The British Essayists: AdventurerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... morning , or re- main in the uttermost parts of the western ocean ; even there also'- the poet does not say , ' I shall find thee , ' but , far more forcibly and emphatically thy right hand shall hold me . ' With what majesty and ...
... morning , or re- main in the uttermost parts of the western ocean ; even there also'- the poet does not say , ' I shall find thee , ' but , far more forcibly and emphatically thy right hand shall hold me . ' With what majesty and ...
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... morning , and ac- quainted that a select company would then expect the pleasure of hearing me read my play . " The delight that I received from the contem- plation of my performance , the encomium of my friends , and especially this ...
... morning , and ac- quainted that a select company would then expect the pleasure of hearing me read my play . " The delight that I received from the contem- plation of my performance , the encomium of my friends , and especially this ...
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... morning had been the object of my hope , to recover the dignity which I had al- ready lost in my own estimation ; and had scarce any wish but to return without further disgrace into the quiet shade of obscurity . The ladies , however ...
... morning had been the object of my hope , to recover the dignity which I had al- ready lost in my own estimation ; and had scarce any wish but to return without further disgrace into the quiet shade of obscurity . The ladies , however ...
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... morning , when I reflected coolly upon these events , I would willingly have reconciled my experience with my principles , even at the expense of my morals . I would have supposed that my desire of approbation was inordinate , and that ...
... morning , when I reflected coolly upon these events , I would willingly have reconciled my experience with my principles , even at the expense of my morals . I would have supposed that my desire of approbation was inordinate , and that ...
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... morning . Lady Forrest would then have gone home ; but Mrs. Freeman , perhaps chiefly to con- ceal a contrary desire , importuned her to stay till the captain came in , and at length with some reluct- ance she consented . About five the ...
... morning . Lady Forrest would then have gone home ; but Mrs. Freeman , perhaps chiefly to con- ceal a contrary desire , importuned her to stay till the captain came in , and at length with some reluct- ance she consented . About five the ...
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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,...