The British Essayists: AdventurerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... absurd , and the prevailing 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 ...
... absurd , and the prevailing 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 ...
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... absurdity ; and that the action which exposes a man to infamy and death wants only greater aggra- vation of guilt , and more extensive and pernicious effects , to render him the object of veneration and applause . Bagshot , the robber ...
... absurdity ; and that the action which exposes a man to infamy and death wants only greater aggra- vation of guilt , and more extensive and pernicious effects , to render him the object of veneration and applause . Bagshot , the robber ...
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... absurd than their different apprehensions of the hero and the thief . The conduct of Bagshot and Alexander had in general the same motives and the same tendency ; they both sought a private gratification at the ex- pense of others ; and ...
... absurd than their different apprehensions of the hero and the thief . The conduct of Bagshot and Alexander had in general the same motives and the same tendency ; they both sought a private gratification at the ex- pense of others ; and ...
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... absurd to inquire into the virtues of Bagshot's character ; and yet virtue has never been thought incompatible with that of Alexander . Alexander , we are told , gave proof of his greatness of mind by his contempt of danger ; but , as ...
... absurd to inquire into the virtues of Bagshot's character ; and yet virtue has never been thought incompatible with that of Alexander . Alexander , we are told , gave proof of his greatness of mind by his contempt of danger ; but , as ...
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... : as in the character Menaicas , the absent man , which , though ap- mued by one of my predecessors , is surely absurd false to nature . This author appears to be a Case warm admirer of virtue , and a steady promoter of.
... : as in the character Menaicas , the absent man , which , though ap- mued by one of my predecessors , is surely absurd false to nature . This author appears to be a Case warm admirer of virtue , and a steady promoter of.
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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,...