The British Essayists: AdventurerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... learned writer merits the attention and diligent pe- rusal of the true scholar . What I principally ad- mire in Bossu is the regularity of his plan , and the exactness of his method ; which add utility as well as beauty to his work ...
... learned writer merits the attention and diligent pe- rusal of the true scholar . What I principally ad- mire in Bossu is the regularity of his plan , and the exactness of his method ; which add utility as well as beauty to his work ...
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... learned , or their reception among the great ; they are always bribed by the present pleasure of seeing themselves superior to those that surround them , and receiving the homage of silent attention and envious admiration . But vanity ...
... learned , or their reception among the great ; they are always bribed by the present pleasure of seeing themselves superior to those that surround them , and receiving the homage of silent attention and envious admiration . But vanity ...
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... learned to neglect his shop ; and having drawn his money out of the funds , to avoid the necessity of teasing men of honour for trifling debts , he has been forced at last to retire hither till his friends can procure him a post at ...
... learned to neglect his shop ; and having drawn his money out of the funds , to avoid the necessity of teasing men of honour for trifling debts , he has been forced at last to retire hither till his friends can procure him a post at ...
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... learned from the servants that his lady was gone to Captain Freeman's , and was secretly displeased that she had made this visit when he was absent ; an incident which , however trifling in itself , was by the magic of jealousy swelled ...
... learned from the servants that his lady was gone to Captain Freeman's , and was secretly displeased that she had made this visit when he was absent ; an incident which , however trifling in itself , was by the magic of jealousy swelled ...
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... learned that she and the cap- tain had gone from thence at five in the morning , and that he was not yet returned . Mrs. Freeman , by Sir James's inquiry , knew that his lady had not been at home : her suspicions , therefore , were con ...
... learned that she and the cap- tain had gone from thence at five in the morning , and that he was not yet returned . Mrs. Freeman , by Sir James's inquiry , knew that his lady had not been at home : her suspicions , therefore , were con ...
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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,...