Select British Classics, Volumen14J. Conrad, 1803 |
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... common sense , without the help of an instructer ; but that which we call com- mon sense suffers under that word ; for it sometimes implies no more than that faculty which is common to all men , but sometimes signifies right reason ...
... common sense , without the help of an instructer ; but that which we call com- mon sense suffers under that word ; for it sometimes implies no more than that faculty which is common to all men , but sometimes signifies right reason ...
Página 43
... common sense should suggest , that all regards at that time should be engaged , and cannot be diverted to any other ob- ject , without disrespect to the sovereign . But as to the complaint of my correspondents , it is not to be imagined ...
... common sense should suggest , that all regards at that time should be engaged , and cannot be diverted to any other ob- ject , without disrespect to the sovereign . But as to the complaint of my correspondents , it is not to be imagined ...
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... common ridicule which passes on this state of life . It is , indeed , only happy in those who can look down with scorn or neglect on the impieties of the times , and tread the paths of life together in a con- stant uniform course of ...
... common ridicule which passes on this state of life . It is , indeed , only happy in those who can look down with scorn or neglect on the impieties of the times , and tread the paths of life together in a con- stant uniform course of ...
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... common eyes . I thank heaven I have no outrageous ' offence against my own excellent parents to answer ' for ; but when I am now and then alone , and look ' back upon my past life , from my earliest infancy to ' this time , there are ...
... common eyes . I thank heaven I have no outrageous ' offence against my own excellent parents to answer ' for ; but when I am now and then alone , and look ' back upon my past life , from my earliest infancy to ' this time , there are ...
Página 59
... common prejudices which men re- ' ceive from their parents , that hatreds are kept alive ' from one generation to another ; and when men act ' by instinct , hatreds will descend when good offices are forgotten . For the degeneracy of ...
... common prejudices which men re- ' ceive from their parents , that hatreds are kept alive ' from one generation to another ; and when men act ' by instinct , hatreds will descend when good offices are forgotten . For the degeneracy of ...
Términos y frases comunes
acquaintance action Adam and Eve admired Æneid agreeable angels appear Aristotle beauty behaviour character CHARLES DIEUPART circumstances creature critics desire discourse dress entertainment Enville epic poem fable fallen angels fame father fault favour FEBRUARY 27 female fortune genius gentleman give grace greatest happiness head heart Homer honour hope humble servant humour Iliad innocent Julius Cæsar kind lady letter lived look lover MADAM mankind manner marriage ment Milton mind mistress nature never obliged observed occasion opinion OVID Pandæmonium paper Paradise Lost particular pass passage passion perfect person pleased pleasure poet pray present proper Quintilian racters reader reason reflections reputation Satan sentiments shew speak SPECTATOR speech spirit sublime tell Thammuz thing thou thought tion told town turn verse VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman women words young
Pasajes populares
Página 16 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Página 240 - Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Página 335 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Página 243 - Though without number still, amidst the hall Of that infernal court. But far within, And in their own dimensions like themselves, The great seraphic lords and cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat, A thousand demigods on golden seats, Frequent and full.
Página 240 - Hail, horrors! hail, Infernal World! and thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor — one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time.
Página 244 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple...
Página 244 - Had to impose : he through the armed files Darts his experienced eye, and soon traverse The whole battalion views, their order due, Their visages and stature as of gods ; Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and, hardening in his strength, Glories...
Página 242 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Página 132 - For joy of offer'd peace : But I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
Página 242 - That this stream, at certain seasons of the year, especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour; which the heathens looked upon as proceeding from a kind of sympathy in the river for the death of Adonis, who was killed by a wild boar in the mountains, out of which this stream rises.