The British Essayists: AdventurerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... Osmin the caliph was upon the throne of Egypt . The passions of Osmin , thou knowest , were impetuous as the torrents of Alared , and fatal as the whirlwind of the desert : to excite and to gratify was the whole purpose of his mind ...
... Osmin the caliph was upon the throne of Egypt . The passions of Osmin , thou knowest , were impetuous as the torrents of Alared , and fatal as the whirlwind of the desert : to excite and to gratify was the whole purpose of his mind ...
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... Osmin be satisfied with beauty . Amana will shortly be es- poused by Nouraddin ; but of Amana the sovereign of Egypt only is worthy . Haste , therefore , to de- mand her ; she is now with him in the house , to which I will conduct the ...
... Osmin be satisfied with beauty . Amana will shortly be es- poused by Nouraddin ; but of Amana the sovereign of Egypt only is worthy . Haste , therefore , to de- mand her ; she is now with him in the house , to which I will conduct the ...
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... Osmin from his apathy . He commanded that she should be prepared to receive him , and soon after went alone into her apartment . Familiar as he was with beauty , and satiated with enjoyment , he could not behold Amana without emotion ...
... Osmin from his apathy . He commanded that she should be prepared to receive him , and soon after went alone into her apartment . Familiar as he was with beauty , and satiated with enjoyment , he could not behold Amana without emotion ...
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... Osmin , whose breast had by turns been inflamed with desire and indignation , while he gazed upon the beauties of Amana and listened to her voice , now suddenly threw her from him and de- parted without reply . When he was alone he ...
... Osmin , whose breast had by turns been inflamed with desire and indignation , while he gazed upon the beauties of Amana and listened to her voice , now suddenly threw her from him and de- parted without reply . When he was alone he ...
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... Osmin ? O that now the justice of Heaven would appear in my behalf ! O that from this hour I was Osmin , and Osmin Nou- raddin ! " The moment he had uttered this wish , his chamber was darkened as with a thick cloud , which was at ...
... Osmin ? O that now the justice of Heaven would appear in my behalf ! O that from this hour I was Osmin , and Osmin Nou- raddin ! " The moment he had uttered this wish , his chamber was darkened as with a thick cloud , which was at ...
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absurd acquainted admiration ADVENTURER Agrestis Amana Amelia Anticlea appear Aristotle bagnio Bagshot beauty behold believe Boileau caliph captain character coach conceal conduct consider contempt countenance daugh death Demosthenes desire dignity discovered distress dreadful effect elegance equally Eugenio Euripides Eutyches excellence eyes falsehood father favour felicity folly fortune Freeman genius gratified guilt hand happiness heart Homer honour hope human husband Iliad images imagination immediately kind labour Lady Forrest learned Longinus looked mankind Mantua ment mind misery morning nature ness never Nouraddin object Odyssey opinion Osmin passion perceived perhaps person Pindar pleasure poem poet Pope present produced prosopopoeia punished Quintilian racter reason received SATURDAY says scarce sentiment servant Sir James soon Sophocles soul specta spirit stockjobber suffered tain tears tenderness Theocritus thou thought Tibullus tion truth TUESDAY ulmo Ulysses vanity Ventosus vice virtue wife wish wretched writers
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Página 126 - ... with some other prey. But this is only one of the innumerable artifices practised in the universal conspiracy of mankind against themselves ; every age and every condition indulges some darling fallacy ; every man amuses himself with projects which he knows to be improbable, and which, therefore, he resolves to pursue without daring to examine them. Whatever any man ardently desires, he very readily believes that he shall some time attain : he whose intemperance has overwhelmed him with diseases,...