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... attempt is regarded rather as an in- sult than a contest ; it is exulting in a masculine strength , to which she makes no pretensions , and brandishing weapons she is not supposed to have skill to wield . For the same reasons , to ...
... attempt is regarded rather as an in- sult than a contest ; it is exulting in a masculine strength , to which she makes no pretensions , and brandishing weapons she is not supposed to have skill to wield . For the same reasons , to ...
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... attempt forsake , And not my chariot but my counsel take ; While yet securely on the earth you stand ; OVID . Nor touch the horses with too rash a hand . ADDISON . To the Adventurer . Fleet , March 24 . SIR , I NOW send you the sequel ...
... attempt forsake , And not my chariot but my counsel take ; While yet securely on the earth you stand ; OVID . Nor touch the horses with too rash a hand . ADDISON . To the Adventurer . Fleet , March 24 . SIR , I NOW send you the sequel ...
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... attempt , however , was totally unsuccessful ; till at last he affirmed , that a man had no more power over his own actions , than a clock ; and that the mo- tions of the human machine were determined by ir- resistible propensities , as ...
... attempt , however , was totally unsuccessful ; till at last he affirmed , that a man had no more power over his own actions , than a clock ; and that the mo- tions of the human machine were determined by ir- resistible propensities , as ...
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... attempt to describe that distress , which tears would not have suffered me to behold : let it suf- fice , that such was its effect upon those who were present , that the murderer was not without difficulty conduct- ed alive to the ...
... attempt to describe that distress , which tears would not have suffered me to behold : let it suf- fice , that such was its effect upon those who were present , that the murderer was not without difficulty conduct- ed alive to the ...
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... attempt . Bagshot killed two men ; and I have related the murder and its consequences , with such particulars as usually rouse that sensibility , which of- ten lies torpid during narratives of general calamity . Alexander , perhaps ...
... attempt . Bagshot killed two men ; and I have related the murder and its consequences , with such particulars as usually rouse that sensibility , which of- ten lies torpid during narratives of general calamity . Alexander , perhaps ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
absurd acquainted Adventurer Agrestis Amelia appear Azail bagnio Bagshot beauty Boileau Brumoy Captain character coach conceal conduct confusion consider contempt dear Charlotte Demosthenes desire dignity disappointed discovered distress earth effect encreased enjoy equally esteem Eugenio EURIPIDES Eutyches evil expected expence eyes falsehood father favour felicity folly fore fortune Freeman friendship gentleman gratify happiness Homer honour hope human husband imagination immediately impa James Forrest justly kind labour Lady Forrest lative lived mankind ment mind Mirza misery Miss Meadows morning motive neral never night object opinion OVID PALINGENIUS passion perceived perhaps perpetual person Pindar pity pleasure poets POPE present produced punished racter reason received reflection render SATURDAY says scarce Serenus servant shew Sir James sleep Socrates solicit soon Sophocles specta suffered supposed tain thee thou thought Tibullus tion truth TUESDAY vanity Ventosus vice VIRG virtue wife
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 160 - 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 86 - 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 87 - 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 123 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Seite 86 - 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 121 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth; when he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep; 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...
Seite 123 - 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 122 - O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet ? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
Seite 159 - Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law, ' Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And show'da Newton as we show an ape.
Seite 86 - 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.