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... person and the charms of his conversation on the most trifling subjects , he became immensely rich without ever having filled a lucrative employment , or pursued any ob- ject , to appearance , but his pleasure . The fact was , however ...
... person and the charms of his conversation on the most trifling subjects , he became immensely rich without ever having filled a lucrative employment , or pursued any ob- ject , to appearance , but his pleasure . The fact was , however ...
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... person of the king , was so singularly cruel and atrocious . The fear of not being thought hearty in the cause , and the vanity of going beyond others , were , per- haps , the sources of half the atrocities of the revolution . One conse ...
... person of the king , was so singularly cruel and atrocious . The fear of not being thought hearty in the cause , and the vanity of going beyond others , were , per- haps , the sources of half the atrocities of the revolution . One conse ...
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... person , had ap- peared to advantage , or when particular passages , which might seem to allude unfavourably to the measures of government , had not been omitted . The present master , however , knows better how to manage the nation ...
... person , had ap- peared to advantage , or when particular passages , which might seem to allude unfavourably to the measures of government , had not been omitted . The present master , however , knows better how to manage the nation ...
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... person , and is consequently in every re- spect an object of universal admiration . The play - houses are all of ... persons of Hector and Achilles , and much less so in those of Cicero or Cato ; and what think you of Regulus , who ...
... person , and is consequently in every re- spect an object of universal admiration . The play - houses are all of ... persons of Hector and Achilles , and much less so in those of Cicero or Cato ; and what think you of Regulus , who ...
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... person in the female dancers which admits of no description . It does now and then happen that the composer of an opera , who has to lull to sleep some vigilant monster , or to charm some guardian of a captive beauty , indulges his ...
... person in the female dancers which admits of no description . It does now and then happen that the composer of an opera , who has to lull to sleep some vigilant monster , or to charm some guardian of a captive beauty , indulges his ...
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Página 204 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Página 387 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung, Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young: The jolly god in triumph comes!
Página 396 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Página 201 - And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter ; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out. and wept bitterly.
Página 390 - HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy...
Página 388 - Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus...
Página 193 - Of all their regions; powers which only the control of Omnipotence restrains from laying creation waste, and filling the vast expanse of space with ruin and confusion. To display the motives and actions of beings thus superior, so far as human reason can examine them, or human imagination represent them, is the task which this mighty poet has undertaken and performed.
Página 341 - O'er many a distant foreign land ; Each place, each province I have tried, And sung and danced my saraband. But all their charms could not prevail To steal my heart from yonder vale.
Página 388 - Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew ! Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And...
Página 203 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...