The Adventurer, Volumen2John Hawkesworth J. Richardson, 1823 |
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... sometimes necessary : it is common for each to set too much value upon those which he bestows , and too little upon those which he receives ; this mutual mistake in so important an estimation , pro- duces mutual charges of unkindness ...
... sometimes necessary : it is common for each to set too much value upon those which he bestows , and too little upon those which he receives ; this mutual mistake in so important an estimation , pro- duces mutual charges of unkindness ...
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... sometimes , in order to keep up the point , he neglects the propriety and justness of the sentiment , and grossly contradicts himself . Happiness , " says he , " consists in the taste , and not in the things : and it is by enjoying what ...
... sometimes , in order to keep up the point , he neglects the propriety and justness of the sentiment , and grossly contradicts himself . Happiness , " says he , " consists in the taste , and not in the things : and it is by enjoying what ...
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... sometimes excited to fiction by less visible gratifications : the present age abounds with a race of liars who are content with the conscious- ness of falsehood , and whose pride is to deceive others without any gain or glory to ...
... sometimes excited to fiction by less visible gratifications : the present age abounds with a race of liars who are content with the conscious- ness of falsehood , and whose pride is to deceive others without any gain or glory to ...
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... sorrow in Eschylus : where that venerable father of tragedy , whose fire and enthusiasm sometimes force him forwards to the very borders of improba- bility , has in this instance justly represented Niobe sitting 51 . 27 ADVENTURER .
... sorrow in Eschylus : where that venerable father of tragedy , whose fire and enthusiasm sometimes force him forwards to the very borders of improba- bility , has in this instance justly represented Niobe sitting 51 . 27 ADVENTURER .
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... sometimes adverted to me : she politely desired that I would consider the accident as of no consequence ; the china , she said , was a trifle , and she hoped Pompey was more frightened than hurt . I made some apo- logy , but with great ...
... sometimes adverted to me : she politely desired that I would consider the accident as of no consequence ; the china , she said , was a trifle , and she hoped Pompey was more frightened than hurt . I made some apo- logy , but with great ...
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Términos y frases comunes
absurd acquainted ADVENTURER Agrestis Amana Amelia Anticlea appear Aristotle bagnio Bagshot beauty behold believe Boileau caliph captain character coach conceal conduct consider contempt countenance daugh death desire dignity discovered distress dreadful effect elegance equally Eugenio Euripides Eutyches evil excellence eyes falsehood father favour felicity folly fortune Freeman genius gratified guilt hand happiness heart Homer honour hope human husband Iliad images imagination immediately kind labour Lady Forrest learned look 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 Virgil virtue wife wish wretched writers
Pasajes populares
Página 26 - Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit? or whither shall I go then from thy presence ? If I climb up into heaven, thou art there ; if I go down to hell, thou art there also.
Página 26 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, And are counted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Página 67 - Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Página 27 - And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him for they saw that his grief was very great.
Página 26 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Página 63 - When he gave to the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment. When he appointed the foundations of the earth., then I was by him, as one brought up with him, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him, rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sons of men.
Página 65 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Página 102 - 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 hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Página 65 - Where wast thou when I laid the 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? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Página 28 - The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.