Select British Classics, Volumen25J. Conrad, 1803 |
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Página 89
... contrary to her usual gravity , in less than a quar- ter of an hour she fell into convulsions ; and had it : not been a creature more tenacious of life than any H 2 THE TATLER . 89 I was so satisfied with the ingenuity of this virtuo- ...
... contrary to her usual gravity , in less than a quar- ter of an hour she fell into convulsions ; and had it : not been a creature more tenacious of life than any H 2 THE TATLER . 89 I was so satisfied with the ingenuity of this virtuo- ...
Página 91
... hours with much indolence , though not with great pleasure . Their conversation is a kind of preparative for sleep : it takes the mind down from its abstractions , leads it into the familiar traces of thought , and lulls it into that ...
... hours with much indolence , though not with great pleasure . Their conversation is a kind of preparative for sleep : it takes the mind down from its abstractions , leads it into the familiar traces of thought , and lulls it into that ...
Página 93
... hour after seven , by which means I escaped the battle of Naseby , which the major usually begins at about three quarters after six : I found also that my good friend the bencher , had already spent three of his distiches , and only ...
... hour after seven , by which means I escaped the battle of Naseby , which the major usually begins at about three quarters after six : I found also that my good friend the bencher , had already spent three of his distiches , and only ...
Página 94
... hour long in a man of five and twenty , gathers circumstances every time he tells it , till it grows into a long Canterbury tale of two hours by that time he is threescore . The only way of avoiding such a trifling and frivol- ous old ...
... hour long in a man of five and twenty , gathers circumstances every time he tells it , till it grows into a long Canterbury tale of two hours by that time he is threescore . The only way of avoiding such a trifling and frivol- ous old ...
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... hours , and called up the cook - maid for five years together . What would a Turk say , continued he , should he hear , that it is a common entertainment in a nation , which pretends to be one of the most civi- lized of Europe , to tie ...
... hours , and called up the cook - maid for five years together . What would a Turk say , continued he , should he hear , that it is a common entertainment in a nation , which pretends to be one of the most civi- lized of Europe , to tie ...
Términos y frases comunes
acquaintance admired agreeable Anticyra Apartment appear bag-pipes beautiful behaviour Bickerstaff called character Cicero confess death delight desire discourse dress entertain esteem eyes father favour February 27 fortune Gascon gentleman give Great-Britain greatest hand happy hath heart honour humble servant humour husband imagination impertinent Isaac Bickerstaff kind King of Sweden lady lately learned letter live look lover mankind manner marriage ment mind Nando's nation nature never night observe occasion OVID particular pass passion persons petitioner petticoat pleased pleasure poet present proper Pyrrha racter reader reason received Roman censors Rome says sense Sheer-lane shew sion soul speak spirit Stratonice Styx Tatler Telemachus tell temper Terentia thing thought THURSDAY Timoleon tion told town turn Ulysses upholsterer VIRG Virgil virtue walk whole wife woman words write young