The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Том 24 |
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... turned off from the chaise and discharged a pistol at the servant , who instantly fell dead from his horse . The gentlemen had now leaped from the chaise : but the foremost receiving a blow on his head with the stock of the pistol that ...
... turned off from the chaise and discharged a pistol at the servant , who instantly fell dead from his horse . The gentlemen had now leaped from the chaise : but the foremost receiving a blow on his head with the stock of the pistol that ...
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... turning , therefore , to the unhappy gentleman , whom he had plundered , he condescended to insult him with the applause of conscious superiority ; he told him , that he had never robbed any persons who behaved better ; and as a tribute ...
... turning , therefore , to the unhappy gentleman , whom he had plundered , he condescended to insult him with the applause of conscious superiority ; he told him , that he had never robbed any persons who behaved better ; and as a tribute ...
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... turned about , to reconnoitre my chair ; but the moment I was seated , I perceived every one labouring to stifle a laugh . I instantly suspected that I had committed some ridiculous indecorum , and I attempted to apo- VOL . XXIV . G ...
... turned about , to reconnoitre my chair ; but the moment I was seated , I perceived every one labouring to stifle a laugh . I instantly suspected that I had committed some ridiculous indecorum , and I attempted to apo- VOL . XXIV . G ...
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... turned the screen , which in its fall threw down the breakfast table , broke all the china , and crippled the lap - dog . In the midst of this ruin I stood tor- pid in silence and amazement , stunned with the shrieks of the ladies , the ...
... turned the screen , which in its fall threw down the breakfast table , broke all the china , and crippled the lap - dog . In the midst of this ruin I stood tor- pid in silence and amazement , stunned with the shrieks of the ladies , the ...
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... turned wholly upon the virtues of Pom- pey , and the consequences of his hurt : it was exa- mined with great attention and solicitude , and found to be a razure of the skin the whole length of one of his fore - legs . After some topical ...
... turned wholly upon the virtues of Pom- pey , and the consequences of his hurt : it was exa- mined with great attention and solicitude , and found to be a razure of the skin the whole length of one of his fore - legs . After some topical ...
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absurd acquainted ADVENTURER Agrestis Amana Amelia Amphinomus Anticlea appear Aristotle Bagshot beauty behold believe Boileau Caliph Captain character conceal conduct consider contempt countenance death desire dignity discovered distress dreadful effect equally Eugenio Euripides Eutyches evil excellence expence expressed eyes falsehood father favour folly fortune Freeman genius gentleman gratify guilt hand happiness heard heart Homer honour hope human Iliad imagination immediately kind labour Lady Forrest less Longinus looked mankind Mantua marriage ment mind misery morning nature neral ness never Nouraddin object Odyssey opinion Osmin OVID passion perceived perhaps person pleasure poet POPE present principles produced Prosopopoeia punish Quintilian racter reason received rusal SATURDAY says scarce sensibility sentiments servant shew Sir James Socrates soon Sophocles suffered tain tears tenderness thou thought Tibullus tion tosus truth TUESDAY Ulysses vanity Ventosus vice VIRG virtue wife wish wretched writers XXIV
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Сторінка 95 - 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.
Сторінка 132 - 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 hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Сторінка 91 - 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.
Сторінка 53 - 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.
Сторінка 130 - VITAL spark of heavenly flame! Quit, O quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, O, the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life! Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit, come away!
Сторінка 52 - 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.
Сторінка 92 - 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?
Сторінка 44 - Tasso, Mazzoni, and others, teaches what the laws are of a true epic poem, what of a dramatic, what of a lyric, what decorum is, which is the grand masterpiece to observe.
Сторінка 52 - 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?
Сторінка 55 - Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.