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... lovers to make their vows in secret , and af- terwards to fling themselves from the top of the precipice into the sea , where they were sometimes taken up alive . This place was therefore called , " The Lover's Leap ; " and whether or ...
... lovers to make their vows in secret , and af- terwards to fling themselves from the top of the precipice into the sea , where they were sometimes taken up alive . This place was therefore called , " The Lover's Leap ; " and whether or ...
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... Lover's Leap , which I find has rais- ed a great curiosity among several of my correspon- dents . I there told them that this leap was used to be taken from a promontory of Leucas . This Leu- cas was formerly a part of Arcanania , being ...
... Lover's Leap , which I find has rais- ed a great curiosity among several of my correspon- dents . I there told them that this leap was used to be taken from a promontory of Leucas . This Leu- cas was formerly a part of Arcanania , being ...
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... lover tock his leap , was formerly called Leucate . If the reader has a mind to know both the island and the promontory by their modern titles , he will find in his map the ancient island of Leucas under the name of St. Mauro , and the ...
... lover tock his leap , was formerly called Leucate . If the reader has a mind to know both the island and the promontory by their modern titles , he will find in his map the ancient island of Leucas under the name of St. Mauro , and the ...
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... Lover's Leap , ' and whether one may go to it by land ? But alas , I am ' afraid it has lost its virtue , and that a woman of our ' times would find no more relief in taking such a 6 leap , than in singing an hymn to Venus . So that • I ...
... Lover's Leap , ' and whether one may go to it by land ? But alas , I am ' afraid it has lost its virtue , and that a woman of our ' times would find no more relief in taking such a 6 leap , than in singing an hymn to Venus . So that • I ...
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... Lover's Leap , and of the success they found in it . As there seem to be in it some anachronisms and deviations from the ancient orthography , I am not wholly satisfied myself that it is authentic , and not rather the production of one ...
... Lover's Leap , and of the success they found in it . As there seem to be in it some anachronisms and deviations from the ancient orthography , I am not wholly satisfied myself that it is authentic , and not rather the production of one ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acquainted actions admiration agreeable Alcibiades appear Atheist AULUS GELLIUS beautiful behaviour believe Castilian cern character consider conversation creature desire discourse endeavour entertainment esteem eyes father favour female fortune gentleman give happy heart Herod HESIOD honour Hudibras human humble servant humour husband Hyæna imagination innocent Ionian sea jealous jealousy kind lady leap letter live look lover Lover's Leap mankind manner Mariamne Mark Antony matter means ment merit mind nature never obliged observe occasion October 30 opinion OVID pain paper particular passion person Plato pleased pleasure Plutarch poor pray present pretend Pyrrhus racter reader reason received religion renegado Salamander Sappho secret sense shew Socrates soul species Spectator speculation spirit tell temper ther thing thought tion town turn vicious VIRG virtue virtuous whole wife woman women word write young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 35 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Seite 343 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek, Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides, Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe...
Seite 35 - 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...
Seite 242 - Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life : cunning is a kind of instinct, that only looks out after our immediate interest and welfare.
Seite 35 - If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; (What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him ? Did not he that made me in the womb make him ? and did not One fashion us in the womb...
Seite 343 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Seite 36 - If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him : 30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
Seite 112 - Cornaro, who was the author of the little treatise I am mentioning, was of an infirm constitution, till about forty, when by obstinately persisting in an exact course of temperance, he recovered a perfect state of health ; insomuch that at fourscore he published his book, which has been translated into English under the title of ' Sure and certain Methods of attaining a long and healthy Life.
Seite 240 - ... such a manner, that if he became his enemy, it should not be in his power to hurt him. The first part of this rule, which regards our behaviour towards an enemy, is indeed very reasonable, as well as very prudential ; but the latter part of it, which regards our behaviour towards a friend, savours...
Seite 228 - Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy...