The British Essayists: AdventurerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... force his doctrine by seriousness and solemnity , or enliven it by sprightliness and gaiety ; he may de- liver his sentiments in naked precepts , or illustrate them by historical examples ; he may detain the studious by the artful ...
... force his doctrine by seriousness and solemnity , or enliven it by sprightliness and gaiety ; he may de- liver his sentiments in naked precepts , or illustrate them by historical examples ; he may detain the studious by the artful ...
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... force to resist . The strength of his interest , though it was not known time enough to increase his hope , and his being too late only a few minutes , though he had reason to believe his application had been precluded by as many days ...
... force to resist . The strength of his interest , though it was not known time enough to increase his hope , and his being too late only a few minutes , though he had reason to believe his application had been precluded by as many days ...
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... force of fancy : Sometimes like apes , that moe and chatter at me , And after bite me ; then like hedgehogs , which Lie tumbling in my bare - foot way , and mount Their pricks at my foot - fall : sometimes am I All wound with adders ...
... force of fancy : Sometimes like apes , that moe and chatter at me , And after bite me ; then like hedgehogs , which Lie tumbling in my bare - foot way , and mount Their pricks at my foot - fall : sometimes am I All wound with adders ...
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... force of man : when they fail , there- fore , they fail not by idleness or timidity , but by rash adventure and fruitless diligence . That the attempts of such men will often mis- carry , we may reasonably expect ; yet from such men ...
... force of man : when they fail , there- fore , they fail not by idleness or timidity , but by rash adventure and fruitless diligence . That the attempts of such men will often mis- carry , we may reasonably expect ; yet from such men ...
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... force of his imagination can delineate a landscape , is deemed a greater master than he who , by heaping rocks of coral upon tesselated pave- ments , can only make absurdity splendid , and dis- pose gaudy colours so as best to set off ...
... force of his imagination can delineate a landscape , is deemed a greater master than he who , by heaping rocks of coral upon tesselated pave- ments , can only make absurdity splendid , and dis- pose gaudy colours so as best to set off ...
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Página 109 - 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.
Página 111 - Still through the hawthorn blows the cold wind ; says suum, mun ha no nonny. Dolphin my boy, my boy ; sessa ! let him trot by. [Storm still. LEAK. Why, thou wert better in thy grave than to answer with thy uncovered body this extremity of the skies. 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.
Página 151 - tis fittest. Cor. How does my royal lord? How fares your majesty? Lear. You do me wrong, to take me out o' the grave. — Thou art a soul in bliss ; but I am bound Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears Do scald like molten lead.
Página 152 - No, no, no life ! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all ? Thou 'It come no more, Never, never, never, never, never ! Pray you, undo this button : thank you, sir.
Página 107 - Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak and despised old man: But yet I call you servile ministers, That have with two pernicious daughters join'd Your high-engender'd battles 'gainst a head So old and white as this.
Página 93 - If you do love old men, if your sweet sway Allow obedience, if yourselves are old, Make it your cause ; send down, and take my part...
Página 149 - Thou must be patient; we came crying hither. Thou know'st, the first time that we smell the air, We wawl, and cry: — I will preach to thee; mark me. Glo. Alack, alack the day ! Lear. When we are born, we cry, that we are come To this great stage of fools; This...
Página 112 - I'll see their trial first : — Bring in the evidence. — Thou robed man of justice, take thy place ; — [To Edgar. And thou, his yoke-fellow of equity, [To the Fool. Bench by his side : — You are of the commission, Sit you too.