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The meeting between Achilles and Hector , which is terminated by the death of
the latter , is replete with variety sufficient to arrest the attention of every one , and
ornament sufficient to please every attention it engages . That defiance which ...
The meeting between Achilles and Hector , which is terminated by the death of
the latter , is replete with variety sufficient to arrest the attention of every one , and
ornament sufficient to please every attention it engages . That defiance which ...
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... and why more peculiarly proper for the perusal of youth , are because the great
variety of events and scenes it contains , interest and engage the attention more
than the Iliad ; because characters and images drawn from familiar life are more ...
... and why more peculiarly proper for the perusal of youth , are because the great
variety of events and scenes it contains , interest and engage the attention more
than the Iliad ; because characters and images drawn from familiar life are more ...
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SIR , SAUNTERING along the road the other day , I came to a small inn , where
all was bustle and confusion by the arrival of some great family , with their nu .
merous retinue ; but what claimed most attention was the accident of a favourite
dog ...
SIR , SAUNTERING along the road the other day , I came to a small inn , where
all was bustle and confusion by the arrival of some great family , with their nu .
merous retinue ; but what claimed most attention was the accident of a favourite
dog ...
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it , they may be gradually brought to read with attention , and to fix upon those
articles which are most worthy of attention ; as also to remember what they have
read , from one day to another , and put things together . While we are in the
world ...
it , they may be gradually brought to read with attention , and to fix upon those
articles which are most worthy of attention ; as also to remember what they have
read , from one day to another , and put things together . While we are in the
world ...
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XXXV . imple i SATURDAY , November 10 , 1787 . dmitent je authe ignied !
cannot se inter or brt fire al Ille ego qui quondam SIR , A CORRESPONDENT ,
who may or may not have engaged the attention of your readers , once more
addresses ...
XXXV . imple i SATURDAY , November 10 , 1787 . dmitent je authe ignied !
cannot se inter or brt fire al Ille ego qui quondam SIR , A CORRESPONDENT ,
who may or may not have engaged the attention of your readers , once more
addresses ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 143 - When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
Página 133 - When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd blows his nail...
Página 26 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Página 134 - While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw, And birds sit brooding in the snow, And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
Página 148 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Página 135 - For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children : That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments...
Página 139 - And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
Página 147 - She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
Página 26 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Página 148 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry ; her clothing is silk and purple. Her husband is known in the gates when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Informação bibliográfica
| Título | The British Prose Writers, Volume 18,Partes 1-2 The British Prose Writers |
| Editora | J. Sharpe, 1821 |
| Original de | a Biblioteca Pública de Nova Iorque |
| Digitalizado | 14 Nov 2006 |
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