Essays, on miscellaneous subjects; with An enquiry into the present state of polite learningSamuel Archer, 1818 - 270 pages |
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... equal ter- ror and haste , attempted to avoid them . " This , " cried Asem to his guide , " is truly surprising ; nor can I con- ceive the reason for so strange an action . ” — “ Every spe- cies of animals , " repled the genius , " has ...
... equal ter- ror and haste , attempted to avoid them . " This , " cried Asem to his guide , " is truly surprising ; nor can I con- ceive the reason for so strange an action . ” — “ Every spe- cies of animals , " repled the genius , " has ...
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... equal to a refined conversation ; there is nothing of which I am so much enamoured as wisdom . " " Wisdom ! " replied his instructor , " how ri- diculous ! We have no wisdom here , for we have no occa- sion for it ; true wisdom is only ...
... equal to a refined conversation ; there is nothing of which I am so much enamoured as wisdom . " " Wisdom ! " replied his instructor , " how ri- diculous ! We have no wisdom here , for we have no occa- sion for it ; true wisdom is only ...
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... equal- ly an enemy to a female dunce or a female pedant . " " You may be sure , that miss chose a husband with qua- lifications resembling her own ; she pitched upon a courtier , equally remarkable for hunting and drinking , who had ...
... equal- ly an enemy to a female dunce or a female pedant . " " You may be sure , that miss chose a husband with qua- lifications resembling her own ; she pitched upon a courtier , equally remarkable for hunting and drinking , who had ...
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... equal to the dangers and fatigues of war . Every novice who has read the authentic and important History of the Pirates , is well acquainted with the exploits of two he- roines , called Mary Read and Anne Bonny . I myself have had the ...
... equal to the dangers and fatigues of war . Every novice who has read the authentic and important History of the Pirates , is well acquainted with the exploits of two he- roines , called Mary Read and Anne Bonny . I myself have had the ...
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... equal to the courage of mind implanted in the fair sex , will not be denied by those who have seen the water - women of Plymouth ; the female drudges of Ire- land , Wales , and Scotland ; the fish - women of Billings- gate ; the weeders ...
... equal to the courage of mind implanted in the fair sex , will not be denied by those who have seen the water - women of Plymouth ; the female drudges of Ire- land , Wales , and Scotland ; the fish - women of Billings- gate ; the weeders ...
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Page 132 - No traveller returns, puzzles the will ; And makes us rather bear those ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all ; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought ; And enterprizes of great pith and moment, With this regard, their currents turn away/ And lose the name of action.
Page 150 - Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs, The cover of the wings of grasshoppers, <*> The traces of the smallest spider's web, The collars of the moonshine's...
Page 150 - O then, I see, queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...
Page 139 - As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest; with, such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
Page 131 - To die: to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life...
Page 103 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 173 - Yet, notwithstanding this weight of authority, and the universal practice of former ages, a new species of dramatic composition has been introduced under the name of sentimental comedy, in which the virtues of private life are exhibited, rather than the vices exposed; and the distresses, rather than the faults of mankind, make our interest in the piece.
Page 234 - There cannot perhaps be imagined a combination more prejudicial to taste than this. It is the interest of the one to allow as little for writing, and of the other to write as much as possible.
Page 233 - His simplicity exposes him to all the insidious approaches of cunning ; his sensibility, to the slightest invasions of contempt. Though possessed of fortitude to stand unmoved the expected bursts of an earthquake, yet of feelings so exquisitely poignant as to agonize under the slightest disappointment.
Page 132 - He now drops this idea, and reverts to his reasoning on death, in the course of which he owns himself deterred from suicide by the thoughts of what may follow death: the dread of something after death (That undiscovered country, from whose bourne No traveller returns.) This might be a good argument in a Heathen or Pagan, and such indeed...