Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality, Volumen7author, 1797 |
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Página 19
... body of the mighty Cæsar , on Rome's ever memorable day ; so stood the well avenged Drusilla over her prostrate enemy , from whose mortal wound the crimson tide yet freely flowed : for D 2 " True fortitude is seen in great exploits ...
... body of the mighty Cæsar , on Rome's ever memorable day ; so stood the well avenged Drusilla over her prostrate enemy , from whose mortal wound the crimson tide yet freely flowed : for D 2 " True fortitude is seen in great exploits ...
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... body , he was carried back to his dungeon . Disgrace and ruin overwhelmed him , his fortune and effects were sold for less than a tenth of their value , as it is always the case where law presses with its iron hand , his character was ...
... body , he was carried back to his dungeon . Disgrace and ruin overwhelmed him , his fortune and effects were sold for less than a tenth of their value , as it is always the case where law presses with its iron hand , his character was ...
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... body , they had no relief but what the priest from time to time procured them . At length , and as a great favour , they were removed to a place less damp , to which there was a little window ; but the window was stopped , and the fumes ...
... body , they had no relief but what the priest from time to time procured them . At length , and as a great favour , they were removed to a place less damp , to which there was a little window ; but the window was stopped , and the fumes ...
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... body in the box she was in but her daughter and the gentleman who had been so much struck with her . After having looked frequently to- wards the door , as if she waited for her servant , but really from being ashamed to leave her seat ...
... body in the box she was in but her daughter and the gentleman who had been so much struck with her . After having looked frequently to- wards the door , as if she waited for her servant , but really from being ashamed to leave her seat ...
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... ; up to that day on which the ruthless ball tore away the very arm which had so often wielded the instruments of vengeance against the enemies of his country from from his scarred body . Here the heroic narra- tive ( 104 )
... ; up to that day on which the ruthless ball tore away the very arm which had so often wielded the instruments of vengeance against the enemies of his country from from his scarred body . Here the heroic narra- tive ( 104 )
Términos y frases comunes
acquainted affiftance affured againſt Agathus ANEC ANECDOTE anfwer Angelica appeared beauty becauſe bleffings charms Clerville confequence converfation d'Anglade daugh daughter death defire diſcover eyes fafe faid fame father favour fays feems fenfe fentiments fervant fhall fhould firft fituation fome fometimes foon forrow fortune foul ftate ftill fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofed fure Galatia gentleman give happineſs happy heart herſelf himſelf honour hope houfe houſe juft King lady laft lefs Leocadia lived Lord louis d'ors Lymington Madam manner marriage married Matilda ment miferable mind moft moſt mother muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafion Orafmin paffed paffion perfon pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent purpoſe racter reafon replied returned Rodolpho ſhe Sir THOMAS PRENDERGAST ſtate thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou tion uſe vifit virtue Whitton whofe whoſe wifdom wife young yourſelf
Pasajes populares
Página 195 - There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them.
Página 185 - ... them. As Greece and Rome are the fountains from whence have flowed all kinds of excellence, to that veneration which they have a right to claim for the...
Página 101 - Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
Página 90 - For no assumed behaviour can at all times hide the real character. In that unaffected civility, which springs from a gentle mind, there is a charm infinitely more powerful, than in all the studied manners of the most finished courtier. True gentleness is...
Página 69 - What a gloom hangs all around! The dying lamp feebly emits a yellow gleam; no sound is heard but of the chiming clock or the distant watchdog. All the bustle of human pride is forgotten; an hour like this may well display the emptiness of human vanity.
Página 92 - Attacked by great injuries, the man of mild and gentle spirit will feel what human nature feels ; and will defend and resent as his duty allows him.
Página 198 - He supersedes every little prospect of gain and advantage which offers itself here, if he does not find it consistent with his views of an hereafter. In a word, his hopes are full of immortality, his schemes...
Página 91 - Gentleness is, in truth, the great avenue to mutual enjoyment. Amidst the strife of interfering interests, it tempers the violence of contention, and keeps alive the seeds of harmony. It softens animosities; renews endearments ; and renders the countenance of man a refreshment to man. Banish gentleness from the earth ; suppose the world to be filled with none but harsh and contentious spirits ; and what sort of society would remain ? the solitude of the desert were preferable to it. The conflict...
Página 117 - ... time. If you have resolution enough to do this, you cannot but love learning ; for the mind always loves that to which it has been long, steadily and voluntarily attached.
Página 34 - Were they to give us in their catalogue of such worthies as are now living, how different would it be from that which any of our own species would draw up! We are dazzled with the splendour of titles, the ostentation of learning, the noise of victories...