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... immediately accused herself , with an honest sensibility that burst into tears ; but at the time told me , that she was no more able to refrain from cards than to fly : ' and a few nights after- wards I observed her chairmen waiting at ...
... immediately accused herself , with an honest sensibility that burst into tears ; but at the time told me , that she was no more able to refrain from cards than to fly : ' and a few nights after- wards I observed her chairmen waiting at ...
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... the gin - shop ; where , indeed , it is probable I should have immediately gone , if her husband , a foot- soldier , had not wrested me from her , at the ex- pence of a bloody nose , black eye , scratched 10 N ° 43 . ADVENTURER .
... the gin - shop ; where , indeed , it is probable I should have immediately gone , if her husband , a foot- soldier , had not wrested me from her , at the ex- pence of a bloody nose , black eye , scratched 10 N ° 43 . ADVENTURER .
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... immediately trucked away at the door for the Sweetheart's Delight . 6 It is not my design to enumerate every little accident that has befallen me , or to dwell upon trivial and indifferent circumstances , as is the prac- tice of those ...
... immediately trucked away at the door for the Sweetheart's Delight . 6 It is not my design to enumerate every little accident that has befallen me , or to dwell upon trivial and indifferent circumstances , as is the prac- tice of those ...
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... immediately wrote down the strange story which I had just heard ; and as it is not totally destitute of use and entertainment , I have sent it to you , that by means of your paper may be communicated to the public . it A I I am , Sir ...
... immediately wrote down the strange story which I had just heard ; and as it is not totally destitute of use and entertainment , I have sent it to you , that by means of your paper may be communicated to the public . it A I I am , Sir ...
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... immediately infer that the whole is infamous ; and it is , therefore , no wonder , that the name by which it is expressed , especially when it is used to denominate a profession , should be odious ; or that a good man should not always ...
... immediately infer that the whole is infamous ; and it is , therefore , no wonder , that the name by which it is expressed , especially when it is used to denominate a profession , should be odious ; or that a good man should not always ...
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Términos y frases comunes
absurd acquainted ADVENTURER Agrestis Amana Amelia Amphinomus Anticlea appear Aristotle Bagshot beauty behold believe Boileau Caliph Captain character conceal conduct consider contempt countenance death desire dignity discovered distress dreadful effect equally Eugenio Euripides Eutyches evil excellence expence expressed eyes falsehood father favour folly fortune Freeman genius gentleman gratify guilt hand happiness heard heart Homer honour hope human Iliad imagination immediately kind labour Lady Forrest less Longinus looked mankind Mantua marriage ment mind misery morning nature neral ness never Nouraddin object Odyssey opinion Osmin OVID passion perceived perhaps person pleasure poet POPE present principles produced Prosopopoeia punish Quintilian racter reason received rusal SATURDAY says scarce sensibility sentiments servant shew Sir James Socrates soon Sophocles suffered tain tears tenderness thou thought Tibullus tion tosus truth TUESDAY Ulysses vanity Ventosus vice VIRG virtue wife wish wretched writers XXIV
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Página 95 - Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Página 132 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Página 91 - When he gave to the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment. When he appointed the foundations of the earth., then I was by him, as one brought up with him, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him, rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sons of men.
Página 53 - And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him for they saw that his grief was very great.
Página 130 - VITAL spark of heavenly flame! Quit, O quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, O, the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life! Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit, come away!
Página 52 - Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit? or whither shall I go then from thy presence ? If I climb up into heaven, thou art there ; if I go down to hell, thou art there also.
Página 92 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. . ' Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest ? Or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Página 44 - Tasso, Mazzoni, and others, teaches what the laws are of a true epic poem, what of a dramatic, what of a lyric, what decorum is, which is the grand masterpiece to observe.
Página 52 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Página 55 - Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.