The British Essayists: AdventurerJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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... happened ; and may , therefore , be of use to prove that we can always feel more than we can imagine , and that the most artful fiction must give way to truth . I am , Sir , T. Your humble Servant , DUBIUS . N ° 93. TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER ...
... happened ; and may , therefore , be of use to prove that we can always feel more than we can imagine , and that the most artful fiction must give way to truth . I am , Sir , T. Your humble Servant , DUBIUS . N ° 93. TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER ...
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... happened that Ned , in the midst of his happiness and prosperity , was prevailed upon to buy a lottery ticket . The moment his hope was fixed upon an ob- ject which industry could not obtain , he determined to be industrious no longer ...
... happened that Ned , in the midst of his happiness and prosperity , was prevailed upon to buy a lottery ticket . The moment his hope was fixed upon an ob- ject which industry could not obtain , he determined to be industrious no longer ...
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... and lamented them with the most passionate excla- mations . And yet , what happened to Evander more than he expected ? nothing that he possessed was diminished , nor was any possibility of advan- tage D 2 N ° 96 . 27 ADVENTURER .
... and lamented them with the most passionate excla- mations . And yet , what happened to Evander more than he expected ? nothing that he possessed was diminished , nor was any possibility of advan- tage D 2 N ° 96 . 27 ADVENTURER .
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... happened that yesterday I paid Curio another visit . I found him in his chamber ; his head was swathed in flannel , and his countenance was pale . I was alarmed at these appearances of disease ; and inquired with an honest solicitude ...
... happened that yesterday I paid Curio another visit . I found him in his chamber ; his head was swathed in flannel , and his countenance was pale . I was alarmed at these appearances of disease ; and inquired with an honest solicitude ...
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... happened that , about this time , the person to whose care she had been committed , after a short sickness died . Shelimah imagined that she slept ; but perceiving that all at- tempts to awaken her were ineffectual , and her stock of ...
... happened that , about this time , the person to whose care she had been committed , after a short sickness died . Shelimah imagined that she slept ; but perceiving that all at- tempts to awaken her were ineffectual , and her stock of ...
Términos y frases comunes
acquaintance ADVENTURER Almerine Almet appearance bagnio beauty became Caprinus Catiline censure character circumstances Clodio con test considered contempt countenance danger daughters DECEMBER 18 DECEMBER 22 desire diamonds sparkle Diphilus disappointed discovered distress dreadful dress DRYDEN equal Euripides evil excellence eyes father favour fear felicity Flavilla folly fortune frequently Gonerill gratify guilt happiness hast heart Hilario honour hope hour imagination impatient insensibility kind knew labour lady Lear less look mankind manner marriage Menander ment Mercator mind misery nature ness never night Nourassin object obtain OVID passion perceived perhaps perpetual pity Plautus pleasure Plutarch Posidippus present produced Prospero Quintilian racter reason reflected SATURDAY scarce scene sentiments servant Shakspeare Shelimah shew solicitous Soliman sometimes soon Sophocles suffered superaddition tenderness thee Theocritus things thou thought tion truth TUESDAY ulmo VIRG virtue wish wretch writers
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Página 34 - 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 194 - 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 135 - You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both! If it be you that stir these daughters...
Página 149 - Spit, fire ! spout, rain. Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription : then let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak and despised old man...
Página 192 - 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...
Página 60 - 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 195 - 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 135 - Stain my man's cheeks! — No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both That all the world shall, — I will do such things, — What they are yet, I know not; but they shall be The terrors of the earth. You think I'll weep; No, I'll not weep: — I have full cause of weeping; but this heart Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws Or ere I'll weep. — O fool, I shall go mad!
Página 194 - Pray, do not mock me: I am a very foolish fond old man, fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; and, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind.
Página 134 - 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...