The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Том 24 |
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... told me with evident compunction and distress , that he could not possibly fulfil his promise , for that a very great man had recommended one of his domestics , whose solicitation for that reason it was not in his power to refuse ...
... told me with evident compunction and distress , that he could not possibly fulfil his promise , for that a very great man had recommended one of his domestics , whose solicitation for that reason it was not in his power to refuse ...
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... told me , that she was no more able to refrain from cards than to fly : ' and a few nights after- wards I observed her chairmen waiting at the door of a great lady , who seldom sees company but on a Sunday , and then has always the ...
... told me , that she was no more able to refrain from cards than to fly : ' and a few nights after- wards I observed her chairmen waiting at the door of a great lady , who seldom sees company but on a Sunday , and then has always the ...
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... told , were formerly called in by the beggars , as they threaten- ed the ruin of their community . I should not won- der , therefore , if this public spirited people were al- so to put a stop to the circulation of bad halfpence , by ...
... told , were formerly called in by the beggars , as they threaten- ed the ruin of their community . I should not won- der , therefore , if this public spirited people were al- so to put a stop to the circulation of bad halfpence , by ...
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... told him , that he had never robbed any persons who behaved better ; and as a tribute due to the merit of the dead , and as a token of his esteem for the living , he generously threw him back a shilling to prevent his being stop- ped at ...
... told him , that he had never robbed any persons who behaved better ; and as a tribute due to the merit of the dead , and as a token of his esteem for the living , he generously threw him back a shilling to prevent his being stop- ped at ...
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... told gave proof of his greatness of mind , by his contempt of danger ; but as Bagshot's danger was equally vo- luntary and imminent , there ought to be no doubt but that his mind was equally great . Alexander , indeed , gave back the ...
... told gave proof of his greatness of mind , by his contempt of danger ; but as Bagshot's danger was equally vo- luntary and imminent , there ought to be no doubt but that his mind was equally great . Alexander , indeed , gave back the ...
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absurd acquainted ADVENTURER Agrestis Amana Amelia Amphinomus Anticlea appear Aristotle Bagshot beauty behold believe Boileau Caliph Captain character conceal conduct consider contempt countenance death desire dignity discovered distress dreadful effect equally Eugenio Euripides Eutyches evil excellence expence expressed eyes falsehood father favour folly fortune Freeman genius gentleman gratify guilt hand happiness heard heart Homer honour hope human Iliad imagination immediately kind labour Lady Forrest less Longinus looked mankind Mantua marriage ment mind misery morning nature neral ness never Nouraddin object Odyssey opinion Osmin OVID passion perceived perhaps person pleasure poet POPE present principles produced Prosopopoeia punish Quintilian racter reason received rusal SATURDAY says scarce sensibility sentiments servant shew Sir James Socrates soon Sophocles suffered tain tears tenderness thou thought Tibullus tion tosus truth TUESDAY Ulysses vanity Ventosus vice VIRG virtue wife wish wretched writers XXIV
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Страница 95 - Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Страница 132 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Страница 91 - When he gave to the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment. When he appointed the foundations of the earth., then I was by him, as one brought up with him, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him, rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sons of men.
Страница 53 - And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him for they saw that his grief was very great.
Страница 130 - VITAL spark of heavenly flame! Quit, O quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, O, the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life! Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit, come away!
Страница 52 - Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit? or whither shall I go then from thy presence ? If I climb up into heaven, thou art there ; if I go down to hell, thou art there also.
Страница 92 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. . ' Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest ? Or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Страница 44 - Tasso, Mazzoni, and others, teaches what the laws are of a true epic poem, what of a dramatic, what of a lyric, what decorum is, which is the grand masterpiece to observe.
Страница 52 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Страница 55 - Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.