The British Essayists: The AdventurerLittle, Brown, 1866 |
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Pàgina 14
... thoughts on every side , in quest of something that may solace or amuse him ; he proposes happiness to himself , first in one scheme and then in another ; and at last finds that nothing will satisfy . Jam neque Hamadryades rursum , nec ...
... thoughts on every side , in quest of something that may solace or amuse him ; he proposes happiness to himself , first in one scheme and then in another ; and at last finds that nothing will satisfy . Jam neque Hamadryades rursum , nec ...
Pàgina 20
... thought by some the least of his excellences , has , doubtless , conceived and carried on the machinery in his Rape of the Lock , ' with vast exuberance of fancy . The images , customs , and employments of his Sylphs , are exactly ...
... thought by some the least of his excellences , has , doubtless , conceived and carried on the machinery in his Rape of the Lock , ' with vast exuberance of fancy . The images , customs , and employments of his Sylphs , are exactly ...
Pàgina 45
... think , allowed even by the dull dogs who can sit still long enough to write books , to be a noble appetite . " My ambition is to be thought a man of life and spirit , who could conquer the world if he was NO . 98 . 45 ADVENTURER .
... think , allowed even by the dull dogs who can sit still long enough to write books , to be a noble appetite . " My ambition is to be thought a man of life and spirit , who could conquer the world if he was NO . 98 . 45 ADVENTURER .
Pàgina 46
... thought proper to distinguish themselves by the titles of Buck , Blood , and Nerve . When I am in the country , I am always on horseback , and I leap or break every hedge and gate that stands in my way ; when I am in town , I am ...
... thought proper to distinguish themselves by the titles of Buck , Blood , and Nerve . When I am in the country , I am always on horseback , and I leap or break every hedge and gate that stands in my way ; when I am in town , I am ...
Pàgina 49
... thought fit to in- terpose ; and their achievements are with great solemnity rehearsed and recorded in a temple , of which I know not the celestial appellation , but on earth it is called Justice Hall , in the Old Bailey . As the rest ...
... thought fit to in- terpose ; and their achievements are with great solemnity rehearsed and recorded in a temple , of which I know not the celestial appellation , but on earth it is called Justice Hall , in the Old Bailey . As the rest ...
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acquaintance ADVENTURER Almerine Almet appearance bagnio beauty Caliban Caprinus Catiline censure character Clodio considered contempt countenance Covent Garden danger daughters DECEMBER 11 DECEMBER 29 desire diamonds sparkle Diphilus disappointed discovered distress dreadful DRYDEN endeavour enjoy equal Euripides evil excellence eyes father favour fear felicity Flavilla folly fortune frequently gentleman Goneril gratify guilt happiness hast heart Hilario honour hope hour imagination impatient increased insensibility kind knew labour lady Lear less look mankind marriage Menander ment Mercator mind misery nature ness never night obtain OVID passion perceived perpetual pity Plautus pleasure poet Posidippus possession present produced Prospero Quintilian reason received reflected Regan SATURDAY scarce scene sentiments servant Shakspeare Shelimah solicit Soliman sometimes soon Sophocles suffered superaddition tenderness thee Theocritus thou thought tion truth TUESDAY ulmo VIRG virtue wish wretch writers