 76. The Mercy of Affliction ; an Eastern Story . Warton . 77. The Mischiefs of Superstition and Infidelity . The History of Fidelia . 78. The History of Fidelia continued . Chapone ...
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... Observations on the Odyssey concluded . 84. Folly of false Pretences to Importance . A Journey in a Stage Coach . Johnson . 85. Study , Composition , and Converse equally necessary to intellectual Accomplishment . 86. The Life of Agamus ...
... Observations on the Odyssey concluded . 84. Folly of false Pretences to Importance . A Journey in a Stage Coach . Johnson . 85. Study , Composition , and Converse equally necessary to intellectual Accomplishment . 86. The Life of Agamus ...
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... observe , that this learned writer merits the attention and diligent pe- rusal of the true scholar . What I principally ad- mire in Bossu is the regularity of his plan , and the exactness of his method ; which add utility as well as ...
... observe , that this learned writer merits the attention and diligent pe- rusal of the true scholar . What I principally ad- mire in Bossu is the regularity of his plan , and the exactness of his method ; which add utility as well as ...
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... observe . This would make them soon perceive what despi- cable creatures our common rhymers and play- wrights be ; and show them what religious , what glorious and magnificent use might be made of poetry , both in divine and human ...
... observe . This would make them soon perceive what despi- cable creatures our common rhymers and play- wrights be ; and show them what religious , what glorious and magnificent use might be made of poetry , both in divine and human ...
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... observe , how much visions , or images , by which a writer seems to behold objects that are absent , or even nonex- istent , contribute to the true sublime . For this rea- son I have ever admired Minerva's speech in the fifth book of ...
... observe , how much visions , or images , by which a writer seems to behold objects that are absent , or even nonex- istent , contribute to the true sublime . For this rea- son I have ever admired Minerva's speech in the fifth book of ...
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absurd acquainted ADVENTURER Agrestis Amana Amelia Anticlea appear Aristotle bagnio Bagshot beauty behold believe Boileau caliph captain character coach conceal conduct consider contempt countenance daugh death desire dignity discovered distress dreadful effect elegance equally Eugenio Euripides Eutyches evil excellence eyes falsehood father favour felicity folly fortune Freeman genius gratified guilt hand happiness heart Homer honour hope human husband Iliad images imagination immediately kind labour Lady Forrest learned look mankind Mantua marriage ment mind misery morning nature ness never Nouraddin object Odyssey opinion Osmin passion perceived perhaps person Pindar pleasure poem poet Pope present produced Prosopopoeia punished Quintilian racter reason received SATURDAY says scarce sentiment servant Sir James soon Sophocles soul specta spirit stockjobber suffered tain tears tenderness Theocritus thou thought Tibullus tion truth TUESDAY ulmo Ulysses vanity Ventosus vice Virgil virtue wife wish wretched writers
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Página 26 - 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.
Página 26 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, And are counted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Página 67 - 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.
Página 27 - 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.
Página 26 - 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?
Página 63 - 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.
Página 65 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Página 102 - 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 hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Página 65 - 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?
Página 28 - The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.