The British Essayists: AdventurerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... husband , Sir Harry Freeman , was upon the road in his return from Gravesend , where he had been to receive an only son upon his arrival from India , after an ab- sence of near six years ; that herself and her daugh- ter - in - law were ...
... husband , Sir Harry Freeman , was upon the road in his return from Gravesend , where he had been to receive an only son upon his arrival from India , after an ab- sence of near six years ; that herself and her daugh- ter - in - law were ...
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... husband , with all the tenderness and ardour of conjugal and parental affection ! who had long regretted his absence , who had anticipated the joy of his return , and were im- patient to put into his arms a pledge of his love which he ...
... husband , with all the tenderness and ardour of conjugal and parental affection ! who had long regretted his absence , who had anticipated the joy of his return , and were im- patient to put into his arms a pledge of his love which he ...
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... husband , or a mother for her son ; and please himself with reflecting , that by his abilities and address some addition is made to the miseries of life . There is , I think , an ancient law in Scotland , by which leasing - making was ...
... husband , or a mother for her son ; and please himself with reflecting , that by his abilities and address some addition is made to the miseries of life . There is , I think , an ancient law in Scotland , by which leasing - making was ...
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... husband Hercules , her surprise and sorrow are unspeakable , and she answers not her son who ac- quaints her with the disaster , but goes off the stage without uttering a syllable . A writer unacquainted with nature and the heart would ...
... husband Hercules , her surprise and sorrow are unspeakable , and she answers not her son who ac- quaints her with the disaster , but goes off the stage without uttering a syllable . A writer unacquainted with nature and the heart would ...
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... of his lady , and Mrs. Freeman of her husband . It happened in the May following that Sir James went about ten miles out of town , to be 48 54 . ADVENTURER . How far the Precept to love our Enemies is prac- ticable Hawkesworth.
... of his lady , and Mrs. Freeman of her husband . It happened in the May following that Sir James went about ten miles out of town , to be 48 54 . ADVENTURER . How far the Precept to love our Enemies is prac- ticable Hawkesworth.
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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,...