The British Essayists: AdventurerJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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... kind of half - slumber ; when to ima- gination the halfpenny which then laid before me upon the table , erected itself upon its rim , and from the royal lips stamped on its surface articulately ut- tered the following narration : Sir ...
... kind of half - slumber ; when to ima- gination the halfpenny which then laid before me upon the table , erected itself upon its rim , and from the royal lips stamped on its surface articulately ut- tered the following narration : Sir ...
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... kind , is the ex- pectation of great performances by confederated strength . The speculatist , when he has carefully observed how much may be performed by a single hand , calculates by a very easy operation the force of thousands , and ...
... kind , is the ex- pectation of great performances by confederated strength . The speculatist , when he has carefully observed how much may be performed by a single hand , calculates by a very easy operation the force of thousands , and ...
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... . It has been remarked , that men are generally kind in proportion as they are happy ; and it is said even of the devil , that he is good - humoured when he is pleased . Every act , therefore , by which 22 N ° 46 . ADVENTURER .
... . It has been remarked , that men are generally kind in proportion as they are happy ; and it is said even of the devil , that he is good - humoured when he is pleased . Every act , therefore , by which 22 N ° 46 . ADVENTURER .
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... kind , but also that the reason and foundation of excellencies and faults be accurately ascertained . Bossu is usually and justly placed at the head of the commentators on Aristotle's Poetics , which certainly he understood and ...
... kind , but also that the reason and foundation of excellencies and faults be accurately ascertained . Bossu is usually and justly placed at the head of the commentators on Aristotle's Poetics , which certainly he understood and ...
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... kind of hatred against all the French critics , I would observe , that this learned writer merits the attention and diligent perusal of the true scholar . What I principally admire in Bossu , is the regularity of his plan , and the ...
... kind of hatred against all the French critics , I would observe , that this learned writer merits the attention and diligent perusal of the true scholar . What I principally admire in Bossu , is the regularity of his plan , and the ...
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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!