The British Essayists: AdventurerJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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Side 4
... be dis- covered than to fill up the poem . The first and the tenth Pastorals , whatever be determined of the rest , are sufficient to place their author above the reach of rivalry . The complaint of 4 N ° 92 . ADVENTURER .
... be dis- covered than to fill up the poem . The first and the tenth Pastorals , whatever be determined of the rest , are sufficient to place their author above the reach of rivalry . The complaint of 4 N ° 92 . ADVENTURER .
Side 19
... determined to be industrious no longer : to draw drink for a dirty and boisterous rabble , was a slavery to which he now submitted with reluctance , and he longed for the moment in which he should be free : instead of telling his story ...
... determined to be industrious no longer : to draw drink for a dirty and boisterous rabble , was a slavery to which he now submitted with reluctance , and he longed for the moment in which he should be free : instead of telling his story ...
Side 43
... practice , that it seems likewise to have infected speculation : so few minds are able to se- parate the ideas of greatness and prosperity , that 2 6 even Sir William Temple has ' determined , that N ° 99 . 43 ADVENTURER .
... practice , that it seems likewise to have infected speculation : so few minds are able to se- parate the ideas of greatness and prosperity , that 2 6 even Sir William Temple has ' determined , that N ° 99 . 43 ADVENTURER .
Side 44
James Ferguson. 6 even Sir William Temple has ' determined , that he who can deserve the name of a hero , must not only be virtuous but fortunate . ' By this unreasonable distribution of praise and blame , none have suffered oftener than ...
James Ferguson. 6 even Sir William Temple has ' determined , that he who can deserve the name of a hero , must not only be virtuous but fortunate . ' By this unreasonable distribution of praise and blame , none have suffered oftener than ...
Side 55
... from the Buck , in which class he should be placed , and will probably die ; for he seems determined to shoot himself , just at the time when his circumstances will enable him to assume the higher N ° 100 . 55 ADVENTURER .
... from the Buck , in which class he should be placed , and will probably die ; for he seems determined to shoot himself , just at the time when his circumstances will enable him to assume the higher N ° 100 . 55 ADVENTURER .
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acquaintance ADVENTURER Almerine Almet appearance bagnio beauty became Caprinus Catiline censure character circumstances Clodio con test considered contempt countenance danger daughters DECEMBER 18 DECEMBER 22 desire diamonds sparkle Diphilus disappointed discovered distress dreadful dress DRYDEN equal Euripides evil excellence eyes father favour fear felicity Flavilla folly fortune frequently Gonerill gratify guilt happiness hast heart Hilario honour hope hour imagination impatient insensibility kind knew labour lady Lear less look mankind manner marriage Menander ment Mercator mind misery nature ness never night Nourassin object obtain OVID passion perceived perhaps perpetual pity Plautus pleasure Plutarch Posidippus present produced Prospero Quintilian racter reason reflected SATURDAY scarce scene sentiments servant Shakspeare Shelimah shew solicitous Soliman sometimes soon Sophocles suffered superaddition tenderness thee Theocritus things thou thought tion truth TUESDAY ulmo VIRG virtue wish wretch writers
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Side 34 - Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Side 194 - 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 135 - You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both! If it be you that stir these daughters...
Side 149 - Spit, fire ! spout, rain. Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription : then let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak and despised old man...
Side 192 - 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...
Side 60 - In the midst of the street of it and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month ; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Side 195 - 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 135 - Stain my man's cheeks! — No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both That all the world shall, — I will do such things, — What they are yet, I know not; but they shall be The terrors of the earth. You think I'll weep; No, I'll not weep: — I have full cause of weeping; but this heart Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws Or ere I'll weep. — O fool, I shall go mad!
Side 194 - Pray, do not mock me: I am a very foolish fond old man, fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; and, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind.
Side 134 - 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...