The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Bände 7-8 |
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... fall back , according to the respective facings and evolutions of the dance . Before this gentleman began this his exercise , he was pleased to clear his throat by coughing and spit- ting a full half hour ; and , as soon as he struck up ...
... fall back , according to the respective facings and evolutions of the dance . Before this gentleman began this his exercise , he was pleased to clear his throat by coughing and spit- ting a full half hour ; and , as soon as he struck up ...
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... fall into the company of a very pretty young lady in her own disposal . I entertained the company , as we men of gallantry generally do , with the many haps and dis- asters , watchings under windows , escapes from jea- lous husbands ...
... fall into the company of a very pretty young lady in her own disposal . I entertained the company , as we men of gallantry generally do , with the many haps and dis- asters , watchings under windows , escapes from jea- lous husbands ...
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... fall upon us whom you envy : what do you think I did ? You must know she was dressing , I read the Spectator to her , and she laughed at the places where she thought I was touched ; I threw away your moral , and taking up her girdle ...
... fall upon us whom you envy : what do you think I did ? You must know she was dressing , I read the Spectator to her , and she laughed at the places where she thought I was touched ; I threw away your moral , and taking up her girdle ...
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... falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge , so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud , but many of them fell into them . They grew thinner towards the middle , but multiplied and lay closer together ...
... falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge , so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud , but many of them fell into them . They grew thinner towards the middle , but multiplied and lay closer together ...
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... fall into it . " I directed my sight as I was ordered , and , whether or no the good genius strengthened it with any supernatural force , or dis- sipated part of the mist that was before too thick for the eye to penetrate , I saw the ...
... fall into it . " I directed my sight as I was ordered , and , whether or no the good genius strengthened it with any supernatural force , or dis- sipated part of the mist that was before too thick for the eye to penetrate , I saw the ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acquaintance actions admired Æneid agreeable Alcibiades ambition appear Aristotle beauty behaviour character CHARLES DIEUPART consider conversation creature DECEMBER 25 desire discourse endeavour entertainment esteem eye of Providence fame father favour gentleman give happiness head heart honour hope Hudibras human humble servant humour husband Iliad imagination judgement kind lady leap letter live look lover Lover's Leap mankind manner marriage matter mean merit mind nature nerally never obliged observe occasion October 30 opinion ourselves OVID paper Paradise Lost particular pass passion perfection person pleased pleasure poem poet pray present proper racters reader reason received renegado ridicule Sappho secret sense Socrates soul SPECTATOR speculation spirit tell temper Theodosius thing thought tion town turn VIRG Virgil virtue virtuous whole wife woman women word write young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 97 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Seite 65 - ... 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 musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage...
Seite 204 - For joy of offer'd peace : But I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
Seite 65 - 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 80 - In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome...
Seite 148 - If I did despise the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me; What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
Seite 355 - Their rising all at once was as the sound Of thunder heard remote. Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone, and as a God Extol him equal to the Highest in Heaven.
Seite 317 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Seite 319 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day, While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Seite 66 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me ; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating : but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy...