The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volúmenes21-22 |
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... cause its natural effect ; and makes his personages act , as others in like circumstances have always done . There are conceptions in which all men will agree , though each derives them from his own observation : whoever has been in ...
... cause its natural effect ; and makes his personages act , as others in like circumstances have always done . There are conceptions in which all men will agree , though each derives them from his own observation : whoever has been in ...
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... cause shall happen to operate , and modified by prevailing opinions and accidental caprices , make such frequent alterations on the surface of life , that the show , while we are busied in delineating it , va nishes from the view , and ...
... cause shall happen to operate , and modified by prevailing opinions and accidental caprices , make such frequent alterations on the surface of life , that the show , while we are busied in delineating it , va nishes from the view , and ...
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... causes ; and took possession of his rectory with the same temper , that he would have reaped a field he had sown , or received the interest of a sum which he had placed in the funds . But having , by accident , heard the report which ...
... causes ; and took possession of his rectory with the same temper , that he would have reaped a field he had sown , or received the interest of a sum which he had placed in the funds . But having , by accident , heard the report which ...
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... cause has been defamed . : When Columbus had engaged king Ferdinand in the discovery of the other hemisphere , the sailors , with whom he embarked in the expedition , had so little confidence in their commander , that after hav- ing ...
... cause has been defamed . : When Columbus had engaged king Ferdinand in the discovery of the other hemisphere , the sailors , with whom he embarked in the expedition , had so little confidence in their commander , that after hav- ing ...
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... causes , Soliman , a mighty prince , reigned over a thousand provinces in the distant regions of the East . It is recorded of Soliman , that he had no favourite ; but among the principal nobles of his court was Oma- raddin . Omaraddin ...
... causes , Soliman , a mighty prince , reigned over a thousand provinces in the distant regions of the East . It is recorded of Soliman , that he had no favourite ; but among the principal nobles of his court was Oma- raddin . Omaraddin ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 25 - You taught me language; and my profit on't Is, I know how to curse : The red plague rid you, For learning me your language ! Pro.
Página 7 - Be not afeard ; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometimes voices That, if I then had waked after long sleep, Will make me sleep again : and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open and show riches Ready to drop upon me, that, when I waked, I cried to dream again.
Página 129 - Is man no more than this? Consider him well. Thou owest the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume. Ha! here's three on's are sophisticated; thou art the thing itself; unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art.
Página 26 - Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Página 168 - No, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never!
Página 115 - If it be you that stir these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me not so much To bear it tamely; touch me with noble anger, And let not women's weapons, water-drops, Stain my man's cheeks! No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both That all the world shall...
Página 127 - Thou'dst meet the bear i' the mouth. When the mind's free The body's delicate; the tempest in my mind Doth from my senses take all feeling else Save what beats there. Filial ingratitude! Is it not as this mouth should tear this hand For lifting food to 't?
Página 167 - Mine enemy's dog, Though he had bit me, should have stood that night Against my fire ; and wast thou fain, poor father, To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlorn, In short and musty straw? Alack, alack!
Página 52 - In the midst of the street of it and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month ; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Página 7 - em That if you now beheld them, your affections Would become tender. Prospero. Dost thou think so, spirit? Ariel. Mine would, sir, were I human. Prospero. And mine shall. Hast thou, which art but air, a touch, a feeling Of their afflictions, and shall not myself, One of their kind, that relish all as sharply, Passion as they, be kindlier moved than thou art?