The British Essayists: AdventurerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... Hope . Hawkesworth . Johnson . 70. Sequel to the Story of Eugenio . Not accepting a Challenge , declared honourable by the Articles of War . 71. Letters from six Characters . Hawkesworth . Warton . 72. The Folly of Human Wishes and ...
... Hope . Hawkesworth . Johnson . 70. Sequel to the Story of Eugenio . Not accepting a Challenge , declared honourable by the Articles of War . 71. Letters from six Characters . Hawkesworth . Warton . 72. The Folly of Human Wishes and ...
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... hope renounced only for possession ; there would not be much cause for wonder : but that man should draw absurd conclu- sions , contrary to his immediate interest ; that he should , even at the risk of life , gratify those vices in some ...
... hope renounced only for possession ; there would not be much cause for wonder : but that man should draw absurd conclu- sions , contrary to his immediate interest ; that he should , even at the risk of life , gratify those vices in some ...
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... hope of immortality ; that he is now seeking felicity which he can never find , and incurring punishment that will last for ever . And how much better than this wretch is he , in whom the contemplation of his condition can excite no ...
... hope of immortality ; that he is now seeking felicity which he can never find , and incurring punishment that will last for ever . And how much better than this wretch is he , in whom the contemplation of his condition can excite no ...
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... to themselves ; even where the subject of conversa- tion could not have been expected to put the pas- sions in motion , or to have excited either hope or fear , or zeal or malignity , sufficient to induce 20 50 . ADVENTURER .
... to themselves ; even where the subject of conversa- tion could not have been expected to put the pas- sions in motion , or to have excited either hope or fear , or zeal or malignity , sufficient to induce 20 50 . ADVENTURER .
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... hope of gain , or desire of mischief , can prompt one man to assert , another is by reasons equally cogent incited to re- fute . But vanity pleases herself with such light gratifications , and looks forward to pleasure so re- motely ...
... hope of gain , or desire of mischief , can prompt one man to assert , another is by reasons equally cogent incited to re- fute . But vanity pleases herself with such light gratifications , and looks forward to pleasure so re- motely ...
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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,...