The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Том 42 |
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... given me at Barcelona , and the security entered into on my account with the house in Lon- don , warranted this proposal on his part , and there were many motives which prevailed with me for ac- cepting it . In this station I had the ...
... given me at Barcelona , and the security entered into on my account with the house in Lon- don , warranted this proposal on his part , and there were many motives which prevailed with me for ac- cepting it . In this station I had the ...
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... given me infinite delight to have fulfilled the plan I had in design for Mrs. Goodison's accommodation ; she will now want no assistance from me ; my little cottage will never have the honour of re- ceiving her ; all those schemes are ...
... given me infinite delight to have fulfilled the plan I had in design for Mrs. Goodison's accommodation ; she will now want no assistance from me ; my little cottage will never have the honour of re- ceiving her ; all those schemes are ...
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... given a most interesting set of features , with such a striking character of bene- volence and open honesty , that he might be said to carry his heart in his countenance : though there was a kind of lassitude in his deportment , the ...
... given a most interesting set of features , with such a striking character of bene- volence and open honesty , that he might be said to carry his heart in his countenance : though there was a kind of lassitude in his deportment , the ...
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... given us as minute a collectanea of their illustrious contempo- raries . We have , it is true , a few of Cicero's table - jokes ; but how delightful would it be to know what he said , when nobody heard him ! How piously he No 52 . 55 ...
... given us as minute a collectanea of their illustrious contempo- raries . We have , it is true , a few of Cicero's table - jokes ; but how delightful would it be to know what he said , when nobody heard him ! How piously he No 52 . 55 ...
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... given us of his retort upon Q. Albidius , a glutton and a spendthrift , when his house was on fire- What he could not eat , he has burnt , ' said Cato ; where the point of the jest lies in the allusion to a parti- cular kind of ...
... given us of his retort upon Q. Albidius , a glutton and a spendthrift , when his house was on fire- What he could not eat , he has burnt , ' said Cato ; where the point of the jest lies in the allusion to a parti- cular kind of ...
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Страница 173 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill ; cannot be good : — If ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, • Against the use of nature...
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Страница 178 - The effect and it ! Come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murth'ring ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief ! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry "Hold, hold!
Страница 183 - I hear a knocking At the south entry : — retire we to our chamber : A little water clears us of this deed : How easy is it then ! Your constancy Hath left you unattended.
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Страница 153 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.