The British Essayists: AdventurerJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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... become of sufficient consequence to provoke an antagonist . I sat silent ; and as I was indulging my specu- lation on the scene which chance had exhibited be- fore me , I recollected several incidents which con- vinced me , that most of ...
... become of sufficient consequence to provoke an antagonist . I sat silent ; and as I was indulging my specu- lation on the scene which chance had exhibited be- fore me , I recollected several incidents which con- vinced me , that most of ...
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... become poor : his credit , how- ever , was still good ; and , by the risk of a certain sum , it was still possible to retrieve his fortune . With this gentleman we had spent many a social hour ; we had habitually drank his health when ...
... become poor : his credit , how- ever , was still good ; and , by the risk of a certain sum , it was still possible to retrieve his fortune . With this gentleman we had spent many a social hour ; we had habitually drank his health when ...
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... become the bondmen of iniquity , yet there are others who preserve the birthright of beings that are placed but a little lower than the angels ; and who may , without reproach , deny the doctrine of ne- cessity , by which they are ...
... become the bondmen of iniquity , yet there are others who preserve the birthright of beings that are placed but a little lower than the angels ; and who may , without reproach , deny the doctrine of ne- cessity , by which they are ...
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... becomes a matter of great amazement , that the whole town is as well ac- quainted with the story , as the two who were so busily engaged ; and the consternation is greater , as each reporter is confident , that he only com- municated it ...
... becomes a matter of great amazement , that the whole town is as well ac- quainted with the story , as the two who were so busily engaged ; and the consternation is greater , as each reporter is confident , that he only com- municated it ...
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... become obdurate in guilt , and insensible to infamy . pre- Reverence thy self , is one of the sublime precepts of that amiable philosopher , whose humanity alone was an incontestable proof of the dignity of his mind . Pythagoras , in ...
... become obdurate in guilt , and insensible to infamy . pre- Reverence thy self , is one of the sublime precepts of that amiable philosopher , whose humanity alone was an incontestable proof of the dignity of his mind . Pythagoras , in ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
absurd acquainted ADVENTURER Æneid Agrestis Amana Amelia appear Aristotle bagnio Bagshot beauty believe Boileau Caliph Captain character coach conceal conduct consider contempt countenance daugh dear Charlotte death desire dignity disappointment discovered distress dreadful effect equally esteem Eugenio Euripides expected eyes falsehood father favour folly fortune Freeman genius gentleman gratify guilt hand happiness heart Homer honour hope human Iliad imagine immediately indignation knew labour Lady Forrest lady's secret less look mankind ment mind misery Miss Meadows morning nature ness never night Nouraddin object Odyssey opinion Osmin OVID PALINGENIUS passion perceived perhaps person Pindar pleasure poets POPE present principles produced Prosopopoeia punished purple emperor racters reason received ridiculous SATURDAY says scarce sentiments Serenus servant shew Sir James Socrates soon Sophocles suffered tain tenderness thou thought Tibullus tion told truth TUESDAY Ventosus vice VIRG virtue wife wish writers XXIV
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 56 - 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 94 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
Seite 307 - I will up, saith the Lord : and will help every one from him that swelleth against him, and will set him at rest. 7 The words of the Lord are pure words : even as the silver, which from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the fire.
Seite 46 - 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 56 - 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.
Seite 93 - 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 57 - 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.
Seite 94 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb ? When I made the cloud the garment thereof, And thick darkness a...
Seite 55 - 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 134 - 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!