Adonia, a Desultory Story, Volumen1A & J Black & H. Parry, 1801 |
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... The vicious , who have nourished these alluring qualities , and been applauded for them in early youth , employ their energy of fancy and warmth of feeling only to render render themselves more pre - eminent in vice or folly 2 ADONIA .
... The vicious , who have nourished these alluring qualities , and been applauded for them in early youth , employ their energy of fancy and warmth of feeling only to render render themselves more pre - eminent in vice or folly 2 ADONIA .
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Adonia. render themselves more pre - eminent in vice or folly ; and gloss over their errors by this specious excuse , that their passions originate in sensibility , and their excesses spring from the ardor of an aspiring mind . But there ...
Adonia. render themselves more pre - eminent in vice or folly ; and gloss over their errors by this specious excuse , that their passions originate in sensibility , and their excesses spring from the ardor of an aspiring mind . But there ...
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... rendered him- self so obnoxious at court , by the fail- ure of certain political intrigues in which he had involved himself , that it required no common interest to reinstate his son in that sphere after which his se- cret ambition ...
... rendered him- self so obnoxious at court , by the fail- ure of certain political intrigues in which he had involved himself , that it required no common interest to reinstate his son in that sphere after which his se- cret ambition ...
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... rendering his conduct conformable to the dispositions which he saw most predominant in his character . Possessed of every art that can veil the secret soul , and every endow- ment that could dazzle the judgement of the open and ...
... rendering his conduct conformable to the dispositions which he saw most predominant in his character . Possessed of every art that can veil the secret soul , and every endow- ment that could dazzle the judgement of the open and ...
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... rendered him invulnerable to the glaring vices he saw around him , produced that desire to please and acquire an exterior polish , which often leads the young and inexperienced to woo the society of the elegant though dissolute , and ...
... rendered him invulnerable to the glaring vices he saw around him , produced that desire to please and acquire an exterior polish , which often leads the young and inexperienced to woo the society of the elegant though dissolute , and ...
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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...