The British Essayists: ObserverJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... Novall : the plea is then taken up by the impetuous Romont , and urged with so much personal insolence that he is arrested on the spot , put in charge of the officers of the court , and taken to prison . This is a very striking mode of ...
... Novall : the plea is then taken up by the impetuous Romont , and urged with so much personal insolence that he is arrested on the spot , put in charge of the officers of the court , and taken to prison . This is a very striking mode of ...
Էջ 170
... Novall upon the scene , in the very moment when the short dia- logue above quoted was passing : this Novall had before been exhibited as a suitor to Beaumelle , and his vain frivolous character had been displayed in a very ridiculous ...
... Novall upon the scene , in the very moment when the short dia- logue above quoted was passing : this Novall had before been exhibited as a suitor to Beaumelle , and his vain frivolous character had been displayed in a very ridiculous ...
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... Novall , turning aside to Beaumelle , by one word - Mistress ! -conveys the reproach of inconstancy , she replies , Ob , Servant ! Virtue strengthen me ! Thy presence blows round my affection's vane : You will undo me if you speak again ...
... Novall , turning aside to Beaumelle , by one word - Mistress ! -conveys the reproach of inconstancy , she replies , Ob , Servant ! Virtue strengthen me ! Thy presence blows round my affection's vane : You will undo me if you speak again ...
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... Novall ; he makes him not only vicious , but ridicu- lous : in foppery and impertinence he is the counter- part of Shakspeare's Osrick : vainglorious , purse- proud , and overbearing amongst his dependants ; a spiritless poltroon in his ...
... Novall ; he makes him not only vicious , but ridicu- lous : in foppery and impertinence he is the counter- part of Shakspeare's Osrick : vainglorious , purse- proud , and overbearing amongst his dependants ; a spiritless poltroon in his ...
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... Novall had not yet reached the length of criminality . Add to this , that Altamont appears in the contemptible light of a suitor , whom Calista had apprized of her aversion , and to whom she had done a deliberate act of dishonour ...
... Novall had not yet reached the length of criminality . Add to this , that Altamont appears in the contemptible light of a suitor , whom Calista had apprized of her aversion , and to whom she had done a deliberate act of dishonour ...
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Էջ 111 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill; cannot be good: if ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth? I am thane of Cawdor: If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature?
Էջ 116 - Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty ! make thick my blood, Stop up the access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose...
Էջ 222 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
Էջ 86 - And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon : and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves ; for the time of figs was not yet.
Էջ 149 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog...
Էջ 92 - And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Էջ 121 - I hear a knocking At the south entry : retire we to our chamber : A little water clears us of this deed : How easy is it, then ! Your constancy Hath left you unattended.
Էջ 126 - Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day ; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond "Which keeps me pale...
Էջ 77 - And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Էջ 91 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.