The British Essayists: SpectatorLionel Thomas Berguer T. and J. Allman, 1823 |
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... wonder how drunken- ness should have the good luck to be of this num- ber . Anacharsis , being invited to a match of drink- ing at Corinth , demanded the prize very humorously , because he was drunk before any of the rest of the company ...
... wonder how drunken- ness should have the good luck to be of this num- ber . Anacharsis , being invited to a match of drink- ing at Corinth , demanded the prize very humorously , because he was drunk before any of the rest of the company ...
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... , begging the writer's pardon for those additions and retrenchments which I have made in it . ' The desire of life is so natural and strong a pas- sion , that I have long since ceased to wonder 18 N ° 572 . SPECTATOR .
... , begging the writer's pardon for those additions and retrenchments which I have made in it . ' The desire of life is so natural and strong a pas- sion , that I have long since ceased to wonder 18 N ° 572 . SPECTATOR .
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Lionel Thomas Berguer. sion , that I have long since ceased to wonder at the great encouragement which the practice of physic finds among us . Well - constituted governments have al- ways made the profession of a physician both ho ...
Lionel Thomas Berguer. sion , that I have long since ceased to wonder at the great encouragement which the practice of physic finds among us . Well - constituted governments have al- ways made the profession of a physician both ho ...
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... wonder- fully pleased with the reply which Aristippus made to one who condoled him upon the loss of a farm : Why , ' said he , I have three farms still , and you have but one ; so that I ought rather to be afflicted for you than you for ...
... wonder- fully pleased with the reply which Aristippus made to one who condoled him upon the loss of a farm : Why , ' said he , I have three farms still , and you have but one ; so that I ought rather to be afflicted for you than you for ...
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... wonder- ful than that ; it is the power of reanimating a dead body , by flinging my own soul into it . " 6 While he was yet speaking , a doe came bound- ing by them , and the king , who had his bow ready , shot her through the heart ...
... wonder- ful than that ; it is the power of reanimating a dead body , by flinging my own soul into it . " 6 While he was yet speaking , a doe came bound- ing by them , and the king , who had his bow ready , shot her through the heart ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
admirer Æneid Aglaüs agreeable appear bacon battles of Blenheim beauty body consider creature delight dervis desire divine doth endeavour entertain eternity eyes faculties fancy fear fortune freebench FRIDAY gentleman give glory Gregorio Leti Gyges hæc hand happiness Harpath hath hear heart heaven Hilpa Hockley-in-the-Hole honour humour husband imagination kind king lady light lived lives single look love-casuist lover mankind manner marriage married mind MONDAY nature naufraga never night NOVEMBER 24 observed occasion OCTOBER 27 ourselves OVID pain paper passion periwig persons pleased pleasure present pretty quæ quaqua reader reason received rise fast roundhead scene secret Shalum shew soul SPECTATOR steward sure tell thing thou thought tion Tirzah Tom Tyler town truth vanity verses VIRG virtue Waitfort walk WEDNESDAY Whichenovre whig whole widow wife wonder words write young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 238 - It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well ; Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man ! Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes...
Seite 238 - I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them. [Laying his hand on his sword.\ Thus am I doubly arm'd ; my death and life, My bane and antidote, are both before me.
Seite 66 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Seite 184 - What shall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own ? was the result of a laudable ambition.
Seite 146 - Pleasure to look at, twas Music to hear. But now she is absent, I walk by its Side, And still, as it murmurs, do nothing but chide: 'Must you be so cheerful, while I go in pain? Peace there with your bubbling, and hear me complain.
Seite 58 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell ; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Seite 256 - And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
Seite 38 - I say, might give itself up to that happiness which is at hand, considering that it is so very near, and that it would last so very long. But when the choice we actually have before us is this, whether we will...
Seite 194 - Not the red arm of angry Jove, That flings the thunder from the sky, And gives it rage to roar, and strength to fly. Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin, and confusion hurl'd, He, unconcern'd would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure, amidst a falling world.
Seite 146 - My dog I was ever well pleased to see •Come wagging his tail to my fair one and me ; And Phoebe was pleased too, and to my dog said, Come hither, poor fellow — and patted his head. But now, when he's fawning, I with a sour look Cry, Sirrah...