The British Essayists: The AdventurerLittle, Brown, 1866 |
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... tion , and elevation of sentiment ; but as the magnifi- cence of his performances was more , the simplicity was less ; and , perhaps , where he excels Theocritus , he sometimes obtains his superiority by deviating from the pastoral ...
... tion , and elevation of sentiment ; but as the magnifi- cence of his performances was more , the simplicity was less ; and , perhaps , where he excels Theocritus , he sometimes obtains his superiority by deviating from the pastoral ...
Pàgina 26
... tion as he was rich ; though , while he was rich , he was not more happy in proportion as he had been poor . Whatever is won , is reduced by experiment to its intrinsic value ; whatever is lost is heightened by imagination , to more ...
... tion as he was rich ; though , while he was rich , he was not more happy in proportion as he had been poor . Whatever is won , is reduced by experiment to its intrinsic value ; whatever is lost is heightened by imagination , to more ...
Pàgina 28
... tion of this project , he lost the whole produce of his lottery ticket , except five hundred pounds in bank- notes , which , when he would have staked , he could not find . This sum was more than that which had established him in the ...
... tion of this project , he lost the whole produce of his lottery ticket , except five hundred pounds in bank- notes , which , when he would have staked , he could not find . This sum was more than that which had established him in the ...
Pàgina 30
... ; and a new book often seizes the atten- tion of the public , without any other claim than that it is new . There is likewise in composition , as in other things , a perpetual vicissitude of fashion ; 30 NO . 95 . ADVENTURER .
... ; and a new book often seizes the atten- tion of the public , without any other claim than that it is new . There is likewise in composition , as in other things , a perpetual vicissitude of fashion ; 30 NO . 95 . ADVENTURER .
Pàgina 33
... the mind , which put the world in mo- tion , and produce all the bustle and eagerness of the busy crowds that swarm upon the earth ; the 3 VOL . XXI . passions , from whence arise all the pleasures and pains NO . 95 . 3883 ADVENTURER .
... the mind , which put the world in mo- tion , and produce all the bustle and eagerness of the busy crowds that swarm upon the earth ; the 3 VOL . XXI . passions , from whence arise all the pleasures and pains NO . 95 . 3883 ADVENTURER .
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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