The British Essayists;: AdventurerJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 |
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... possession of the garlands which the wood - nymphs had bestowed upon him . Virgil , however , taking advantage of another lan- guage , ventured to copy or to rival the Sicilian Bard : he has written with greater splendor of diction ...
... possession of the garlands which the wood - nymphs had bestowed upon him . Virgil , however , taking advantage of another lan- guage , ventured to copy or to rival the Sicilian Bard : he has written with greater splendor of diction ...
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... possessed fortuitous advantages , and of those who have been disappointed in their ex- pectations , will have little reason to register himself in the lucky catalogue . But as we have seen thousands subscribe to a raffle , of which one ...
... possessed fortuitous advantages , and of those who have been disappointed in their ex- pectations , will have little reason to register himself in the lucky catalogue . But as we have seen thousands subscribe to a raffle , of which one ...
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... possessed of the immediate object of their hope , without any efforts of their own , will be disappointed of enjoy ment . No life can be happy , but that which is spent in the prosecution of some purpose to which our powers are equal ...
... possessed of the immediate object of their hope , without any efforts of their own , will be disappointed of enjoy ment . No life can be happy , but that which is spent in the prosecution of some purpose to which our powers are equal ...
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... possession of a sum sufficient to subsist him in idle- mess the remainder of his life ; and in this case , the idleness which made him wretched while he waited - for the bounty of fortune , will necessarily keep C 3 x 94 . 17 ADVENTURER .
... possession of a sum sufficient to subsist him in idle- mess the remainder of his life ; and in this case , the idleness which made him wretched while he waited - for the bounty of fortune , will necessarily keep C 3 x 94 . 17 ADVENTURER .
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... 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 circulated ...
... 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 circulated ...
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Términos y frases comunes
acquainted ADVENTURER affection Almerine ancient appearance bagnio beauty became Catiline censure character circumstances Clodio considered contempt countenance Crito danger daughter delight Demosthenes desire Diphilus disappointed discovered distress dreadful dress DRYDEN endeavour equal Euripides Euryalus evil excellence expected eyes father favour fear felicity Flavilla folly fortune frequently gentleman Gonerill gratify happiness heart Hilario honour hope hour imagination impatient increase insensibility kind knew labour lady Lear less live look mankind marriage Menander ment Mercator mind misery morning nature ness never night Nourassin obtain OVID passion perceived perhaps perpetually pity Plautus pleasure Plutarch poet portunity Posidippus present produced proportion Prospero Quintilian racter reason reflected scarce sentiments servant Shakspeare Shelimah shew solicitous Soliman sometimes soon Sophocles suffer Sycorax Telephus tenderness thee Theocritus thou thought tion truth TUESDAY uncon VIRG Virgil virtue wish wretched writer Xerxes
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Página 12 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I; In a cowslip's bell I lie: There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly, After summer, merrily : Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Página 192 - Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear ; Robes, and furr'd gowns, hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks : Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it.
Página 15 - 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 134 - You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age, wretched in both. If it be you that stirs these daughters...
Página 302 - It was said of Socrates that he brought Philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit among men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffeehouses.
Página 194 - Pray, do not mock me : I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward ; and, to deal plainly, I fear, I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks, I should know you, and know this man ; Yet I am doubtful : for I am mainly ignorant What place this is : and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments ; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night : Do not laugh at me ; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Página 151 - Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loop'd and window'd raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these ? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physic, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just.
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 32 - I'll bear him no more sticks, but follow thee, Thou wondrous man. Trin. A most ridiculous monster, to make a wonder of a poor drunkard ! Cal. I prithee, let me bring thee where crabs grow ; And I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts ; Show thee a jay's nest and instruct thee how To snare the nimble marmoset ; I'll bring thee To clustering filberts and sometimes I'll get thee Young scamels from the rock.
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: 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.