The British Essayists: The AdventurerLittle, Brown, 1866 |
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Pàgina 34
... frequent alterations on the surface of life , that the show , while we are busied in delineating it , vanishes from the view , and a new set of objects succeeds , doomed to the same shortness of duration with the former ; thus curiosity ...
... frequent alterations on the surface of life , that the show , while we are busied in delineating it , vanishes from the view , and a new set of objects succeeds , doomed to the same shortness of duration with the former ; thus curiosity ...
Pàgina 35
... frequently busy when it can only imbitter disappointment and heighten calamity ; and more frequently slumbers when it might increase the tri- umph of success , or animate insensibility to happi- ness , than is generally perceived . An ...
... frequently busy when it can only imbitter disappointment and heighten calamity ; and more frequently slumbers when it might increase the tri- umph of success , or animate insensibility to happi- ness , than is generally perceived . An ...
Pàgina 47
... frequently kicked , beaten , pumped , prosecuted , and imprisoned ; but Tim is no flincher ; and if he does not get fame , blood ! he will deserve it . " I am now writing at a coffee - house , where I am just arrived , after a journey ...
... frequently kicked , beaten , pumped , prosecuted , and imprisoned ; but Tim is no flincher ; and if he does not get fame , blood ! he will deserve it . " I am now writing at a coffee - house , where I am just arrived , after a journey ...
Pàgina 58
... frequently used the terms Buck and Blood , and have given some account of the characters which are thus denominated ; but you have not con- sidered them as the last stages of a regular pro- gression , nor taken any notice of those which ...
... frequently used the terms Buck and Blood , and have given some account of the characters which are thus denominated ; but you have not con- sidered them as the last stages of a regular pro- gression , nor taken any notice of those which ...
Pàgina 61
therefore , applied with great diligence to remove them . I frequently practised alone , but it was a long time before I could swear so much to my own satisfaction in company , as by myself . My labour , however , was not without its ...
therefore , applied with great diligence to remove them . I frequently practised alone , but it was a long time before I could swear so much to my own satisfaction in company , as by myself . My labour , however , was not without its ...
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