The British Essayists: AdventurerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... contempt of danger ; but , as Bagshot's danger was equally voluntary and imminent , there ought to be no doubt but that his mind was equally great . Alexander , indeed , gave back the kingdoms that he won ; but , after the con- quest of ...
... contempt of danger ; but , as Bagshot's danger was equally voluntary and imminent , there ought to be no doubt but that his mind was equally great . Alexander , indeed , gave back the kingdoms that he won ; but , after the con- quest of ...
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... contempt , and the false apology aggravates the offence . Is it not , therefore , astonishing that a practice , for whatever reason , so universally infamous and un- successful should not be more generally and scru- pulously avoided ...
... contempt , and the false apology aggravates the offence . Is it not , therefore , astonishing that a practice , for whatever reason , so universally infamous and un- successful should not be more generally and scru- pulously avoided ...
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... contempt and resentment , thrust it into his pocket . It happened that Sir James did not find the cap- tain at home ; he , therefore , left a billet , in which he requested to see him at a neighbouring tavern , and added that he had put ...
... contempt and resentment , thrust it into his pocket . It happened that Sir James did not find the cap- tain at home ; he , therefore , left a billet , in which he requested to see him at a neighbouring tavern , and added that he had put ...
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... contempt , which a sense of injury from a person of inferior rank never fails to produce ; he , therefore , demanded of the captain , in a haughty tone , " Whe- ther he had not that morning been in company with his wife , after he had ...
... contempt , which a sense of injury from a person of inferior rank never fails to produce ; he , therefore , demanded of the captain , in a haughty tone , " Whe- ther he had not that morning been in company with his wife , after he had ...
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... particularly of poets , has long been the object of lamentation and ridicule , of compassion and contempt . It has been observed that not one favourite of the 74 58 . ADVENTURER . Apology for neglecting officious Advice Johnson.
... particularly of poets , has long been the object of lamentation and ridicule , of compassion and contempt . It has been observed that not one favourite of the 74 58 . ADVENTURER . Apology for neglecting officious Advice Johnson.
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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,...