The British Essayists;: AdventurerJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 |
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... heard . Voyages and Travels have nearly the same excellen- cies and the same defects : no passion is strongly ex- cited except wonder ; or if we feel any emotion at the danger of the traveller , it is transient and languid , be- cause ...
... heard . Voyages and Travels have nearly the same excellen- cies and the same defects : no passion is strongly ex- cited except wonder ; or if we feel any emotion at the danger of the traveller , it is transient and languid , be- cause ...
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... heard a small shrill voice pronounce these words , " Take your pen ; I will dictate an Adventurer . " I turned to see from whom this voice proceeded , but I could discover nothing : believing , therefore , that my good genius or some ...
... heard a small shrill voice pronounce these words , " Take your pen ; I will dictate an Adventurer . " I turned to see from whom this voice proceeded , but I could discover nothing : believing , therefore , that my good genius or some ...
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... heard , permit me to relate . : VIRG . I RECEIVED , a few weeks ago , an account of the death of a lady whose name is known to many , but the " eventful history " of whose life has been communi- cated to few to me it has been often ...
... heard , permit me to relate . : VIRG . I RECEIVED , a few weeks ago , an account of the death of a lady whose name is known to many , but the " eventful history " of whose life has been communi- cated to few to me it has been often ...
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... heard the remonstrances of his master with a kind of sullen disdain , and after two years ' legal slavery made his escape , and at the next town enlisted himself a soldier ; not doubting but that , by his military merit and the fortune ...
... heard the remonstrances of his master with a kind of sullen disdain , and after two years ' legal slavery made his escape , and at the next town enlisted himself a soldier ; not doubting but that , by his military merit and the fortune ...
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... heard this fresh instance of his brutality with grief and indignation ; he sent immediately for the child and the letter , and assured the servant that his niece should want nothing which he could bestow to bestow much , indeed , was ...
... heard this fresh instance of his brutality with grief and indignation ; he sent immediately for the child and the letter , and assured the servant that his niece should want nothing which he could bestow to bestow much , indeed , was ...
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acquaintance admitted ADVENTURER Amurath appeared astonishment BATHURST beauty became ceived character Cockchafer contempt courage curiosity daughter death Deianira delight disappointed discovered distress dreadful effect enjoy entertainment equal evil expected expence eyes fable father favourite fear felicity folly genius gentleman gratify greater happiness Harlequin hast HAWKESWORTH honour hope husband imagination immediately invisible bands JOHN HAWKESWORTH JOHNSON JOSEPH WARTON kind labour lady less lived mankind marriage Melissa ment mind misery moral morning nature never night NOVEMBER 11 NOVEMBER 25 object Opsinous pain Pantomimes paper passions perceived perpetual person pleasure praise present procure produced racter RAMBLER reason received regard regret religion rendered restrained RICHARD JAGO scarce scenes servant siege of Namur Sir JOHN HAWKINS soon story suffered thee thou thought tion told truth TUESDAY vice VIRG virtue WARTON wife Winchester College wish wretched write XXIII young
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Página 268 - Just in the gate and in the jaws of hell, Revengeful Cares and sullen Sorrows dwell, And pale Diseases, and repining Age, Want, Fear, and Famine's unresisted rage; Here Toils, and Death, and Death's half-brother, Sleep, Forms terrible to view, their sentry keep; With anxious Pleasures of a guilty mind, Deep Frauds before, and open Force behind; The Furies' iron beds; and Strife, that shakes Her hissing tresses and unfolds her snakes.
Página 66 - Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own : He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Página 217 - The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But, to return, and view the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies.
Página xxx - ... the learned author of the Essay on the Life and Writings of Pope; a book which teaches how the brow of criticism may be smoothed, and how she may be enabled, with all her severity, to attract and to delight.
Página 249 - The king, whose doubts, like those of Mirza, were now removed, looked up with a smile that communicated the joy of his mind. He dismissed the prince to his government ; and commanded these events to be recorded, to the end that posterity may know, " that no life is pleasing to God, but that which is useful to mankind!
Página 244 - ... reluctance ; and resolved to relinquish the toil of government, of which he could no longer enjoy the reward. He, therefore, obtained permission to approach the throne of our sovereign ; and being asked what was his request, he made this reply : " May the Lord of the world forgive the slave whom he has honoured, if Mirza presume again to lay the bounty of Abbas at his feet.
Página 238 - ... she should run the next day against any gelding in the world, for double the sum : my master immediately accepted the challenge, and told him, that he would the next day produce a gelding that should...
Página 248 - Whik thou wast attempting to become wist aboTC that which is revealed, thy folly has perverted the instruction which was vouchsafed thee. Art thou disabled as the Fox ? hast thou not rather the powers of the Eagle ? Arise, let the Eagle be the object of thy emulation. To pain and sickness, be thou again the messenger of ease and health. Virtue is not rest but action. If thou dost good to man, as an evidence of thy love to God, thy virtue will be exalted from moral to divine ; and that happiness which...
Página 247 - I was now so confident of a miraculous' supply, that I neglected to walk out for my repast, which, after the first day, I expected with an impatience that left me little power of attending to any other object.
Página 248 - Much is in thy power ; and therefore, much is expected of thee. Though the ALMIGHTY only can give virtue, yet, as a prince thou mayest stimulate those to beneficence...