The Adventurer, Band 2John Hawkesworth J. Richardson, 1823 |
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... hand knowledge , as they give concise accounts of all the great heroes of ancient literature , and enable them to speak of their several characters , without the tedious drudgery of perusing the originals . But the characters of writers ...
... hand knowledge , as they give concise accounts of all the great heroes of ancient literature , and enable them to speak of their several characters , without the tedious drudgery of perusing the originals . But the characters of writers ...
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... hand shall hold me . ' With what majesty and magnificence is the Creator of the world , before whom the whole universe is repre- sented as nothing , nay , less than nothing , and va- nity , introduced making the following sublime in ...
... hand shall hold me . ' With what majesty and magnificence is the Creator of the world , before whom the whole universe is repre- sented as nothing , nay , less than nothing , and va- nity , introduced making the following sublime in ...
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... hand , urged him to escape from the window , that he might be a friend to his widow and to his child , if its birth should not be prevented by the death of its father . Sir James yielded to the force of this motive , and escaped as the ...
... hand , urged him to escape from the window , that he might be a friend to his widow and to his child , if its birth should not be prevented by the death of its father . Sir James yielded to the force of this motive , and escaped as the ...
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... hand upon my mouth . ' " I have in a former treatise observed to you , that Homer has degraded his gods into men : these writers alone have not violated the Divine Majesty by inadequate and indecent representations , but have made the ...
... hand upon my mouth . ' " I have in a former treatise observed to you , that Homer has degraded his gods into men : these writers alone have not violated the Divine Majesty by inadequate and indecent representations , but have made the ...
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... hand , how dreadfully is his indignation described : ' I will be unto them as a lion , as a leopard by the way will I observe them . I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps , and I will rend the caul of her heart . ' A ...
... hand , how dreadfully is his indignation described : ' I will be unto them as a lion , as a leopard by the way will I observe them . I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps , and I will rend the caul of her heart . ' A ...
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absurd acquainted ADVENTURER Agrestis Amana Amelia Anticlea appear Aristotle bagnio Bagshot beauty behold believe Boileau caliph captain character coach conceal conduct consider contempt countenance daugh death desire dignity discovered distress dreadful effect elegance equally Eugenio Euripides Eutyches evil 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 look mankind Mantua marriage 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 Virgil virtue wife wish wretched writers
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 26 - 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 26 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, And are counted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Seite 67 - 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 27 - 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 26 - 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 63 - 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 65 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Seite 102 - 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 hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Seite 65 - 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 28 - The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.