The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and CriticalJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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... determined by irresistible propensities , as a clock is kept going by a weight . This proposition was answered with a loud laugh ; every one treated it as an absurdity which it was impossible to believe ; and , to expose him to the ...
... determined by irresistible propensities , as a clock is kept going by a weight . This proposition was answered with a loud laugh ; every one treated it as an absurdity which it was impossible to believe ; and , to expose him to the ...
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... determination by his own knowledge or convenience . In a long series of ac- tion , some will languish with fatigue , and some be drawn off by present gratifications ; some will loiter because others labour , and some will cease to la ...
... determination by his own knowledge or convenience . In a long series of ac- tion , some will languish with fatigue , and some be drawn off by present gratifications ; some will loiter because others labour , and some will cease to la ...
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... determined to lose no part of the glory , which , as conqueror , was now in his power : turning , therefore , to the un- happy gentleman , whom he had plundered , he con- descended to insult him with the applause of con- scious ...
... determined to lose no part of the glory , which , as conqueror , was now in his power : turning , therefore , to the un- happy gentleman , whom he had plundered , he con- descended to insult him with the applause of con- scious ...
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... determined upon a walk ; but as I must first get rid of Captain Freeman , I will send down word that I will take your advice . ' A servant was accordingly dispatched to acquaint the Captain , who was waiting below , that Miss Meadows ...
... determined upon a walk ; but as I must first get rid of Captain Freeman , I will send down word that I will take your advice . ' A servant was accordingly dispatched to acquaint the Captain , who was waiting below , that Miss Meadows ...
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... determined , however , to wait with as much decency as possible , till the Cap- tain came in ; and perhaps two persons were never more embarrassed by the presence of each other . While breakfast was getting ready , Dr. Tattle came to ...
... determined , however , to wait with as much decency as possible , till the Cap- tain came in ; and perhaps two persons were never more embarrassed by the presence of each other . While breakfast was getting ready , Dr. Tattle came to ...
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absurd acquainted ADVENTURER Æneid Agrestis Amana Amelia Amphinomus Anticlea appear Aristotle bagnio Bagshot beauty behold believe Boileau Caliph Captain character conceal conduct consider contempt countenance death desire dignity discovered distress dreadful effect equally Eugenio Euripides Eutyches evil excellence expected eyes falsehood father favour felicity folly fortune genius gentleman gratify guilt hand happiness heart Homer honour hope human Iliad imagination immediately indignation indulge kind labour Lady Forrest less Longinus looked mankind Mantua marriage ment mind misery morning nature ness never Nouraddin object Odyssey opinion Osmin OVID passion perceived perhaps person Pindar pleasure poet present principles produced Prosopopoeia punish Quintilian racters reason received ridiculous SATURDAY says scarce sensibility sentiments servant shew Sir James Socrates soon Sophocles suffered tain tears tenderness thou thought Tibullus tion truth TUESDAY Ulysses vanity Ventosus vice VIRG virtue wife wish wretched writers XXIV
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