The British Essayists: MirrorJames Ferguson J. Haddon, 1819 |
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... Antonio ...... 71. Sequel of the Story of Antonio ...... 72. Advantages to be drawn from Scenes CRAIG HOME of Sorrow - the Funeral of Maria .. MACKENZIE .... 73. Essay on Dreams by Insomniosus . 74. Essay on Dreams concluded ... 75 ...
... Antonio ...... 71. Sequel of the Story of Antonio ...... 72. Advantages to be drawn from Scenes CRAIG HOME of Sorrow - the Funeral of Maria .. MACKENZIE .... 73. Essay on Dreams by Insomniosus . 74. Essay on Dreams concluded ... 75 ...
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... dis- tributed among them , taking care , at the same time , to tell each of them , that nothing 70 N ° 68 . THE MIRROR . Danger of too much Intimacy with the Great-a Spirit of Independence the best Guardian of Virtue-Story of Antonio.
... dis- tributed among them , taking care , at the same time , to tell each of them , that nothing 70 N ° 68 . THE MIRROR . Danger of too much Intimacy with the Great-a Spirit of Independence the best Guardian of Virtue-Story of Antonio.
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... Bobby But- tons , would America ever have made such a stand against us ? ' How long this Philippic might have lasted I can- not say , had not Miss Umphraville come in and N68 . 71 THE MIRROR . Sequel of the Story of Antonio.
... Bobby But- tons , would America ever have made such a stand against us ? ' How long this Philippic might have lasted I can- not say , had not Miss Umphraville come in and N68 . 71 THE MIRROR . Sequel of the Story of Antonio.
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... Antonio , an old acquaint- ance of my father's , whom I had known from my infancy . He had been exceedingly attentive to me when a boy ; and , as he was something of a sports- man , my guardians often permitted me to accom- pany him to ...
... Antonio , an old acquaint- ance of my father's , whom I had known from my infancy . He had been exceedingly attentive to me when a boy ; and , as he was something of a sports- man , my guardians often permitted me to accom- pany him to ...
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... Antonio will afford an important lesson to the younger part of them , I give the following short account of it , as the subject of this and the subse- quent paper . The father of Antonio was one of the first men of family in Scotland ...
... Antonio will afford an important lesson to the younger part of them , I give the following short account of it , as the subject of this and the subse- quent paper . The father of Antonio was one of the first men of family in Scotland ...
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acquainted acquired admiration Æsop affection agreeable amidst amusements Antonio appearance attention beauty brother Caieta character Cogito ergo sum companions conduct conversation Cordelia daugh death DECEMBER 14 DECEMBER 25 dinner disposition dreams elegant Emilia endeavoured engaged entertainment equally fashion father favour feelings fortune frequently friends friendship gave gentleman give happy heard honour hope Horatio house of Stewart indulge innocent song Lady Anne Laurentum learned less lived look Louisa lounger manner marriage means melancholy Melfort ment mind MIRROR nature neighbour never nonsense verses object obliged observed passion perhaps persons pleasure possessed racter readers received satire of Juvenal SATURDAY scene Scotland seemed sensible sentiments Sir Edward sister situation society sometimes soon sort spirit taste thing thought tion tivated took torrent streams town TUESDAY Umphraville virtue wished XXXV young
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Página 180 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Página 180 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
Página 266 - And will he not come again? And will he not come again? No, no, he is dead; Go to thy death-bed, He never will come again. His beard was as white as snow All flaxen was his poll, He is gone, he is gone, And we cast away moan: God ha
Página 322 - Tears were the only answer she could give. Sir Edward's servants appeared with a carriage ready for his departure. He took from his pocket two pictures ; one he had drawn of Louisa, he fastened round his neck, and kissing it with rapture, hid it in his bosom. The other he held out in a hesitating manner.
Página 134 - And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
Página 79 - ... as a philosopher than as one who intended to be a practitioner in the art ; he was, nevertheless, preparing to take his degree, when the death of his father left him, at the age of twenty, possessed of a handsome fortune. " Antonio continued his studies for some time with his usual assiduity ; but, finding his income more than sufficient for his wants, he gave up all thoughts of engaging in practice. His house became the rendezvous of his former school-companions, many of them the sons of the...
Página 261 - Observers,' placed in a situation in which even the amiable qualities of his mind serve but to aggravate his distress, and to perplex his conduct.
Página 177 - Were I a father, I should take a particular care to preserve my children from these little horrors of imagination, which they are apt to contract when they are young, and are not able to shake off when they are in years.
Página 101 - We were, in a calm evening, diverting ourselves, on the top of a -cliff, with the prospect of the sea; and trifling away the time in such little fondnesses as are most ridiculous to people in business, and most agreeable to those in love. In the midst of these our innocent endearments, she snatched a paper of verses out of my hand, and ran away with them. I was following her; when on a sudden the ground, though at a considerable distance from the verge of the precipice, sunk under her, and threw...
Página 259 - ... criticism cannot justify, though the situation of the poet, and the time in which he wrote, may easily excuse. But we are to look for the superiority of Shakspeare in the astonishing and almost supernatural powers of his invention, his absolute command over the passions, and his wonderful knowledge of Nature. Of the structure of his stories, or the probability of his incidents, he is frequently careless ; these he took at random from the legendary tale or the extravagant romance ; but his intimate...