The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volym 24 |
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... happened to be the evening of a day of some fatigue , my reflec- tions did not much interrupt my propensity to sleep , and I insensibly fell into a kind of half - slumber ; when to imagination the halfpenny which then laid before me ...
... happened to be the evening of a day of some fatigue , my reflec- tions did not much interrupt my propensity to sleep , and I insensibly fell into a kind of half - slumber ; when to imagination the halfpenny which then laid before me ...
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... happened that the servant whose place it was to introduce me , opened the door in his stead , and upon hearing my name , advanced directly before me into the room ; so that no discovery was made of an enormous queüe of brown paper ...
... happened that the servant whose place it was to introduce me , opened the door in his stead , and upon hearing my name , advanced directly before me into the room ; so that no discovery was made of an enormous queüe of brown paper ...
Sida 64
... happened , however , that by some incidents in the fourth act the passions were apparently inte- rested , and I was just exulting in my success , when the lady who sat next me unhappily opening her snuff - box , which was not effected ...
... happened , however , that by some incidents in the fourth act the passions were apparently inte- rested , and I was just exulting in my success , when the lady who sat next me unhappily opening her snuff - box , which was not effected ...
Sida 77
... happened in the May following , that Sir James went about ten miles out of town to be present at the election of a member of parliament for the из county , and was not expected to return till the N ° 54 . 77 ADVENTURER . The mischiefs ...
... happened in the May following , that Sir James went about ten miles out of town to be present at the election of a member of parliament for the из county , and was not expected to return till the N ° 54 . 77 ADVENTURER . The mischiefs ...
Sida 78
... happened , could not be procured : but a hackney - coach being brought in its stead , the Cap- tain insisted upon waiting on her ladyship home . This she refused with some emotion ; it is probable that she still regarded the Captain ...
... happened , could not be procured : but a hackney - coach being brought in its stead , the Cap- tain insisted upon waiting on her ladyship home . This she refused with some emotion ; it is probable that she still regarded the Captain ...
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absurd acquainted ADVENTURER Agrestis Amana Amelia Amphinomus Anticlea appear Aristotle 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 expence expressed eyes falsehood father favour folly fortune Freeman genius gentleman gratify guilt hand happiness heard heart Homer honour hope human Iliad imagination immediately kind labour Lady Forrest less Longinus looked mankind Mantua marriage ment mind misery morning nature neral ness never Nouraddin object Odyssey opinion Osmin OVID passion perceived perhaps person pleasure poet POPE present principles produced Prosopopoeia punish Quintilian racter reason received rusal SATURDAY says scarce sensibility sentiments servant shew Sir James Socrates soon Sophocles suffered tain tears tenderness thou thought Tibullus tion tosus truth TUESDAY Ulysses vanity Ventosus vice VIRG virtue wife wish wretched writers XXIV
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Sida 95 - Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Sida 132 - 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!
Sida 91 - 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.
Sida 53 - 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.
Sida 130 - VITAL spark of heavenly flame! Quit, O quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, O, the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life! Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit, come away!
Sida 52 - Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit? or whither shall I go then from thy presence ? If I climb up into heaven, thou art there ; if I go down to hell, thou art there also.
Sida 92 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. . ' Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest ? Or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Sida 44 - 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.
Sida 52 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Sida 55 - 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.