The British Essayists: AdventurerNichols and Son, 1817 |
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Pàgina 4
... fear of death , the Adventurer is without fear of disgrace or disappointment : he con- fides , like them , in the temper of his weapon , and the justice of his cause ; he knows he has not far to go , before he will meet with some ...
... fear of death , the Adventurer is without fear of disgrace or disappointment : he con- fides , like them , in the temper of his weapon , and the justice of his cause ; he knows he has not far to go , before he will meet with some ...
Pàgina 5
... fear that this boast should draw upon him the imputation of arrogance or of vanity ; for the knight when he challenged an army , was not thought either arrogant or vain ; and yet as every challenge is a boast , and implies a ...
... fear that this boast should draw upon him the imputation of arrogance or of vanity ; for the knight when he challenged an army , was not thought either arrogant or vain ; and yet as every challenge is a boast , and implies a ...
Pàgina 12
... , I have taught the urchin to squeak pro- digiously like a pig . The fourth labour , his catching the hind of Mæ- nalus , whose feet were of brass and horns of gold , I fear I must omit ; because I cannot break 12 N ° 9 . ADVENTURER .
... , I have taught the urchin to squeak pro- digiously like a pig . The fourth labour , his catching the hind of Mæ- nalus , whose feet were of brass and horns of gold , I fear I must omit ; because I cannot break 12 N ° 9 . ADVENTURER .
Pàgina 13
Alexander Chalmers. I fear I must omit ; because I cannot break any common buck to run slow enough . But he is next to drive away those enormous birds of Stymphalus's lake , which were of such prodigious bigness , that they intercepted ...
Alexander Chalmers. I fear I must omit ; because I cannot break any common buck to run slow enough . But he is next to drive away those enormous birds of Stymphalus's lake , which were of such prodigious bigness , that they intercepted ...
Pàgina 22
... fear ; For all was peaceful , and that peace sincere . OVIDY DRYDEN . I HAVE before remarked , that it is the peculiar in- felicity of those who live by intellectual labour , not to be always able equally to improve their time by ...
... fear ; For all was peaceful , and that peace sincere . OVIDY DRYDEN . I HAVE before remarked , that it is the peculiar in- felicity of those who live by intellectual labour , not to be always able equally to improve their time by ...
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acquaintance admitted advantages ADVENTURER Alibeg Amurath appear astonishment bagnio BATHURST beauty CALIFORN ceived character cockchafer contempt curiosity death Deianira Deists delight disappointed discovered distress dreadful effect enjoy entertainment equal evil expected expence eyes fable father fear felicity folly genius gentleman gratify happiness hast HAWKESWORTH honour hope husband imagination immediately indulged intended invisible agent JOHN JOHN HAWKESWORTH JOHNSON JOSEPH WARTON kind labour lady lence less live lover mankind marriage Melissa ment mind misery moral morning nature never night NOVEMBER 25 object Opsinous pain pantomime paper passions perceived perpetual person Phidyle pleasure present procure produced racter reason received regarded regret religion rendered restrained scarce scene Selima seraglio servant sir JOHN HAWKINS sleep soon story suffered thee thou thought tion told truth TUESDAY vice VIRG virtue wife Winchester College wish wretched write XXIII young