The British Essayists: AdventurerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... Virtue . Hawkesworth . 61. Honour , both as a Motive and an End , presupposes Virtue ; an Allegory . Hawkesworth . 62. Misargyrus's Account of his Companions con- cluded . Johnson . 63. Paucity of original Writers . Passages which Pope ...
... Virtue . Hawkesworth . 61. Honour , both as a Motive and an End , presupposes Virtue ; an Allegory . Hawkesworth . 62. Misargyrus's Account of his Companions con- cluded . Johnson . 63. Paucity of original Writers . Passages which Pope ...
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... Virtue . Warton . 88. Observations on Dreaming and Madness . Remark- able Lunacy of Mr. Simon Browne . Hawkesworth . 89. A Fragment of Simonides , and an Imitation of it . Warton . 90. Literary Offerings in the Temple of Fame : a Vision ...
... Virtue . Warton . 88. Observations on Dreaming and Madness . Remark- able Lunacy of Mr. Simon Browne . Hawkesworth . 89. A Fragment of Simonides , and an Imitation of it . Warton . 90. Literary Offerings in the Temple of Fame : a Vision ...
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... virtues of Bagshot's character ; and yet virtue has never been thought incompatible with that of Alexander . Alexander , we are told , gave proof of his greatness of mind by his contempt of danger ; but , as Bagshot's danger was equally ...
... virtues of Bagshot's character ; and yet virtue has never been thought incompatible with that of Alexander . Alexander , we are told , gave proof of his greatness of mind by his contempt of danger ; but , as Bagshot's danger was equally ...
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... virtue ; and , as honour is con- ferred by the public voice , it is of equal moment to strip those vices of their disguise which have been mistaken for virtue . The wretches who compose the army of a tyrant are associated by folly in ...
... virtue ; and , as honour is con- ferred by the public voice , it is of equal moment to strip those vices of their disguise which have been mistaken for virtue . The wretches who compose the army of a tyrant are associated by folly in ...
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... him ; and impartially to consider it is not only our duty but our interest . Thus may we love our enemies , and add a dig- nity to our nature of which pagan virtue had no conception . But if to love our enemies is the 12 48 . ADVENTURER .
... him ; and impartially to consider it is not only our duty but our interest . Thus may we love our enemies , and add a dig- nity to our nature of which pagan virtue had no conception . But if to love our enemies is the 12 48 . 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,...