Adonia, a Desultory Story, Volumen1A & J Black & H. Parry, 1801 |
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... causes of human error or misery , the mistakes of the ima- gination have ever been found most ruin- ous to the native energies of mind ; and the false refinements of feeling and senti- ment , of which they are commonly pro- ductive ...
... causes of human error or misery , the mistakes of the ima- gination have ever been found most ruin- ous to the native energies of mind ; and the false refinements of feeling and senti- ment , of which they are commonly pro- ductive ...
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... cause himself to the foot of the throne . He painted to the King , in the most glowing language , the worth and high abilities of his friend ; -he described him as a character pre - eminent without vanity , and lofty - minded without ...
... cause himself to the foot of the throne . He painted to the King , in the most glowing language , the worth and high abilities of his friend ; -he described him as a character pre - eminent without vanity , and lofty - minded without ...
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... cause of weaning his amiable cousin's heart from the profession for which she was de- signed , and to which she had once yielded herself with contented submission .. He regarded himself as the destroyer of her peace ; and , eager to ...
... cause of weaning his amiable cousin's heart from the profession for which she was de- signed , and to which she had once yielded herself with contented submission .. He regarded himself as the destroyer of her peace ; and , eager to ...
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... causes that rendered his compliance with the proposed union indispensable , when the confidential ser- vant who had attended him abroad arrived at the hôtel de Bellefonde at Paris , ( where the Marquis then was , ) and delivered a ...
... causes that rendered his compliance with the proposed union indispensable , when the confidential ser- vant who had attended him abroad arrived at the hôtel de Bellefonde at Paris , ( where the Marquis then was , ) and delivered a ...
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... causes , to traduce his political con- duct , and stamp with infamy a name which even his enemies had been accus- tomed to respect . " Who , my son , can survive the loss of honor ? who , highly born and nobly educated , accustomed ...
... causes , to traduce his political con- duct , and stamp with infamy a name which even his enemies had been accus- tomed to respect . " Who , my son , can survive the loss of honor ? who , highly born and nobly educated , accustomed ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Abbess acquainted Adonia affection alarm Angelica anguish apostacy attachment aunt aunt's beauty Bellefonde's beloved bosom Comte de l'Avignon Comtesse concealment conduct confirmed countenance court cried danger days of deceitful death doubt dreadful engage error Etienne eyes faith father favor fear feelings felt Fitzwilliam former fortune Fraismont France gave gelica Genoa happiness heard heart honor hope husband imagination immediately inquiries interest King knew la Voitière Lady Anne Lady Anne's lake of Geneva late Lauzun lence length look Madame Raimond Maria Marquis de Bellefonde marriage married ment mind Miss Conway Monsieur monstrance motives nature ness never nieces object Paris passion pleasure reason recollection remembrance remorse rendered replied retirement romantic Rosier sacrifice secret seemed sensible sentiments servant shocked silence sister son's soon soul spect stancy strove suaded Switzerland tears tence thought tion Venice Versailles virtue Voitière Wallingford wife wishes yield young youth
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Página 117 - Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till, by broad spreading, it disperse to nought.
Página 5 - Some baser metall, which commend he will Unto the vulgar for good gold insted, He much more goodly glosse thereon doth shed To hide his falshood, then if it were trew : So hard this Idole was to be ared, That Florimell herselfe in all mens vew She seem'd to passe : So forged things do fairest shew.
Página 21 - Sweet, rouse yourself ; and the weak wanton Cupid Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold, And, like a dew-drop from the lion's mane, Be shook to air.
Página 37 - Faustus to his grief (The cause unknown) can yield no kind relief: In vain he seeks the healing balm to pour, What hand can heal, that cannot probe the sore?
Página 206 - A second, louder yet, Swells in the winds, and comes more full upon us. Mar. Oh, for some glorious cause to fall in battle ! Lucia, thou hast...
Página 5 - ... explanatory note or comment to interpret a word or text of Scripture. It came however soon to signify some specious rather than sound explanation. Cf. Udal, St Luke, cap. 12, " Beware that all your life be voide of all clokyng or counterfeit glosse." Also Spenser, FQ IV. 5. 15, " He much more goodly glosse thereon doth shed To hide his falsehood, than if it were true.
Página 58 - ... 70. From that unhappy period, he was lost to the world, to his friends, and to himself. He died in a very easy, and almost imperceptible manner, toward3 the close of the 78th year of his age [1745]. [Here the MS. breaks off, with the following memorandum in pencil : " Not finished : Writings and Character wanting. See Hints and Materials for these two parts among Papers annexed...