Select British Classics, Volume 31J. Conrad, 1803 |
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No. II . SATURDAY , JANUARY 30 . NO child ever heard from its nurse the story of Jack the Giant - killer's cap of darkness , without envy- ing the pleasures of invisibility ; and the idea of Gyges's ring has made , I believe , many a ...
No. II . SATURDAY , JANUARY 30 . NO child ever heard from its nurse the story of Jack the Giant - killer's cap of darkness , without envy- ing the pleasures of invisibility ; and the idea of Gyges's ring has made , I believe , many a ...
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... heard , I was for some time in doubt , whether I should not put an end to these questions at once , by openly publishing my name and intentions to the world . But I am prevented from discovering the first by a certain bashfulness , of ...
... heard , I was for some time in doubt , whether I should not put an end to these questions at once , by openly publishing my name and intentions to the world . But I am prevented from discovering the first by a certain bashfulness , of ...
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... heard of their improvement . At length the wished for period of their return ap- proached I heard of their arrival in Britain , and that , by a certain day , we might expect to see them at home . We were all impatience : my daughter ...
... heard of their improvement . At length the wished for period of their return ap- proached I heard of their arrival in Britain , and that , by a certain day , we might expect to see them at home . We were all impatience : my daughter ...
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... heard him attempt , with great warmth , to defend . " In the pursuit of an ordinary profession , " would he say , ss a man of spirit and sensibility , while he " is subjected to disgusting occupations , finds it ne- " cessary to submit ...
... heard him attempt , with great warmth , to defend . " In the pursuit of an ordinary profession , " would he say , ss a man of spirit and sensibility , while he " is subjected to disgusting occupations , finds it ne- " cessary to submit ...
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... heard , are never free from the plague , and at last come to look upon it as nothing terrible or extraordinary ; so , I sup- pose , in London , or even your town , Sir , this dis ease always prevails , and is but little dreaded . But ...
... heard , are never free from the plague , and at last come to look upon it as nothing terrible or extraordinary ; so , I sup- pose , in London , or even your town , Sir , this dis ease always prevails , and is but little dreaded . But ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
acquaintance amusement appearance attention Bearskin beauty behaviour believe Blubber character circumstances Cleone conduct conversation daugh daughter degree delicacy dinner disposition effect elegant entertainment Eubulus fashion father favour favourite feelings Fingal Fleetwood fortune French language genius gentleman give happiness heard heart Helvetius honour humour imitation intitled judge lady lence letter Licinius lived look manner mean ment merit Michael Bruce mind Mirror nature ness never objects observed opinion Ossian Othello paper particular passion perhaps person pleased pleasure poet politeness possessed present profes racter rank readers received remarks respect Roche Salvator Rosa SATURDAY scene seemed sensibility sentiments servant shew siege of Limerick situation society sometimes sort soul talents talk taste Theophrastus ther thing thought tion tivated town TUESDAY Umphraville virtue Voltaire wife wish young Zara
Passagens conhecidas
Página 116 - Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landscape round it measures ; Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest ; Meadows trim, with daisies pied ; Shallow brooks, and rivers wide...
Página 117 - And missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green. To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon. Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
Página 117 - Through the high wood echoing shrill. Sometime walking, not unseen, By hedgerow elms, on hillocks green, Right against the eastern gate, Where the great sun begins his state...
Página 262 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Página 184 - And a few friends, and many books, both true, Both wise, and both delightful too ! And since love ne'er will from me flee, A mistress moderately fair, And good as...
Página 67 - The oaks of the mountains fall; the mountains themselves decay with years; the ocean shrinks and grows again; the moon herself is lost in heaven, but thou art for ever the same, rejoicing in the brightness of thy course.
Página 180 - And count the silent moments as they pass : The winged moments, whose unstaying speed No art can stop, or in their course arrest ; Whose flight shall shortly count me with the dead, And lay me down in peace with them that rest.
Página 67 - When the world is dark with tempests, when thunder rolls and lightning flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and laughest at the storm. But to Ossian. thou lookest in vain, for he beholds thy beams no more; whether thy yellow hair flows on the eastern clouds, or thou tremblest at the gates of the west. But thou art perhaps, like me, for a season ; thy years will have an end. Thou shalt sleep in thy clouds careless of the voice of the morning.
Página 211 - ... part, he was charmed with the society of the good clergyman and his lovely daughter. He found in them the guileless manner of the earliest times, with the culture and accomplishment of the most refined ones. Every better feeling, warm and vivid; every ungentle one, repressed or overcome. He was not addicted to love; but he felt himself happy in being the friend of Mademoiselle La Roche, and sometimes envied her father the possession of such a child. After a journey of eleven days they arrived...
Página 212 - They had not been long arrived when a number of La Roche's parishioners, who had heard of his return, came to the house to see and welcome him. The honest folks were awkward, but sincere, in their professions of regard. They made some attempts at condolence ; it was too delicate for their handling, but La Roche took it in good part. " It has pleased God," said he ; and they saw he had settled the matter with himself.