The British Essayists: AdventurerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... Freeman , was upon the road in his return from Gravesend , where he had been to receive an only son upon his arrival from India , after an ab- sence of near six years ; that herself and her daugh- ter - in - law were come out to meet ...
... Freeman , was upon the road in his return from Gravesend , where he had been to receive an only son upon his arrival from India , after an ab- sence of near six years ; that herself and her daugh- ter - in - law were come out to meet ...
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... Freeman , who , besides his commission in the guards , had a small paternal estate ; but as her friends hoped for a more advan- tageous match , the captain was desired to forbear his visits , and the lady to think of him no more . After ...
... Freeman , who , besides his commission in the guards , had a small paternal estate ; but as her friends hoped for a more advan- tageous match , the captain was desired to forbear his visits , and the lady to think of him no more . After ...
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... Freeman , when he heard that Miss Charlotte was married , immediately made propo- sals of marriage to Maria , with whom he became acquainted during his visits to her friend , and soon after married her . The friendship of the two young ...
... Freeman , when he heard that Miss Charlotte was married , immediately made propo- sals of marriage to Maria , with whom he became acquainted during his visits to her friend , and soon after married her . The friendship of the two young ...
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... Freeman : the rest of the company went away early , the captain was upon guard , Sir James was out of town , and the two ladies after supper sat down to piquet , and continued the game without once reflecting upon the hour till three in ...
... Freeman : the rest of the company went away early , the captain was upon guard , Sir James was out of town , and the two ladies after supper sat down to piquet , and continued the game without once reflecting upon the hour till three in ...
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... Freeman , I will send down word that I will take your advice . " A servant was accordingly dispatched to acquaint the captain , who was waiting below , that Miss Mea- dows was indisposed , and had engaged Lady For- rest to breakfast ...
... Freeman , I will send down word that I will take your advice . " A servant was accordingly dispatched to acquaint the captain , who was waiting below , that Miss Mea- dows was indisposed , and had engaged Lady For- rest to breakfast ...
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absurd acquainted ADVENTURER Agrestis Amana Amelia Anticlea appear Aristotle bagnio Bagshot beauty behold Boileau caliph captain character coach conceal conduct contempt countenance daugh death desire dignity discovered distress dreadful effect elegance equally Eugenio Euripides Eutyches evil excellence expected eyes falsehood father favour felicity fortune Freeman genius gratified guilt hand happiness heart Homer honour hope human husband Iliad images imagination immediately justly kind labour Lady Forrest learned Longinus looked mankind Mantua marriage ment mind misery morning nature ness never Nouraddin object Odyssey opinion Osmin passion perceived perhaps person Pindar pleasure poem poet POPE present produced prosopopoeia punished Quintilian racter reason received SATURDAY says scarce sentiment servant Sir James soon Sophocles soul specta spirit stockjobber suffered tain tears tenderness Theocritus thou thought Tibullus tion truth TUESDAY ulmo Ulysses vanity Ventosus vice virtue wife wish wretched writers
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Página 104 - Chaos of thought and passion all confused, Still by himself abused, or disabused ; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd, The glory, jest, and riddle of the world. PoPE.
Página 67 - foundations of the earth ? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereon are the foundations thereof fastened, or who laid the corner stone? When the morning stars sang together, and
Página 288 - that shall pen thy breath up: urchins Shall, for that vast of night that they may work, All exercise on thee; thou shalt be pinch'd As thick as honeycombs, each pinch more stinging Than bees that made 'em. If thou neglect'st or dost unwillingly What I command, I'll rack thee with
Página 286 - of this nature in the drama before us. The poet artfully acquaints us that Prospero is a magician, by the very first words which his daughter Miranda speaks to him : If by your art, my dearest father, you have Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them i
Página 67 - stone? When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy ? Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth as if it had issued out of the womb ? When I brake it up for my decreed place, and set bars and doors, and said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no
Página 67 - and here shall the pride of thy waves be stayed.' How can we reply to these sublime inquiries but in the words that follow - ? ' Behold, I am vile, what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.'
Página 67 - brake it up for my decreed place, and set bars and doors, and said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall the pride of thy waves be stayed.' How can we reply to these sublime inquiries but in the words that follow - ? ' Behold, I am vile, what shall I answer thee? I will lay
Página 104 - While man exclaims," See all things for my use!" " See man for mine!" replies a pamper'd goose. PoPE. " Man scruples not to say, that he enjoyeth the heavens and the elements; as if all had been made, and still move only for him. In this sense a gosling
Página 69 - divine favour is painted by the following similitudes: ' I will be as the dew unto Judea; he shall grow as the lily; his branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell like