The British Essayists: AdventurerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... 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 ; but his wish ...
... 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 ; but his wish ...
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... caliph , and be deemed the third in his kingdom . Caled , the servant who had been beaten by Nou- raddin , returned with him to Egypt : the sullen fe- rocity of his temper was increased by the desire of revenge , and the gloom of ...
... caliph , and be deemed the third in his kingdom . Caled , the servant who had been beaten by Nou- raddin , returned with him to Egypt : the sullen fe- rocity of his temper was increased by the desire of revenge , and the gloom of ...
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... caliph retired , were touched with pity at her distress , and trembled at her danger : the evils which they could scarce hope to prevent they were yet solicitous to delay ; and , therefore , advised her to request three days of ...
... caliph retired , were touched with pity at her distress , and trembled at her danger : the evils which they could scarce hope to prevent they were yet solicitous to delay ; and , therefore , advised her to request three days of ...
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... caliph , who was expect- ing the issue of his message to Amana , became rest- less and impatient : he quitted his apartment , and went into the gardens , where he walked backward and forward with a violent but interrupted pace ; and at ...
... caliph , who was expect- ing the issue of his message to Amana , became rest- less and impatient : he quitted his apartment , and went into the gardens , where he walked backward and forward with a violent but interrupted pace ; and at ...
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... Caliph in his heart . Thus fell at once the tyrant and the traitor : the tyrant by the hand which had been armed to support him in oppression , and the traitor by the fury of the appetite which his perfidy had excited . In the meantime ...
... Caliph in his heart . Thus fell at once the tyrant and the traitor : the tyrant by the hand which had been armed to support him in oppression , and the traitor by the fury of the appetite which his perfidy had excited . In the meantime ...
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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,...