The British Essayists: AdventurerJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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... principle which they derided as absurd , and appeared to de- test as impious . The company consisted of Mr. Traffic , a wealthy merchant ; Mr. Courtly , a commissioner of a public office ; Mr. Gay , a gentleman in whose conversa- tion ...
... principle which they derided as absurd , and appeared to de- test as impious . The company consisted of Mr. Traffic , a wealthy merchant ; Mr. Courtly , a commissioner of a public office ; Mr. Gay , a gentleman in whose conversa- tion ...
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... principles upon which it is writ- ten , I have taken the first opportunity to communi- cate it to the public : the subject is unquestionably of great importance ; and as I think it is far from being exhausted , it may possibly produce ...
... principles upon which it is writ- ten , I have taken the first opportunity to communi- cate it to the public : the subject is unquestionably of great importance ; and as I think it is far from being exhausted , it may possibly produce ...
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... principles of social beings , there is reason to fear , that we are placed in the most unfor- tunate and lamentable æra since the creation of mankind . It is not the increase of vices inseparable from humanity that alarms us , the riots ...
... principles of social beings , there is reason to fear , that we are placed in the most unfor- tunate and lamentable æra since the creation of mankind . It is not the increase of vices inseparable from humanity that alarms us , the riots ...
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... principles of action ridiculous . It may , however , be allowed , that if in these in- stances reason always appeared to be overborne by the importunity of appetite ; if the future was sacri- ficed to the present , and hope renounced ...
... principles of action ridiculous . It may , however , be allowed , that if in these in- stances reason always appeared to be overborne by the importunity of appetite ; if the future was sacri- ficed to the present , and hope renounced ...
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... principle is repre- sented as imaginary , romantic , and chimerical ; reason , which by some is too much aggrandized ... principles . Rochefoucault , to give a smartness and shortness to his sentences , frequently makes use of the anti ...
... principle is repre- sented as imaginary , romantic , and chimerical ; reason , which by some is too much aggrandized ... principles . Rochefoucault , to give a smartness and shortness to his sentences , frequently makes use of the anti ...
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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 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!