Select British Classics, Том 2J. Conrad, 1804 |
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... titles CXXI . The irresolution of the English accounted for CXXII . The manner of travellers in their usual relations 206 209 ridiculed 211 CXXIII . The conclusion 215 LETTERS FROM A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD ΤΟ HIS FRIENDS CONTENTS .
... titles CXXI . The irresolution of the English accounted for CXXII . The manner of travellers in their usual relations 206 209 ridiculed 211 CXXIII . The conclusion 215 LETTERS FROM A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD ΤΟ HIS FRIENDS CONTENTS .
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... traveller , then , I pre- sume , interrupted I. " I cannot boast much of tra- 66 velling , " continued he , " for I have never left the " parish in which I was born but three times in my " life , that I can remember ; but then there is ...
... traveller , then , I pre- sume , interrupted I. " I cannot boast much of tra- 66 velling , " continued he , " for I have never left the " parish in which I was born but three times in my " life , that I can remember ; but then there is ...
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... traveller . I entered the region of beauty with in- creased curiosity , and promised myself endless satis- faction , in being introduced to the presiding goddess .. I perceived several strangers , who entered with the same design ; and ...
... traveller . I entered the region of beauty with in- creased curiosity , and promised myself endless satis- faction , in being introduced to the presiding goddess .. I perceived several strangers , who entered with the same design ; and ...
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... out what is most strikingly absurd in other countries ; I shall at present confine myself only to France . The first national peculiarity a traveller meets upon entering that kingdom , is an odd sort of staring vivacity 60 CITIZEN OF.
... out what is most strikingly absurd in other countries ; I shall at present confine myself only to France . The first national peculiarity a traveller meets upon entering that kingdom , is an odd sort of staring vivacity 60 CITIZEN OF.
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... traveller is addressed with a piteous whine , or a sturdy solemnity , but a French beggar shall ask your charity with a very genteel bow , and thank you for it with a smile and shrug . Another instance of this people's breeding I must ...
... traveller is addressed with a piteous whine , or a sturdy solemnity , but a French beggar shall ask your charity with a very genteel bow , and thank you for it with a smile and shrug . Another instance of this people's breeding I must ...
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Academy at Pekin acquaintance Adieu admiration Altangi to Fum amazed amusement appear applause barbarous beauty become Brentford Ceremonial Academy charms China Chinese Circassia Confucius continued court cries culverin disappointment distress dress emperor endeavour enemy English epigram Europe European eyes face fair sex fancy favour fond fortune Fum Hoam genius genius of love give happens happiness Hingpo honour human justice king lady laws learning LETTER Lien Chi Altangi live look mandarine mankind manner marriage mastiff Mencius ment merit mind monodies Moscow nature never obliged occasion once passion penal laws perceived Periwinkle philosopher pity pleased pleasure poet poor possessed praise present proper reason receive refinement replied rich Richard Rock ridiculous seemed seraglio serve smile soon spectator spleen sure tail things Tibbs tion town virtue whole wisdom
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Страница 85 - ... works are valuable, is perfectly sensible of their value. Every polite member of the community, by buying what he writes, contributes to reward him. The ridicule, therefore, of living in a garret might have been wit in the last age, but continues such no longer, because no longer true. A writer of real merit now may easily be rich, if his heart be set only on fortune; and for those who have no merit it is but fit that such should remain in merited obscurity.
Страница 203 - I was very happy in this manner for some time, till one evening, coming home from work, two men knocked me down, and then desired me to stand. They belonged to a press-gang...
Страница 201 - I was born in Shropshire, my father was a labourer, and died when I was five years old; so I was put upon the parish. As he had been a wandering sort of a man, the parishioners...
Страница 205 - Though we had no arms, one Englishman is able to beat five French at any time ; so we went down to the door, where both the Gentries were posted, and rushing upon them, seized their arms in a moment, and knocked them down. From thence, nine of us ran together to the quay, and, seizing the first boat we met, got out of the harbour and put to sea. We had not been here three days before we were taken up by the Dorset privateer, who were glad of so many good hands ; and we consented to run our chance.
Страница 45 - The old man's passion for confinement is similar to that we all have for life. We are habituated to the prison, we look round with discontent, are displeased with the abode, and yet the length of our captivity only increases our fondness for the cell. The trees we have planted, the houses we have built, or the posterity we have begotten, all serve to bind us closer to earth, and embitter our parting.
Страница 34 - I found every sense overpaid with more than expected pleasure: the lights everywhere glimmering through the scarcely moving trees; the full-bodied concert bursting on the stillness of the night, the natural concert of the birds, in the more retired part of the grove, vying with that which was formed by art; the company...
Страница 32 - His wishes in this also were answered, he still dreamed of the same pan of money, in the very same place. Now, therefore, it was past a doubt : so getting up early the third morning, he...
Страница 69 - I promised," replied the emperor with a generous air, " to destroy my enemies ; I have fulfilled my word, for see they are enemies no longer ; I have made friends of them.
Страница 202 - People may say this and that of being in jail ; but, for my part, I found Newgate as agreeable a place as ever I was in in all my life.
Страница 202 - I knew of my breed, seed, and generation ; but, though I gave a very true account, the justice said I could give no account; so I was indicted...