The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volúmenes21-22 |
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... took this opportunity of producing to the public . “ The fifth contains a celebration of Daphnis , which has stood to all succeeding ages as the model of pastoral elegies . To deny praise to a perform- B 2 NO . 92 . 3 ADVENTURER ...
... took this opportunity of producing to the public . “ The fifth contains a celebration of Daphnis , which has stood to all succeeding ages as the model of pastoral elegies . To deny praise to a perform- B 2 NO . 92 . 3 ADVENTURER ...
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... took a little house in the suburbs , and laid in a stock of liquors , for which he paid ready money , and which were , therefore , the best of the kind . Ned perceived his trade increase ; he pursued it with fresh alacrity , he exulted ...
... took a little house in the suburbs , and laid in a stock of liquors , for which he paid ready money , and which were , therefore , the best of the kind . Ned perceived his trade increase ; he pursued it with fresh alacrity , he exulted ...
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... 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 had been ...
... 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 had been ...
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... took effect , and the stranger was seated at the head of the table , one of them very judiciously observes , that he al- ways thought there was more in him than he could 42 NO . 99 . ADVENTURER . Varieties of good Sort of.
... took effect , and the stranger was seated at the head of the table , one of them very judiciously observes , that he al- ways thought there was more in him than he could 42 NO . 99 . ADVENTURER . Varieties of good Sort of.
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... took care that my pumps were varnished every morning with a new German blacking - ball ; and when I went out , carried in my hand a little switch , VOL . XXI . F which , as it has been long appendant to the No. 100 . 49 ADVENTURER .
... took care that my pumps were varnished every morning with a new German blacking - ball ; and when I went out , carried in my hand a little switch , VOL . XXI . F which , as it has been long appendant to the No. 100 . 49 ADVENTURER .
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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?