The British Essayists: AdventurerJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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Sivu 16
... become possessed of the immediate object of their hope , without any efforts of their own , will be disappointed of enjoy- ment . No life can be happy , but that which is spent in the prosecution of some purpose to which our powers are ...
... become possessed of the immediate object of their hope , without any efforts of their own , will be disappointed of enjoy- ment . No life can be happy , but that which is spent in the prosecution of some purpose to which our powers are ...
Sivu 18
... become more wretched in proportion 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 ...
... become more wretched in proportion 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 ...
Sivu 41
... become too common to confer distinction . In behalf of some among these candidates for fame , the legislature has , indeed , thought fit to inter- pose ; and their achievements are with great so- lemnity rehearsed and recorded in a ...
... become too common to confer distinction . In behalf of some among these candidates for fame , the legislature has , indeed , thought fit to inter- pose ; and their achievements are with great so- lemnity rehearsed and recorded in a ...
Sivu 63
... becoming in a short time one of the directors of a wealthy company ; and , to complete my mercantile honours , enjoyed the ex- pensive happiness of fining for sheriff . Riches , you know , easily produce riches ; when I had arrived to ...
... becoming in a short time one of the directors of a wealthy company ; and , to complete my mercantile honours , enjoyed the ex- pensive happiness of fining for sheriff . Riches , you know , easily produce riches ; when I had arrived to ...
Sivu 87
... becomes probable , or in other words , when we are in danger . As the same evil may become probable many ways , there are several species of danger : that danger to which men are continually exposed , soon becomes familiar , and fear is ...
... becomes probable , or in other words , when we are in danger . As the same evil may become probable many ways , there are several species of danger : that danger to which men are continually exposed , soon becomes familiar , and fear is ...
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acquaintance ADVENTURER Almerine Almet appearance bagnio beauty became Caprinus Catiline censure character circumstances Clodio con test considered contempt countenance danger daughters DECEMBER 18 DECEMBER 22 desire diamonds sparkle Diphilus disappointed discovered distress dreadful dress DRYDEN equal Euripides evil excellence eyes father favour fear felicity Flavilla folly fortune frequently Gonerill gratify guilt happiness hast heart Hilario honour hope hour imagination impatient insensibility kind knew labour lady Lear less look mankind manner marriage Menander ment Mercator mind misery nature ness never night Nourassin object obtain OVID passion perceived perhaps perpetual pity Plautus pleasure Plutarch Posidippus present produced Prospero Quintilian racter reason reflected SATURDAY scarce scene sentiments servant Shakspeare Shelimah shew solicitous Soliman sometimes soon Sophocles suffered superaddition tenderness thee Theocritus things thou thought tion truth TUESDAY ulmo VIRG virtue wish wretch writers
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Sivu 34 - Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Sivu 194 - tis fittest. Cor. How does my royal lord? How fares your majesty? Lear. You do me wrong, to take me out o' the grave. — Thou art a soul in bliss ; but I am bound Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears Do scald like molten lead.
Sivu 135 - You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both! If it be you that stir these daughters...
Sivu 149 - Spit, fire ! spout, rain. Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription : then let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak and despised old man...
Sivu 192 - Thou must be patient; we came crying hither. Thou know'st, the first time that we smell the air, We wawl, and cry: — I will preach to thee; mark me. Glo. Alack, alack the day ! Lear. When we are born, we cry, that we are come To this great stage of fools...
Sivu 60 - In the midst of the street of it and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month ; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Sivu 195 - Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all ? Thou 'It come no more, Never, never, never, never, never ! Pray you, undo this button : thank you, sir.
Sivu 135 - Stain my man's cheeks! — No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both That all the world shall, — I will do such things, — What they are yet, I know not; but they shall be The terrors of the earth. You think I'll weep; No, I'll not weep: — I have full cause of weeping; but this heart Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws Or ere I'll weep. — O fool, I shall go mad!
Sivu 194 - Pray, do not mock me: I am a very foolish fond old man, fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; and, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind.
Sivu 134 - If you do love old men, if your sweet sway Allow obedience, if yourselves are old, Make it your cause ; send down, and take my part...