The British Essayists: The AdventurerLittle, Brown, 1866 |
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... heart : And snatch me , o'er the earth , or through the air , To Thebes , to Athens , when he will , and where . POPE . WRITERS of a mixed character , that abound in transcendent beauties and in gross imperfections , are the most proper ...
... heart : And snatch me , o'er the earth , or through the air , To Thebes , to Athens , when he will , and where . POPE . WRITERS of a mixed character , that abound in transcendent beauties and in gross imperfections , are the most proper ...
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... heart of man , and is so rare a portion of felicity , as to have been 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 ...
... heart of man , and is so rare a portion of felicity , as to have been 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 ...
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... heart sparkled in his counte- nance ; but it happened that Ned , in the midst of his happiness and prosperity , was prevailed upon to buy a lottery ticket . The moment his hope was fixed upon an object which industry could not ob- tain ...
... heart sparkled in his counte- nance ; but it happened that Ned , in the midst of his happiness and prosperity , was prevailed upon to buy a lottery ticket . The moment his hope was fixed upon an object which industry could not ob- tain ...
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... hearts of ladies , who in another century have been sensible of scarce any other merit than that of riches , and listened only to jointures and pin - money . Thus the ambitious man has at all times been eager of wealth and power ; but ...
... hearts of ladies , who in another century have been sensible of scarce any other merit than that of riches , and listened only to jointures and pin - money . Thus the ambitious man has at all times been eager of wealth and power ; but ...
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... heart exults at their distresses ; yet even a projector may gain favour by success ; and the tongue that was prepared to hiss , then endeavours to excel others in loudness of applause . When Coriolanus , in Shakspeare , deserted to ...
... heart exults at their distresses ; yet even a projector may gain favour by success ; and the tongue that was prepared to hiss , then endeavours to excel others in loudness of applause . When Coriolanus , in Shakspeare , deserted to ...
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Common terms and phrases
acquaintance ADVENTURER Almerine Almet appearance bagnio beauty Caliban Caprinus Catiline censure character Clodio considered contempt countenance Covent Garden danger daughters DECEMBER 11 DECEMBER 29 desire diamonds sparkle Diphilus disappointed discovered distress dreadful DRYDEN endeavour enjoy equal Euripides evil excellence eyes father favour fear felicity Flavilla folly fortune frequently gentleman Goneril gratify guilt happiness hast heart Hilario honour hope hour imagination impatient increased insensibility kind knew labour lady Lear less look mankind marriage Menander ment Mercator mind misery nature ness never night obtain OVID passion perceived perpetual pity Plautus pleasure poet Posidippus possession present produced Prospero Quintilian reason received reflected Regan SATURDAY scarce scene sentiments servant Shakspeare Shelimah solicit Soliman sometimes soon Sophocles suffered superaddition tenderness thee Theocritus thou thought tion truth TUESDAY ulmo VIRG virtue wish wretch writers