The British Essayists: AdventurerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... tain insisted upon waiting on her ladyship home . This she refused with some emotion ; it is probable that she still regarded the captain with less indiffer- ence than she wished , and was therefore more sen- sible of the impropriety of ...
... tain insisted upon waiting on her ladyship home . This she refused with some emotion ; it is probable that she still regarded the captain with less indiffer- ence than she wished , and was therefore more sen- sible of the impropriety of ...
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... 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- firmed ; and in her jealousy ...
... 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- firmed ; and in her jealousy ...
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... tain her assistance , he told her all that had happen- ed , and his apprehension of the consequences : he also urged her to go directly to Miss Meadows , by whom his account would be confirmed , and of whom she might learn farther ...
... tain her assistance , he told her all that had happen- ed , and his apprehension of the consequences : he also urged her to go directly to Miss Meadows , by whom his account would be confirmed , and of whom she might learn farther ...
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... tain at home ; he , therefore , left a billet , in which he requested to see him at a neighbouring tavern , and added that he had put on his sword . In the meantime , his lady , dreading the discovery of the falsehood which she had ...
... tain at home ; he , therefore , left a billet , in which he requested to see him at a neighbouring tavern , and added that he had put on his sword . In the meantime , his lady , dreading the discovery of the falsehood which she had ...
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... down . The noise had brought many people to the door of the room , and it was forced open just as the cap- tain received his wound ; Sir James was secured , and a messenger was dispatched for a surgeon . In 56 . 59 ADVENTURER .
... down . The noise had brought many people to the door of the room , and it was forced open just as the cap- tain received his wound ; Sir James was secured , and a messenger was dispatched for a surgeon . In 56 . 59 ADVENTURER .
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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,...