The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Band 24 |
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... mind till it is extorted by torture that can no longer be borne ; he knew my circumstances too well , to expect the sum that he wanted from my purse : but he requested that I would , to save him from the pain and confusion of such a ...
... mind till it is extorted by torture that can no longer be borne ; he knew my circumstances too well , to expect the sum that he wanted from my purse : but he requested that I would , to save him from the pain and confusion of such a ...
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... mind , and to regard himself rather as an object of pity than contempt . And indeed no man without great incongruity , can affirm that he has powers which he does not exert , when to exert them is evidently his highest interest ; nor ...
... mind , and to regard himself rather as an object of pity than contempt . And indeed no man without great incongruity , can affirm that he has powers which he does not exert , when to exert them is evidently his highest interest ; nor ...
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... mind ; and , indeed , I think it is impos- sible that it should : weakness discovers what ma- lignity propagates ; till at last , confirmation is re- quired , with all the solemnity of proof , from the first author of the report ; who ...
... mind ; and , indeed , I think it is impos- sible that it should : weakness discovers what ma- lignity propagates ; till at last , confirmation is re- quired , with all the solemnity of proof , from the first author of the report ; who ...
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... mind ; and which , though every trial ends in disappointment , obtain new credit as the sense of miscarriage wears gradu . ally away , persuade us to try again what we have tried already , and expose us by the same failure to double ...
... mind ; and which , though every trial ends in disappointment , obtain new credit as the sense of miscarriage wears gradu . ally away , persuade us to try again what we have tried already , and expose us by the same failure to double ...
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... mind . It appears , indeed , to a slight and super- ficial observer , that many things impracticable in our present state , might be easily effected , if man- kind were better disposed to union and co - opera- tion : but a little ...
... mind . It appears , indeed , to a slight and super- ficial observer , that many things impracticable in our present state , might be easily effected , if man- kind were better disposed to union and co - opera- tion : but a little ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 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.
Seite 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!
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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!
Seite 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.
Seite 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?
Seite 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.
Seite 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?
Seite 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.