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... language : he chooses words from a full store , and is careful not to weary the ear by repetition of the same sound . II . Sentences . - The construction of these is loose , not periodic ; i.e. the qualifying clauses are not , as a rule ...
... language : he chooses words from a full store , and is careful not to weary the ear by repetition of the same sound . II . Sentences . - The construction of these is loose , not periodic ; i.e. the qualifying clauses are not , as a rule ...
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... language lasts the exquisite beauty of the colours in which it is preserved will excite the same kind of pleasure . " XVI . An essay on a subject already touched upon in the journal of the Indian Kings ( No. XI . ) . XVII . The most ...
... language lasts the exquisite beauty of the colours in which it is preserved will excite the same kind of pleasure . " XVI . An essay on a subject already touched upon in the journal of the Indian Kings ( No. XI . ) . XVII . The most ...
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... language of conversa- tion ; yet if his language had been less idiomatical , it might What he have lost somewhat of its genuine Anglicism . attempted , he performed : he is never feeble , and he did not wish to be energetic ; he is ...
... language of conversa- tion ; yet if his language had been less idiomatical , it might What he have lost somewhat of its genuine Anglicism . attempted , he performed : he is never feeble , and he did not wish to be energetic ; he is ...
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... language , entitled from me , ' The Splendid Shilling . ' The second ad- venture , which I must not omit , happened to me in the year 1703 , when I was given away in charity to a blind man ; but indeed this was by a mistake , the person ...
... language , entitled from me , ' The Splendid Shilling . ' The second ad- venture , which I must not omit , happened to me in the year 1703 , when I was given away in charity to a blind man ; but indeed this was by a mistake , the person ...
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... language is as follows : " We were separated by a storm in the latitude of 73 , in- somuch that only the ship which I was in , with a Dutch and 20 a French vessel , got safe into a creek of Nova Zembla . We landed , in order to refit ...
... language is as follows : " We were separated by a storm in the latitude of 73 , in- somuch that only the ship which I was in , with a Dutch and 20 a French vessel , got safe into a creek of Nova Zembla . We landed , in order to refit ...
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Página 68 - The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life ; consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire, made up the number about an hundred.
Página 67 - Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, " Surely," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Página 68 - But tell me further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon...
Página 82 - Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
Página 60 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself or sends his servants to them.
Página 78 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Página 70 - I could discover nothing in it: but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them.
Página 61 - I was yesterday very much surprised to hear my old friend, in the midst of the service, calling out to one John Matthews to mind what he was about, and not disturb the congregation. This John Matthews it seems is remarkable for being an idle fellow, and at that time was kicking his heels for his diversion.
Página 57 - I have observed in several of my papers that my friend Sir Roger, amidst all his good qualities, is something of a humorist ; and that his virtues, as well as imperfections, are, as it were, tinged by a certain extravagance which makes them particularly his, and distinguishes them from those of other men. This cast of...
Página 67 - man is but a shadow and life a dream.' Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a musical instrument in his hand.