The British Essayists: The AdventurerLittle, Brown, 1866 |
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... reflection ? Can he who possesses ease and health , whose food is tasteful , and whose sleep is sweet , remember , with- out exultation and delight , the seasons in which he has pined in the languor of inappetence , and counted the ...
... reflection ? Can he who possesses ease and health , whose food is tasteful , and whose sleep is sweet , remember , with- out exultation and delight , the seasons in which he has pined in the languor of inappetence , and counted the ...
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... reflected on the decree of the fairy , ' that she should be sought in marriage by a sovereign prince , ' was now at an end . It was the custom of the nobles to present their daughters to the king , when they entered their eighteenth ...
... reflected on the decree of the fairy , ' that she should be sought in marriage by a sovereign prince , ' was now at an end . It was the custom of the nobles to present their daughters to the king , when they entered their eighteenth ...
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... copious is his invention , so masterly his elocution ; so wonderfully is he adapted to all kinds of subjects , persons , and passions . ' This panegyric reflects equal honour on the critic and on the 90 NO . 105 . ADVENTURER .
... copious is his invention , so masterly his elocution ; so wonderfully is he adapted to all kinds of subjects , persons , and passions . ' This panegyric reflects equal honour on the critic and on the 90 NO . 105 . ADVENTURER .
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panegyric reflects equal honour on the critic and on the comedian . Quintilian has here painted Me- nander with as lively and expressive strokes as Menander had characterized the Athenians . 66 Boileau , in his celebrated eighth satire ...
panegyric reflects equal honour on the critic and on the comedian . Quintilian has here painted Me- nander with as lively and expressive strokes as Menander had characterized the Athenians . 66 Boileau , in his celebrated eighth satire ...
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... reflection upon his own folly for resigning his crown ; and a solemn invocation to nature , to heap the most ... reflects : - Ha ! is it come to this ? Let it be so ! I have another daughter , Who , I am sure , is kind and comfortable ...
... reflection upon his own folly for resigning his crown ; and a solemn invocation to nature , to heap the most ... reflects : - Ha ! is it come to this ? Let it be so ! I have another daughter , Who , I am sure , is kind and comfortable ...
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Términos y frases comunes
acquaintance ADVENTURER Almerine Almet appearance bagnio beauty Caliban Caprinus Catiline censure character Clodio considered contempt countenance Covent Garden danger daughters DECEMBER 11 DECEMBER 29 desire diamonds sparkle Diphilus disappointed discovered distress dreadful DRYDEN endeavour enjoy equal Euripides evil excellence eyes father favour fear felicity Flavilla folly fortune frequently gentleman Goneril gratify guilt happiness hast heart Hilario honour hope hour imagination impatient increased insensibility kind knew labour lady Lear less look mankind marriage Menander ment Mercator mind misery nature ness never night obtain OVID passion perceived perpetual pity Plautus pleasure poet Posidippus possession present produced Prospero Quintilian reason received reflected Regan SATURDAY scarce scene sentiments servant Shakspeare Shelimah solicit Soliman sometimes soon Sophocles suffered superaddition tenderness thee Theocritus thou thought tion truth TUESDAY ulmo VIRG virtue wish wretch writers