The British Essayists: AdventurerJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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Side 48
... things beyond their power , by despising vulgar attainments , and aspiring to per- formances , to which , perhaps , nature has not pro- portioned the force of man : when they fail , there- fore , they fail not by idleness or timidity ...
... things beyond their power , by despising vulgar attainments , and aspiring to per- formances , to which , perhaps , nature has not pro- portioned the force of man : when they fail , there- fore , they fail not by idleness or timidity ...
Side 72
... thing future , with silent and irresistible rapidity , at length ar- rived . The curiosity of Soliman had been raised , as well by accidental encomiums , as by the artifices of Omaraddin , who now hasted to gratify it with the utmost ...
... thing future , with silent and irresistible rapidity , at length ar- rived . The curiosity of Soliman had been raised , as well by accidental encomiums , as by the artifices of Omaraddin , who now hasted to gratify it with the utmost ...
Side 90
... thing could yet be done to save their lives . Tom replied , in a frantic tone , that they might possibly float to land on some parts of the wreck ; and catching up an axe , instead of attempting to disengage the mast , he began to stave ...
... thing could yet be done to save their lives . Tom replied , in a frantic tone , that they might possibly float to land on some parts of the wreck ; and catching up an axe , instead of attempting to disengage the mast , he began to stave ...
Side 94
... things have , in the se- veral parts of his life , been condemned and ap- proved , pursued and shunned : and that , on many occasions , even when his practice has been steady , his mind has been wavering , and he has persisted in a ...
... things have , in the se- veral parts of his life , been condemned and ap- proved , pursued and shunned : and that , on many occasions , even when his practice has been steady , his mind has been wavering , and he has persisted in a ...
Side 97
... things , and under whose direction all involuntary errors will terminate in happiness . us . T. VOL . XXV . . Free Circulating Libr VE BANCH , y . N ° 108. SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 17 , 1753 . N ° 107 . 97 ADVENTURER . Observations on the ...
... things , and under whose direction all involuntary errors will terminate in happiness . us . T. VOL . XXV . . Free Circulating Libr VE BANCH , y . N ° 108. SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 17 , 1753 . N ° 107 . 97 ADVENTURER . Observations on the ...
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
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...