The English Reader Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best WritersLongmann and Rees, 1799 - 356 páginas |
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... still sensible to an ordinary ear . This , which is called the cæfural pause , may fall , in English heroic verse , after the 4th , 5th , 6th , or 7th syllables in the line . Where the verfe is fo conftructed , that this cæfural pause ...
... still sensible to an ordinary ear . This , which is called the cæfural pause , may fall , in English heroic verse , after the 4th , 5th , 6th , or 7th syllables in the line . Where the verfe is fo conftructed , that this cæfural pause ...
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... still above this which we difcovered ; and these still en- lightened by a fuperior firmament of luminaries , which are planted at fo great a distance , that they may ap- pear to the inhabitants of the former , as the ftars do to us ; in ...
... still above this which we difcovered ; and these still en- lightened by a fuperior firmament of luminaries , which are planted at fo great a distance , that they may ap- pear to the inhabitants of the former , as the ftars do to us ; in ...
Página 82
... still - I ftop not here - I pursue this focial intereft as far as I can trace my feveral relations . I pafs from my own ftock , my own neighbourhood , my own nation , to the whole race of mankind , as dispersed throughout the earth . Am ...
... still - I ftop not here - I pursue this focial intereft as far as I can trace my feveral relations . I pafs from my own ftock , my own neighbourhood , my own nation , to the whole race of mankind , as dispersed throughout the earth . Am ...
Página 95
... still advances , and by that means preferves his distance and fuperiority in the scale of being ; but he knows that , how high foever the ftation is of which he stands possessed at prefent , the inferior nature will at length mount up ...
... still advances , and by that means preferves his distance and fuperiority in the scale of being ; but he knows that , how high foever the ftation is of which he stands possessed at prefent , the inferior nature will at length mount up ...
Página 109
... still : more and more beautiful ; their bloom appears to be daily heightened ; fresh odours are emitted , and new fweets extracted from them . He who hath once tafted . their excellencies , will defire to tafte them again ; and he who ...
... still : more and more beautiful ; their bloom appears to be daily heightened ; fresh odours are emitted , and new fweets extracted from them . He who hath once tafted . their excellencies , will defire to tafte them again ; and he who ...
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Términos y frases comunes
againſt alfo Antiparos appear arifes becauſe BLAIR Caius Verres cauſe circumftances confequences confider courfe defigns defire DEMOCRITUS diftrefs evil eyes fafe faid fame father fatisfaction fcene feemed fenfe fentiments ferve fhall fhining fhort fhould fhow fide firft fituation fociety folly fome fometimes foon forrow foul fource fpirit friendſhip ftand ftate ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofed fupport fure happineſs happy Hazael heart heaven HERACLITUS higheſt himſelf honour houſe human intereft itſelf juft Jugurtha laft leaft lefs Lord mankind meaſure ment mifery mind moft moſt muſt myſelf nature Numidia obferve occafion ourſelves pafs pafsions paſsed perfons philofopher pleafing pleaſe pleaſures pofsefsed poſseſsion prefent proper purpoſe purſue Pythias raiſed reafon refpect reft rife ſcene SECTION ſhall ſhe Sicily ſpeak ſtate temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion uſe virtue whofe wiſdom