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... , the speculatist and philosopher , too much appeared amidst the simple relations of sea officers and navigators ; and the colouring of his style produced a similar 63 effect in the writing , with that of the Grecian BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE .
... , the speculatist and philosopher , too much appeared amidst the simple relations of sea officers and navigators ; and the colouring of his style produced a similar 63 effect in the writing , with that of the Grecian BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE .
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... produce effects of acknowledged utility , by known and approved means . these accounts it is , perhaps , the most unexcep- tionable treatise that can be put into the hands of female youth . These Letters are particularly excellent in ...
... produce effects of acknowledged utility , by known and approved means . these accounts it is , perhaps , the most unexcep- tionable treatise that can be put into the hands of female youth . These Letters are particularly excellent in ...
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... produced by an imprudent Choice : exemplified in many characters . Bathurst . 26. Right of the Town to suppress dramatic Perform- ances ; an Allegory Hawkesworth . 27. An allegorical Letter from Night . ANON . - Requi- sites to the ...
... produced by an imprudent Choice : exemplified in many characters . Bathurst . 26. Right of the Town to suppress dramatic Perform- ances ; an Allegory Hawkesworth . 27. An allegorical Letter from Night . ANON . - Requi- sites to the ...
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... produce happiness or misery , in the defence of freedom or support of tyranny . But though courage and heroic virtue are still confounded , yet by courage nothing more is gene- rally understood than a power of opposing danger with ...
... produce happiness or misery , in the defence of freedom or support of tyranny . But though courage and heroic virtue are still confounded , yet by courage nothing more is gene- rally understood than a power of opposing danger with ...
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... produced in a regular and connected series , that they should follow in a quick succession , and yet that they should be delivered with discriminating circumstances . If they have not a necessary and apparent connexion , the ideas which ...
... produced in a regular and connected series , that they should follow in a quick succession , and yet that they should be delivered with discriminating circumstances . If they have not a necessary and apparent connexion , the ideas which ...
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acquaintance advantage Adventurer Alibeg Amurath appear astonishment bagnio beauty became blasphemy character cockchafer contempt cousin Covent Garden curiosity death Deianira delight desire disappointed discovered distress dreadful effect endeavoured enjoyment entertainment envy equally evil expected eyes fable father fear felicity folly fore gentleman gibbet gratify greater guilt happiness Harlequin hast heard honour hope human husband imagination immediately indulged JOHN HAWKESWORTH kind knew labour lady less libertine live lost for love mankind marriage Melissa ment mind misery Mohocks moral morning nature neral never night Nymph object Ovid pain pantomime passions perceived perhaps perpetual person Phidyle pleasure portunity present procure produced punishment quired racter reason received reflections regard regret religion rendered restrained SATURDAY scarce Selima seraglio servant sleep soon suffered thee thou thought tion told truth TUESDAY vice VIRG virtue wife wish wretched young
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Page 274 - ... and miscarriage will be equally destructive : after the conquest of a province, they will quarrel in the division ; after the loss of a battle, all will be endeavouring to secure themselves by abandoning the rest. From the impossibility of confining numbers to the constant and uniform prosecution of a common interest, arises the difficulty of securing subjects against the encroachment of governors.
Page 232 - At him the gunner took his aim; The aim he took was much too true ; O ! had he chose some other game, Or shot as he...
Page 237 - I looked earnestly for the first beam of day, a dark spot appeared to intercept* it. I perceived that it was in motion ; it increased in size as it drew near, and at length I discovered it to be an eagle.
Page 4 - Knights have been deemed worse than death ; and who is more truly a candidate for public praise than an author ? But as the Knights were without fear of death, the Adventurer is without fear of disgrace or disappointment: he confides, like them, in the temper of his weapon and the justice of his cause ; he knows he has not far to go before he will meet with some fortress that has been raised by sophistry for the asylum of error, some enchanter who lies in wait to ensnare innocence, or some dragon...
Page 255 - Just in the gate and in the jaws of hell, Revengeful Cares and sullen Sorrows dwell, And pale Diseases, and repining Age, Want, Fear, and Famine's unresisted rage; Here Toils, and Death, and Death's half-brother, Sleep, Forms terrible to view, their sentry keep; With anxious Pleasures of a guilty mind, Deep Frauds before, and open Force behind; The Furies' iron beds; and Strife, that shakes Her hissing tresses and unfolds her snakes.
Page 12 - I have got a flock of them formed of leather covered with ravens' feathers: they are a little unwieldy, I must confess ; but I have disposed my wires, so as to play them about tolerably well, and make them flap out the candles ; and two of the largest are to gulp down the grenadier, stationed at each door of the stage, with their caps, muskets, bayonets, and all their accoutrements.
Page 238 - I boast of no knowledge that I have not received : As the sands of the desert drink up the drops of rain or the dew of the morning, so do I also, who am but dust, imbibe the instructions of the Prophet. Believe then that it is he who tells...
Page 238 - At these words I was not less astonished than if a mountain had been overturned at my feet : I humbled myself in the dust ; I returned to the city ; I dug up my treasure ; I was liberal, yet I became rich. My skill in restoring health to the body gave me frequent opportunities of curing the diseases of the soul. I...
Page 141 - In books the various scenes of life he drew, As votive tablets give the wreck to view. AMONG the many Pocket Companions, New Memorandum Books, Gentlemen and Tradesmen's Daily Assistants, and other productions of the like. nature, calculated for the use of those who mix in the bustle of the world, I cannot but applaud those polite and elegant inventions, The Ladies...
Page 38 - ... flattered by the hope of carrying off a young lady under the disguise of a common soldier without revealing his birth or boasting of his expectations. In 'this attempt he became very assiduous, and succeeded. The company being ordered to another place, Betty and her young mistress departed early in the morning with their gallants; and there being a privileged chapel in the next town, they were married. The old gentleman, as soon as he was informed that his daughter was missing, made so diligent...