Select British Classics, Том 20J. Conrad, 1803 |
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... who see the innumerable terrors and distresses that are per- petually preying on the heart of man , and discern with unhappy perspicuity calamities yet latent in their causes , are glad to close their eyes upon the THE ADVENTURER . " 23.
... who see the innumerable terrors and distresses that are per- petually preying on the heart of man , and discern with unhappy perspicuity calamities yet latent in their causes , are glad to close their eyes upon the THE ADVENTURER . " 23.
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causes , are glad to close their eyes upon the gloomy prospect , and lose , in a short insensibility , the remem- brance of others , miseries and their own . The hero has no higher hope , than that , after having routed le- gions after ...
causes , are glad to close their eyes upon the gloomy prospect , and lose , in a short insensibility , the remem- brance of others , miseries and their own . The hero has no higher hope , than that , after having routed le- gions after ...
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... cause : let your imagination , therefore , ac- quaint you , with what I have not words to express , and conceive , if possible , the horrors of imprison- ment attended with reproach and ignominy , of invo- luntary association with the ...
... cause : let your imagination , therefore , ac- quaint you , with what I have not words to express , and conceive , if possible , the horrors of imprison- ment attended with reproach and ignominy , of invo- luntary association with the ...
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... cause of rapacity , strife , envy , rancour , " malice and revenge , among the little apes of man- 67 kind , and became the object and the nurse of those passions which disgrace human nature , while I ap- “ peared only to engage ...
... cause of rapacity , strife , envy , rancour , " malice and revenge , among the little apes of man- 67 kind , and became the object and the nurse of those passions which disgrace human nature , while I ap- “ peared only to engage ...
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... cause the few are more vigilant and consistent ; it -still contracts to a smaller number , till in time it cen- tres in a single person . Thus all the forms of government instituted among mankind , perpetually tend towards monarchy ...
... cause the few are more vigilant and consistent ; it -still contracts to a smaller number , till in time it cen- tres in a single person . Thus all the forms of government instituted among mankind , perpetually tend towards monarchy ...
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Сторінка 160 - 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 86 - 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 87 - 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 123 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Сторінка 86 - 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 121 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth; when he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep; 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...
Сторінка 123 - 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 122 - O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet ? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
Сторінка 159 - Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law, ' Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And show'da Newton as we show an ape.
Сторінка 86 - 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.