The British Essayists: The AdventurerLittle, Brown, 1866 |
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... enjoyed , perhaps , only by two writers , Homer and Shakspeare . Of all the plays of Shakspeare , the Tempest is the most striking instance of his creative power . He has there given the reins to his boundless imag- ination , and has ...
... enjoyed , perhaps , only by two writers , Homer and Shakspeare . Of all the plays of Shakspeare , the Tempest is the most striking instance of his creative power . He has there given the reins to his boundless imag- ination , and has ...
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... enjoy the felicity ; that the honey which is not gathered by industry , will be eaten without relish , if it is not wasted in riot ; and that all who become possessed of the immediate object of their hope , without any efforts of their ...
... enjoy the felicity ; that the honey which is not gathered by industry , will be eaten without relish , if it is not wasted in riot ; and that all who become possessed of the immediate object of their hope , without any efforts of their ...
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... enjoy the pleasure which arises from the anticipation of its accomplishment ; his mind is perpetually on the rack ; he is anxious in proportion to the eagerness of his desire , and his inability to effect it ; to the pangs of suspense ...
... enjoy the pleasure which arises from the anticipation of its accomplishment ; his mind is perpetually on the rack ; he is anxious in proportion to the eagerness of his desire , and his inability to effect it ; to the pangs of suspense ...
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... enjoy- ment which they were intended to supply ; he will , therefore , either doze away life in a kind of listless indolence , which he despairs to exalt into felicity , or he will imagine that the good he wants is to be obtained by an ...
... enjoy- ment which they were intended to supply ; he will , therefore , either doze away life in a kind of listless indolence , which he despairs to exalt into felicity , or he will imagine that the good he wants is to be obtained by an ...
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... enjoy his preferment as a gift , nor estimate his gain but by the prob- ability of loss . As success and disappointment are under the in- fluence of imagination , so are ease and health ; each of which may be considered as a kind of ...
... enjoy his preferment as a gift , nor estimate his gain but by the prob- ability of loss . As success and disappointment are under the in- fluence of imagination , so are ease and health ; each of which may be considered as a kind of ...
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Common terms and phrases
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