The British Essayists: SpectatorLionel Thomas Berguer T. and J. Allman, 1823 |
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... given you , but she says , she shall never forgive your choice of so gallant a man as Ballamour , to transform him into a mere sober hus- band ; it was unpardonable . You see , my dear , we all envy your happiness , and no person more ...
... given you , but she says , she shall never forgive your choice of so gallant a man as Ballamour , to transform him into a mere sober hus- band ; it was unpardonable . You see , my dear , we all envy your happiness , and no person more ...
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... given over their pursuits after fame , but that has proceeded either from the disappointments they have met in it , or from their experience of the little pleasure which 6 attends it , or from the better informations or natural X. C N ...
... given over their pursuits after fame , but that has proceeded either from the disappointments they have met in it , or from their experience of the little pleasure which 6 attends it , or from the better informations or natural X. C N ...
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... given with all the frankness imaginable ; what concerns those arts at present the reader shall have from my correspond- ents . The first of the letters with which I acquit myself for this day , is written by one who proposes to improve ...
... given with all the frankness imaginable ; what concerns those arts at present the reader shall have from my correspond- ents . The first of the letters with which I acquit myself for this day , is written by one who proposes to improve ...
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... given to our Protestant dissenters , from the outward pomp and respect we take to ourselves in our reli- gious assemblies . A Quaker who came one day into a church , fixed his eye upon an old lady with a car- pet larger than that from ...
... given to our Protestant dissenters , from the outward pomp and respect we take to ourselves in our reli- gious assemblies . A Quaker who came one day into a church , fixed his eye upon an old lady with a car- pet larger than that from ...
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... given me an aversion to pretty fellows ever since , and discouraged me from trying my fortune with the fair sex . The ob- servations which I made at this conjuncture , and the repeated advices which I received at that time from the good ...
... given me an aversion to pretty fellows ever since , and discouraged me from trying my fortune with the fair sex . The ob- servations which I made at this conjuncture , and the repeated advices which I received at that time from the good ...
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Strona 220 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
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Strona 223 - Adonis, who was killed by a wild boar in the mountains, out of which this stream rises. Something like this we saw actually come to pass; for the water was stained to a surprising redness ; and, as we observed in travelling, had discoloured the sea a great way into a reddish hue, occasioned doubtless by a sort of minium, or red earth, washed into the river by the violence of the rain, and not by any stain from Adonis's blood.
Strona 224 - He spake ; and, to confirm his words, out flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty cherubim ; the sudden blaze Far round illumined Hell. Highly they raged Against the Highest, and fierce with grasped arms Clashed on their sounding shields the din of war, Hurling defiance toward the vault of Heaven.
Strona 220 - In billows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever...