The British Essayists: AdventurerJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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... : nor can any of the persons whom I have thus ventured to name , be justly offended ; because that which is declared not to be the effect 1 JJ of choice , cannot be considered as the object of 2 N ° 42 . ADVENTURER .
... : nor can any of the persons whom I have thus ventured to name , be justly offended ; because that which is declared not to be the effect 1 JJ of choice , cannot be considered as the object of 2 N ° 42 . ADVENTURER .
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James Ferguson. of choice , cannot be considered as the object of censure . With Mr. Traffic I had contracted an intimacy in our younger days , which , notwithstanding the disparity of our fortune , has continued till now . We had both ...
James Ferguson. of choice , cannot be considered as the object of censure . With Mr. Traffic I had contracted an intimacy in our younger days , which , notwithstanding the disparity of our fortune , has continued till now . We had both ...
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... 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 should he be permitted to arrogate ...
... 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 should he be permitted to arrogate ...
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... object and the nurse of those passions which disgrace human nature , while I appeared only to engage children in innocent pastimes . At length , I was dismissed from their service , by a throw with à barrow - woman for an orange ...
... object and the nurse of those passions which disgrace human nature , while I appeared only to engage children in innocent pastimes . At length , I was dismissed from their service , by a throw with à barrow - woman for an orange ...
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... objects of pursuit ; as they see more ways to the same end , they will be less easily per- suaded to travel together ; as each is better qualified to form an independent scheme of private greatness , he will reject with greater ...
... objects of pursuit ; as they see more ways to the same end , they will be less easily per- suaded to travel together ; as each is better qualified to form an independent scheme of private greatness , he will reject with greater ...
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!