The British Essayists: AdventurerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... absurdity of modish infidels , of infidels made by vanity and not by want of convic- tion , with so much solidity and pleasantry united : he disdained to sacrifice truth to levity and licen- tiousness . Many of his characters are ...
... absurdity of modish infidels , of infidels made by vanity and not by want of convic- tion , with so much solidity and pleasantry united : he disdained to sacrifice truth to levity and licen- tiousness . Many of his characters are ...
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... Menalcas , the absent man , which , though ap- lauded by one of my predecessors , is surely absurd and false to nature . This author appears to be a por- warm admirer of virtue , and a steady promoter of 16 49 . ADVENTURER .
... Menalcas , the absent man , which , though ap- lauded by one of my predecessors , is surely absurd and false to nature . This author appears to be a por- warm admirer of virtue , and a steady promoter of 16 49 . ADVENTURER .
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... absurdity of modish infidels , of infidels made by vanity and not by want of convic- tion , with so much solidity and pleasantry united : he disdained to sacrifice truth to levity and licen- tiousness . Many of his characters are ...
... absurdity of modish infidels , of infidels made by vanity and not by want of convic- tion , with so much solidity and pleasantry united : he disdained to sacrifice truth to levity and licen- tiousness . Many of his characters are ...
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... absurd subtilties and extravagant conceits : and I had armed with the weapons of su- perstition , and disguised with the tinsel of ceremony , that religion which comprehended every precept in love to God and to man ; which gave no ...
... absurd subtilties and extravagant conceits : and I had armed with the weapons of su- perstition , and disguised with the tinsel of ceremony , that religion which comprehended every precept in love to God and to man ; which gave no ...
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... absurd : some , as a proof of their having climbed the path of Virtue , described prospects that appeared from the oppo- site side of the mountain ; and others affirmed , that the path was smooth and level , and that many had walked it ...
... absurd : some , as a proof of their having climbed the path of Virtue , described prospects that appeared from the oppo- site side of the mountain ; and others affirmed , that the path was smooth and level , and that many had walked it ...
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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
Pasajes populares
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,...