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The conceit that a cat has nine lives , has cost at least nine lives in ten of the
whole race of them : Scarce a boy in the street but has , in this point , outdone
Hercules himself , who was famous for killing a monster that had but three lives .
The conceit that a cat has nine lives , has cost at least nine lives in ten of the
whole race of them : Scarce a boy in the street but has , in this point , outdone
Hercules himself , who was famous for killing a monster that had but three lives .
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What name should we bestow on a superior being , whose whole endeavours
were employed , and whole pleasure consisted , in terrifying , ensnaring ,
tormenting , and destroying mankind ? Whose superior faculties were exerted in
...
What name should we bestow on a superior being , whose whole endeavours
were employed , and whole pleasure consisted , in terrifying , ensnaring ,
tormenting , and destroying mankind ? Whose superior faculties were exerted in
...
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... and his whole frame totally enervated , he was but just able to bid his friend
adieu , and to lament with his latest breath , that , though a taste of pleafure might
quicken the relish of life , an unrestrained indulgence is inevitable destruction : a
...
... and his whole frame totally enervated , he was but just able to bid his friend
adieu , and to lament with his latest breath , that , though a taste of pleafure might
quicken the relish of life , an unrestrained indulgence is inevitable destruction : a
...
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... the story of the ensign and his wife , with a circumstance his modesty omitted ;
and particularly well that he , as well as she , upon some account or other , ( I
forget what ) was universally pitied by the whole regiment ; - but finish the story
thou ...
... the story of the ensign and his wife , with a circumstance his modesty omitted ;
and particularly well that he , as well as she , upon some account or other , ( I
forget what ) was universally pitied by the whole regiment ; - but finish the story
thou ...
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... that very little guilt or turpitude remains ; and when he takes a survey of the
whole complication of his character , he discovers so many latent excellencies ,
so many virtues that want but an opportunity to exert themselves in act , and so
many ...
... that very little guilt or turpitude remains ; and when he takes a survey of the
whole complication of his character , he discovers so many latent excellencies ,
so many virtues that want but an opportunity to exert themselves in act , and so
many ...
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| Título | The Hive of Ancient and Modern Literature: A Collection of Essays, Narratives, Allegories, and Instructive Compositions |
| Autor | Solomon Hodgson |
| Editor | Solomon Hodgson |
| Compilado por | Solomon Hodgson |
| Ilustrado por | Thomas Bewick, Luke Clennell |
| Edição | 3 |
| Editora | S. Hodgson, 1806 |
| Num. págs. | 340 páginas |
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