The Adventurer, Band 2John Hawkesworth J. Richardson, 1823 |
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... thought fit to style himself the lord of the creation , is yet fre- quently the voluntary slave of prejudice and cus- tom ; the most general opinions are often absurd , and the prevailing principles of action ridiculous . It may ...
... thought fit to style himself the lord of the creation , is yet fre- quently the voluntary slave of prejudice and cus- tom ; the most general opinions are often absurd , and the prevailing principles of action ridiculous . It may ...
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... thought absurd to inquire into the virtues of Bagshot's character ; and yet virtue has never been thought incompatible with that of Alexander . Alexander , we are told , gave proof of his greatness of mind by his contempt of danger ...
... thought absurd to inquire into the virtues of Bagshot's character ; and yet virtue has never been thought incompatible with that of Alexander . Alexander , we are told , gave proof of his greatness of mind by his contempt of danger ...
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... thought to be sin- cerely interested in the felicity of his child , who , when some of the means of happiness are lost by indiscretion , suffers his resentment to take away the rest . Among friends , sallies of quick resentment are ex ...
... thought to be sin- cerely interested in the felicity of his child , who , when some of the means of happiness are lost by indiscretion , suffers his resentment to take away the rest . Among friends , sallies of quick resentment are ex ...
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... thoughts on life and manners to posterity , with the hopes of entertaining and amending future ages , must be either exceedingly vain or exceedingly careless , if he expects either of these effects can be produced by wanton sallies of ...
... thoughts on life and manners to posterity , with the hopes of entertaining and amending future ages , must be either exceedingly vain or exceedingly careless , if he expects either of these effects can be produced by wanton sallies of ...
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... thoughts with philosophical exact- ness and precision . But the characters of La Bruyere deserve to be spoken of in far different terms . They are drawn with spirit and propriety , without a total departure from nature and resemblance ...
... thoughts with philosophical exact- ness and precision . But the characters of La Bruyere deserve to be spoken of in far different terms . They are drawn with spirit and propriety , without a total departure from nature and resemblance ...
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absurd acquainted ADVENTURER Agrestis Amana Amelia Anticlea appear Aristotle bagnio Bagshot beauty behold believe Boileau caliph captain character coach conceal conduct consider contempt countenance daugh death desire dignity discovered distress dreadful effect elegance equally Eugenio Euripides Eutyches evil excellence eyes falsehood father favour felicity folly fortune Freeman genius gratified guilt hand happiness heart Homer honour hope human husband Iliad images imagination immediately kind labour Lady Forrest learned look mankind Mantua marriage ment mind misery morning nature ness never Nouraddin object Odyssey opinion Osmin passion perceived perhaps person Pindar pleasure poem poet Pope present produced Prosopopoeia punished Quintilian racter reason received SATURDAY says scarce sentiment servant Sir James soon Sophocles soul specta spirit stockjobber suffered tain tears tenderness Theocritus thou thought Tibullus tion truth TUESDAY ulmo Ulysses vanity Ventosus vice Virgil virtue wife wish wretched writers
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 26 - Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit? or whither shall I go then from thy presence ? If I climb up into heaven, thou art there ; if I go down to hell, thou art there also.
Seite 26 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, And are counted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Seite 67 - Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Seite 27 - And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him for they saw that his grief was very great.
Seite 26 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Seite 63 - When he gave to the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment. When he appointed the foundations of the earth., then I was by him, as one brought up with him, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him, rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sons of men.
Seite 65 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Seite 102 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Seite 65 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Seite 28 - The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.