The British Essayists: AdventurerJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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... equally necessary to intellectual Accomplishment ' 86. The Life of Agamus , an old De- bauchee ....... 87. Politeness a necessary Auxiliary to Knowledge and Virtue 88. Observations on Dreaming and Mad- ness . Remarkable Lunacy of Mr ...
... equally necessary to intellectual Accomplishment ' 86. The Life of Agamus , an old De- bauchee ....... 87. Politeness a necessary Auxiliary to Knowledge and Virtue 88. Observations on Dreaming and Mad- ness . Remarkable Lunacy of Mr ...
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... or where it is not ; and both suppositions are equally 6 absurd . ' 6 His attempt , however , was totally unsuccessful ; till at last he affirmed , that a man had no more VOL . XXIV . power over his own actions than a clock ; and VOL XXIV.
... or where it is not ; and both suppositions are equally 6 absurd . ' 6 His attempt , however , was totally unsuccessful ; till at last he affirmed , that a man had no more VOL . XXIV . power over his own actions than a clock ; and VOL XXIV.
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... equally ridiculous . After a long harangue , in which he retailed all the sophistry that he remem- bered , and much more than he understood , he had the mortification to find that he had made no pro- selyte , nor was yet become of ...
... equally ridiculous . After a long harangue , in which he retailed all the sophistry that he remem- bered , and much more than he understood , he had the mortification to find that he had made no pro- selyte , nor was yet become of ...
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... equally uncontaminated : the mysteries of Bac- chus were enveloped with as many leaves as those of Ceres ; and profanation of either deity excluded the offenders from the assemblies of men ; the re- vealer was judged accursed , and ...
... equally uncontaminated : the mysteries of Bac- chus were enveloped with as many leaves as those of Ceres ; and profanation of either deity excluded the offenders from the assemblies of men ; the re- vealer was judged accursed , and ...
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... equally endangered . But if their first attack can be withstood , time will never fail to dissolve their union : success and miscarriage will be equally destructive after the conquest of a province , they will quarrel in the division ...
... equally endangered . But if their first attack can be withstood , time will never fail to dissolve their union : success and miscarriage will be equally destructive after the conquest of a province , they will quarrel in the division ...
Termos e frases comuns
absurd acquainted ADVENTURER Æneid Agrestis Amana Amelia appear Aristotle bagnio Bagshot beauty believe Boileau Caliph Captain character coach conceal conduct consider contempt countenance daugh dear Charlotte death desire dignity disappointment discovered distress dreadful effect equally esteem Eugenio Euripides expected eyes falsehood father favour folly fortune Freeman genius gentleman gratify guilt hand happiness heart Homer honour hope human Iliad imagine immediately indignation knew labour Lady Forrest lady's secret less look mankind ment mind misery Miss Meadows morning nature ness never night Nouraddin object Odyssey opinion Osmin OVID PALINGENIUS passion perceived perhaps person Pindar pleasure poets POPE present principles produced Prosopopoeia punished purple emperor racters reason received ridiculous SATURDAY says scarce sentiments Serenus servant shew Sir James Socrates soon Sophocles suffered tain tenderness thou thought Tibullus tion told truth TUESDAY Ventosus vice VIRG virtue wife wish writers XXIV
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Página 56 - 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 94 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
Página 307 - I will up, saith the Lord : and will help every one from him that swelleth against him, and will set him at rest. 7 The words of the Lord are pure words : even as the silver, which from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the fire.
Página 46 - Tasso, Mazzoni, and others, teaches what the laws are of a true epic poem, what of a dramatic, what of a lyric, what decorum is, which is the grand masterpiece to observe.
Página 56 - 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.
Página 93 - 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 57 - Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Página 94 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb ? When I made the cloud the garment thereof, And thick darkness a...
Página 55 - 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 134 - 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 hurl'd; The glory jest, and riddle of the world!