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... admiration . It is well known from the confession of Catharine herself , that Alexis Orloff , though at that time a common soldier in the guards , had the hardiesse to make the first advances to the Autocatrix of all the Russias . + ...
... admiration . It is well known from the confession of Catharine herself , that Alexis Orloff , though at that time a common soldier in the guards , had the hardiesse to make the first advances to the Autocatrix of all the Russias . + ...
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... admire ; wc shall often find this a very consolatory question . XXIX . WHY is it that we so constantly hear men complain- * Some contend that the moderns have less strength than the ancients , but it would be nearer the truth , to ...
... admire ; wc shall often find this a very consolatory question . XXIX . WHY is it that we so constantly hear men complain- * Some contend that the moderns have less strength than the ancients , but it would be nearer the truth , to ...
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... devoid of brilliance ; old men can see nothing to admire in the present days ; and yet former days were not better , but it is they themselves that have become worse . XXXVI . A THOROUGH paced Antiquarian not only re- members 20 MANY ...
... devoid of brilliance ; old men can see nothing to admire in the present days ; and yet former days were not better , but it is they themselves that have become worse . XXXVI . A THOROUGH paced Antiquarian not only re- members 20 MANY ...
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... admiration . It would seem that there is a sound physical cause for this low and animal mode of appreciating female excellence , so pre- * See White's Institutes of Tamerlane . valent in the East , and in calculating which , IN FEW ...
... admiration . It would seem that there is a sound physical cause for this low and animal mode of appreciating female excellence , so pre- * See White's Institutes of Tamerlane . valent in the East , and in calculating which , IN FEW ...
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... admire virtue , and to esteem such gods ; or to look up to heaven with affection , without looking down upon its rulers with abhorrence . * It is on this account that I should rather • In confirmation of the above remarks , I shall ...
... admire virtue , and to esteem such gods ; or to look up to heaven with affection , without looking down upon its rulers with abhorrence . * It is on this account that I should rather • In confirmation of the above remarks , I shall ...
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Sida 3 - Wife' set out in quest of lovers; Morality's prim personification, In which not Envy's self a flaw discovers; To others' share let 'female errors fall', For she had not even one - the worst of all.
Sida 12 - Man's love is of man's life a thing apart ; 'Tis woman's whole existence...
Sida 119 - Liberty will not descend to a people, a people must raise themselves to liberty ; It is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.
Sida 35 - Alas ! the love of women ! it is known To be a lovely and a fearful thing ; For all of theirs upon that die is thrown, And if 'tis lost, life hath no more to bring To them but mockeries of the past alone...
Sida 94 - How can I love to see thee shine So bright, whom I have bought so dear ? The tent-ropes flapping lone I hear...
Sida 32 - Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse: And now they change ; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues •*> With a new colour as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, — till — 'tis gone — and all is gray.
Sida 95 - Far from my sacred natal clime, I haste to an untimely grave ; The daring thoughts that soared sublime Are sunk in ocean's southern wave. Slave of the mine ! thy yellow light Gleams baleful as the tomb-fire drear.
Sida 6 - Lucretius' irreligion is too strong For early stomachs to prove wholesome food; I can't help thinking Juvenal was wrong, Although no doubt his real intent was good, For speaking out so plainly in his song, So much, indeed, as to be downright rude; And then what proper person can be partial To all those nauseous epigrams of Martial?
Sida 44 - For first, is there any principle in all nature more mysterious than the union of soul with body; by which a supposed spiritual substance acquires such an influence over a material one, that the most refined thought is able to actuate the grossest matter?