The British Essayists: AdventurerNichols and Son, 1817 |
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... dreadful spectacle , I made many reflections on the great inequality between the pleasure of catching the prey , and the anguish in- flicted on the bait . But these reflections were pre- sently after lost , in the same agonies of which ...
... dreadful spectacle , I made many reflections on the great inequality between the pleasure of catching the prey , and the anguish in- flicted on the bait . But these reflections were pre- sently after lost , in the same agonies of which ...
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... short meals , coarse apparel , and perpetual labour . Melissa , as soon as she had recovered from the stupor which had seized her upon so astonishing and dreadful a change of fortune , determined not to ac- N® 8 . 47 ADVENTURER .
... short meals , coarse apparel , and perpetual labour . Melissa , as soon as she had recovered from the stupor which had seized her upon so astonishing and dreadful a change of fortune , determined not to ac- N® 8 . 47 ADVENTURER .
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Alexander Chalmers. dreadful a change of fortune , determined not to ac- cept the bounty of a person who imagined her to be unworthy of it ; nor to attempt her justification , while it would render her veracity suspected , and appear to ...
Alexander Chalmers. dreadful a change of fortune , determined not to ac- cept the bounty of a person who imagined her to be unworthy of it ; nor to attempt her justification , while it would render her veracity suspected , and appear to ...
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... dreadful con- sequences proceed , however plausible , is not just ; nor does it appear from experience , that the premises are true . That virtue alone is happiness below , is indeed a maxim in speculative morality , which all the trea ...
... dreadful con- sequences proceed , however plausible , is not just ; nor does it appear from experience , that the premises are true . That virtue alone is happiness below , is indeed a maxim in speculative morality , which all the trea ...
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... dreadful . In this distress I applied to a young surgeon , who was a speaker at the club , and gained a genteel subsistence by keeping it in repair ; he treated my complaint as a trifle ; and to prevent any serious reflections in this ...
... dreadful . In this distress I applied to a young surgeon , who was a speaker at the club , and gained a genteel subsistence by keeping it in repair ; he treated my complaint as a trifle ; and to prevent any serious reflections in this ...
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acquaintance admitted advantages ADVENTURER Alibeg Amurath appear astonishment bagnio BATHURST beauty CALIFORN ceived character cockchafer contempt curiosity death Deianira Deists delight disappointed discovered distress dreadful effect enjoy entertainment equal evil expected expence eyes fable father fear felicity folly genius gentleman gratify happiness hast HAWKESWORTH honour hope husband imagination immediately indulged intended invisible agent JOHN JOHN HAWKESWORTH JOHNSON JOSEPH WARTON kind labour lady lence less live lover mankind marriage Melissa ment mind misery moral morning nature never night NOVEMBER 25 object Opsinous pain pantomime paper passions perceived perpetual person Phidyle pleasure present procure produced racter reason received regarded regret religion rendered restrained scarce scene Selima seraglio servant sir JOHN HAWKINS sleep soon story suffered thee thou thought tion told truth TUESDAY vice VIRG virtue wife Winchester College wish wretched write XXIII young