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Brunetta had the ill - nature to enquire for her by every opportunity , and had the
misfortune to hear of her being attended by numerous slaves , fanned into
slumbers by successive bands of them , and carried from place to place in all the
pomp ...
Brunetta had the ill - nature to enquire for her by every opportunity , and had the
misfortune to hear of her being attended by numerous slaves , fanned into
slumbers by successive bands of them , and carried from place to place in all the
pomp ...
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This song is a plain simple copy of nature , destitute of the helps and ornaments
of art . The tale of it a pretty tragical story , and pleases for no other reason but
because it is a copy of nature . There is even a despicable simplicity in the verse
...
This song is a plain simple copy of nature , destitute of the helps and ornaments
of art . The tale of it a pretty tragical story , and pleases for no other reason but
because it is a copy of nature . There is even a despicable simplicity in the verse
...
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... quieting the angry , and rectifying the prejudiced ; which are all of them
employments suited to a reasonable nature , and bring great satisfaction to the
person who can busy himself in them with discretion . There is another kind of
virtue that ...
... quieting the angry , and rectifying the prejudiced ; which are all of them
employments suited to a reasonable nature , and bring great satisfaction to the
person who can busy himself in them with discretion . There is another kind of
virtue that ...
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There is notso variable a thing in nature as a lady ' s head - dress . Within my own
memory , I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees . About ten years ago
it shot up to a very great height , insomuch that the female part of our species ...
There is notso variable a thing in nature as a lady ' s head - dress . Within my own
memory , I have known it rise and fall above thirty degrees . About ten years ago
it shot up to a very great height , insomuch that the female part of our species ...
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Had men chosen for themselves , without regard to the opinions of the fair sex , I
should believe the choice would have fallen on wisdom or virtue ; or had women
determined their own point of honour it is probable that wit or good - nature ...
Had men chosen for themselves , without regard to the opinions of the fair sex , I
should believe the choice would have fallen on wisdom or virtue ; or had women
determined their own point of honour it is probable that wit or good - nature ...
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360 페이지 - ... human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge.
357 페이지 - What thou seest, said he, is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine now, said he, this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide.
356 페이지 - I ascended the high hills of 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.
120 페이지 - At his first settling with me, I made him a present of all the good sermons which have been printed in English, and only begged of him that every Sunday he would pronounce one of them in the pulpit. Accordingly he has digested them into such a series, that they follow one another naturally, and make a continued system of practical divinity.
120 페이지 - I have taken notice of it, has never in all that time asked anything of me for himself, though he is every day soliciting me for something in behalf of one or other of my tenants his parishioners. There has not been a law-suit in the parish since he has lived among them ; if any dispute arises, they apply themselves to him for the decision ; if they do not acquiesce in his judgment, which I think never happened above once or twice at most, they appeal to me.
161 페이지 - So flew'd, so sanded ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
357 페이지 - He then led me to the highest pinnacle of the rock, and placing me on the top of it, ' Cast thy eyes eastward,' said he, 'and tell me what thou seest.' 'I See,' said I, ' a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it.
192 페이지 - ... could not forbear discovering greater expressions of mirth than ordinary upon the appearance of this monstrous face, under which, notwithstanding it was made to frown and stare in a most extraordinary manner, I could still discover a distant resemblance of my old friend. Sir Roger, upon seeing me laugh/ desired me to tell him truly if I thought it possible for people to know him in that disguise. I at first kept my usual silence; but upon the knight's conjuring me to tell him whether it was not...
358 페이지 - 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 further examination perceived there were innumerable trap-doors that lay concealed in the bridge, which the passengers no sooner trod upon but they fell through them into the tide and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud hut many of...
143 페이지 - He has often told me, that at his coming to his estate he found his parishioners very irregular; and that in order to make them kneel, and join in the responses, he gave every one of them a hassock and a Common Prayer Book : and at the same time employed an itinerant...
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| 제목 | The British Essayists: Spectator 6권/The British Essayists, James Ferguson 6권/The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and Critical, James Ferguson |
| 편집자 | James Ferguson |
| 도움을 주신 분들 | James Ferguson |
| 에디션 | 2 |
| 발행인 | J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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