The British Essayists: AdventurerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... search of new terri- tories to invade , and new potentates to conquer ; who routed armies which could scarce be numbered , and took cities which were deemed impregnable . Do they not follow him in the path of slaughter 4 47 . ADVENTURER .
... search of new terri- tories to invade , and new potentates to conquer ; who routed armies which could scarce be numbered , and took cities which were deemed impregnable . Do they not follow him in the path of slaughter 4 47 . ADVENTURER .
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... scarce any man is abstracted one moment from his vanity ; and he , to whom truth affords no gratifica- tions , is generally inclined to seek them in false- hoods . It is remarked by Sir Kenelm Digby , " that every man has a desire to ...
... scarce any man is abstracted one moment from his vanity ; and he , to whom truth affords no gratifica- tions , is generally inclined to seek them in false- hoods . It is remarked by Sir Kenelm Digby , " that every man has a desire to ...
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... scarce less confounded at this accident than I ; and the noble matron herself was somewhat discon- certed : she saw my extreme confusion ; and thought fit to apologize for her cousin's behaviour : He is a wild boy , sir , ' says she ...
... scarce less confounded at this accident than I ; and the noble matron herself was somewhat discon- certed : she saw my extreme confusion ; and thought fit to apologize for her cousin's behaviour : He is a wild boy , sir , ' says she ...
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... scarce breath to finish the first period . " This was remarked by my tormentor the buck , who , suddenly snatching the manuscript out of my hands , declared that I did not do my play justice , and that he would finish it himself . He ...
... scarce breath to finish the first period . " This was remarked by my tormentor the buck , who , suddenly snatching the manuscript out of my hands , declared that I did not do my play justice , and that he would finish it himself . He ...
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... scarce any other was felt ; or that , in compliance with the united solicitations of her friends and her lover , she suffered herself within a few weeks to become a lady and a wife . They continued in the country till the beginning of ...
... scarce any other was felt ; or that , in compliance with the united solicitations of her friends and her lover , she suffered herself within a few weeks to become a lady and a wife . They continued in the country till the beginning of ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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,...