The British Essayists: AdventurerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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Side 5
... long before Ned disco- vered that ten thousand pounds did not bring the felicity which he expected ; a discovery which gene- rally produces the dissipation of sudden affluence by prodigality . B 2 94 . 5 ADVENTURER .
... long before Ned disco- vered that ten thousand pounds did not bring the felicity which he expected ; a discovery which gene- rally produces the dissipation of sudden affluence by prodigality . B 2 94 . 5 ADVENTURER .
Side 10
... discovered , they can affect only the minuter parts , and are commonly of more curiosity than importance . It will now be natural to inquire by what arts are the writers of the present and future ages to attract the notice and favour of ...
... discovered , they can affect only the minuter parts , and are commonly of more curiosity than importance . It will now be natural to inquire by what arts are the writers of the present and future ages to attract the notice and favour of ...
Side 11
... discovered by Sir Isaac Newton , that the distinct and primogenial colours are only seven ; but every eye can witness , that from various mix- tures , in various proportions , infinite diversifications of tints may be produced . In like ...
... discovered by Sir Isaac Newton , that the distinct and primogenial colours are only seven ; but every eye can witness , that from various mix- tures , in various proportions , infinite diversifications of tints may be produced . In like ...
Side 12
... discovered indubitable tokens of vexa- tion and regret ; then taking Evander by the hand , Sir , " said he , " I think it scarce less a misfortune to myself than to you , that you were not five minutes sooner in your application . The ...
... discovered indubitable tokens of vexa- tion and regret ; then taking Evander by the hand , Sir , " said he , " I think it scarce less a misfortune to myself than to you , that you were not five minutes sooner in your application . The ...
Side 19
... discovering Caliban , " and had but this fish painted , not an holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver . --When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar , they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian . ” Such is the ...
... discovering Caliban , " and had but this fish painted , not an holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver . --When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar , they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian . ” Such is the ...
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acquainted ADVENTURER Almerine ancient appearance beauty Caliban Catiline censure character Clodio considered contempt courage danger daughter Dean Swift Demosthenes desire Diphilus disappointed discovered distress dreadful DRYDEN effect endeavour enjoy enjoyment equal Euripides Euryalus evil excellence expected eyes father fear felicity Flavilla folly fore fortune frequently gratify happiness Hawkesworth heart Hilario honour hope Hope and Fear hour idleness imagination increase insensibility JOHN HAWKESWORTH Johnson kind King Lear knew labour lady Lear less live look mankind marriage Menander ment Mercator mind misery nature ness never night Nourassin object obtain OVID passion perceived perhaps perpetually pity Plautus pleasure Plutarch Posidippus possessed present produced Prospero Quintilian racter reason SATURDAY scarce sentiments Shakspeare Shelimah sion Soliman solitude sometimes soon Story suffered Sycorax tenderness thee thou thought tion TUESDAY VIRG virtue Warton wish wretched writer Xerxes
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Side 109 - Thou'dst meet the bear i' the mouth. When the mind's free The body's delicate; the tempest in my mind Doth from my senses take all feeling else Save what beats there.
Side 111 - Still through the hawthorn blows the cold wind ; says suum, mun ha no nonny. Dolphin my boy, my boy ; sessa ! let him trot by. [Storm still. LEAK. Why, thou wert better in thy grave than to answer with thy uncovered body this extremity of the skies. Is man no more than this? Consider him well. Thou owest the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume.
Side 151 - 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.
Side 152 - No, no, no life ! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all ? Thou 'It come no more, Never, never, never, never, never ! Pray you, undo this button : thank you, sir.
Side 107 - 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.
Side 93 - If you do love old men, if your sweet sway Allow obedience, if yourselves are old, Make it your cause ; send down, and take my part...
Side 149 - Thou must be patient; we came crying hither. Thou know'st, the first time that we smell the air, We wawl, and cry: — I will preach to thee; mark me. Glo. Alack, alack the day ! Lear. When we are born, we cry, that we are come To this great stage of fools; This...
Side 112 - I'll see their trial first : — Bring in the evidence. — Thou robed man of justice, take thy place ; — [To Edgar. And thou, his yoke-fellow of equity, [To the Fool. Bench by his side : — You are of the commission, Sit you too.