The British Essayists: AdventurerJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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Sivu 19
... morning in the corner of a bench by his fire - side , wholly ab- stracted in the contemplation of his future fortune ; indulging this moment the hope of a mere possibility , and the next shuddering with the dread of losing the felicity ...
... morning in the corner of a bench by his fire - side , wholly ab- stracted in the contemplation of his future fortune ; indulging this moment the hope of a mere possibility , and the next shuddering with the dread of losing the felicity ...
Sivu 20
... morning been drawn a prize of the first class . It was not , however , long before Ned discovered that ten thousand pounds did not bring the felicity which he expected ; a discovery which generally produces the dissipation of sudden ...
... morning been drawn a prize of the first class . It was not , however , long before Ned discovered that ten thousand pounds did not bring the felicity which he expected ; a discovery which generally produces the dissipation of sudden ...
Sivu 51
... morning with a new German black- ing - ball ; and when I went out , carried in a little switch , which , as it has been long appendant to the character that I had just assumed , has taken the same name , and is called a Jemmy . my hand ...
... morning with a new German black- ing - ball ; and when I went out , carried in a little switch , which , as it has been long appendant to the character that I had just assumed , has taken the same name , and is called a Jemmy . my hand ...
Sivu 65
... morning ; and remember the time when I grieved that the night came so soon upon me , and obliged me for a few hours to shut out affluence and prosperity . I now seldom see the rising sun , but to tell him , ' with the fallen angel ...
... morning ; and remember the time when I grieved that the night came so soon upon me , and obliged me for a few hours to shut out affluence and prosperity . I now seldom see the rising sun , but to tell him , ' with the fallen angel ...
Sivu 75
... morning . Almerine , in whose blood the long - continued tumult of her mind had produced a feverish heat , awaked parched with thirst , and called eagerly for sherbet her attendant , having first emptied the vial into the bowl , as she ...
... morning . Almerine , in whose blood the long - continued tumult of her mind had produced a feverish heat , awaked parched with thirst , and called eagerly for sherbet her attendant , having first emptied the vial into the bowl , as she ...
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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...