Select British Classics, Volume 31J. Conrad, 1803 |
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... present begins to form some notion of his character . The gay , the sprightly , and the inconsiderate , judge of him by the cut of his coat , the fashion of his peri- wig , and the ease or awkwardness of his bow . The cautious citizen ...
... present begins to form some notion of his character . The gay , the sprightly , and the inconsiderate , judge of him by the cut of his coat , the fashion of his peri- wig , and the ease or awkwardness of his bow . The cautious citizen ...
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... present publication , I was prevented from falling a sacrifice to that languid in- activity which a depression of spirits never fails to produce . Without seeming to do so , they engaged me by degrees to divide my time between study and ...
... present publication , I was prevented from falling a sacrifice to that languid in- activity which a depression of spirits never fails to produce . Without seeming to do so , they engaged me by degrees to divide my time between study and ...
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... present my readers with a quotation from a treatise , intitled , " An Inquiry into the Original of " our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue . " * Speaking of the * By Dr. Hutcheson . effect which the beauty of the human figure has upon THE ...
... present my readers with a quotation from a treatise , intitled , " An Inquiry into the Original of " our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue . " * Speaking of the * By Dr. Hutcheson . effect which the beauty of the human figure has upon THE ...
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... present , and that he is amazed how people can afford to live as they do ; that for his part though , he has a tolerable fortune , he finds it exceedingly difficult to command cash for his occasions ; that trade is so dead , and debts ...
... present , and that he is amazed how people can afford to live as they do ; that for his part though , he has a tolerable fortune , he finds it exceedingly difficult to command cash for his occasions ; that trade is so dead , and debts ...
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... present him a retreat " suited to the thoughtfulness of his disposition . " Such are the sentiments which have formed the character of Mr. Umphraville , which have regulated the choice and tenor of his life . His father , a man of ...
... present him a retreat " suited to the thoughtfulness of his disposition . " Such are the sentiments which have formed the character of Mr. Umphraville , which have regulated the choice and tenor of his life . His father , a man of ...
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.