The British Essayists: AdventurerNichols and Son, 1817 |
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Pàgina xix
... learned and unlearned attended with equal pleasure to that unstudied flow of eloquence , which , without seeming to look for them , always adopted those words which were most suitable to the subject , as well as most pleasing to his ...
... learned and unlearned attended with equal pleasure to that unstudied flow of eloquence , which , without seeming to look for them , always adopted those words which were most suitable to the subject , as well as most pleasing to his ...
Pàgina 12
Alexander Chalmers. the common - sized parti - coloured gentry , that have learned to whimper and whine after being hatched in the egg in the Rape of Proserpine , may serve for this scene ; but as the man Hercules must be supposed to be ...
Alexander Chalmers. the common - sized parti - coloured gentry , that have learned to whimper and whine after being hatched in the egg in the Rape of Proserpine , may serve for this scene ; but as the man Hercules must be supposed to be ...
Pàgina 39
... learned with whom and which way she was gone : he mounted his horse , and pursued her , not without curses and im- precations ; discovering rather the transports of rage than the emotions of tenderness , and resenting her offence rather ...
... learned with whom and which way she was gone : he mounted his horse , and pursued her , not without curses and im- precations ; discovering rather the transports of rage than the emotions of tenderness , and resenting her offence rather ...
Pàgina 57
... learned repositories of their works . But I know not whence it happened that publicans have claimed a right to the physiognomies of kings and heroes , as I cannot find out , by the most painful researches , that there is any alliance ...
... learned repositories of their works . But I know not whence it happened that publicans have claimed a right to the physiognomies of kings and heroes , as I cannot find out , by the most painful researches , that there is any alliance ...
Pàgina 59
... learned etymologist and glossariographer , assured me , that the use of this pole took its rise from the corrup- tion of an old English word . It is probable , ' says he , that our primitive tonsors used to stick up a wooden block , or ...
... learned etymologist and glossariographer , assured me , that the use of this pole took its rise from the corrup- tion of an old English word . It is probable , ' says he , that our primitive tonsors used to stick up a wooden block , or ...
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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