The British Essayists: AdventurerNichols and Son, 1817 |
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Pàgina 18
... heard . Voyages and travels have nearly the same excel- lences and the same defects : no passion is strongly excited except wonder ; or if we feel any emotion at the danger of the traveller , it is transient and languid , because his ...
... heard . Voyages and travels have nearly the same excel- lences and the same defects : no passion is strongly excited except wonder ; or if we feel any emotion at the danger of the traveller , it is transient and languid , because his ...
Pàgina 23
... heard a small shrill voice pronounce these words , " Take your pen ; I will dictate an Adventurer . " I turned to see from whom this voice proceeded , but I could discover nothing : believing , therefore , that my good genius or some ...
... heard a small shrill voice pronounce these words , " Take your pen ; I will dictate an Adventurer . " I turned to see from whom this voice proceeded , but I could discover nothing : believing , therefore , that my good genius or some ...
Pàgina 36
... heard , permit me to relate . I RECEIVED , a few weeks ago , an account of the death of a lady whose name is known to many , but the " eventful history " of whose life has been com- municated to few : to me it has been often related ...
... heard , permit me to relate . I RECEIVED , a few weeks ago , an account of the death of a lady whose name is known to many , but the " eventful history " of whose life has been com- municated to few : to me it has been often related ...
Pàgina 37
... heard the remonstrances of his master with a kind of sullen disdain , and after two years ' legal slavery made his escape , and at the next town enlisted himself a soldier ; not doubting but that , by his military merit and the fortune ...
... heard the remonstrances of his master with a kind of sullen disdain , and after two years ' legal slavery made his escape , and at the next town enlisted himself a soldier ; not doubting but that , by his military merit and the fortune ...
Pàgina 42
... heard this fresh instance of his brutality with grief and indignation ; he sent immediately for the child and the letter , and assured the servant that his niece should want nothing which he could bestow ; to bestow much , indeed , was ...
... heard this fresh instance of his brutality with grief and indignation ; he sent immediately for the child and the letter , and assured the servant that his niece should want nothing which he could bestow ; to bestow much , indeed , was ...
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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