The SavageEdward J. Coale, 1813 - 312 páginas |
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... Sometimes he even flatters himself that certain illegitimate sprinklings of blood royal may have ennobled the plebeian current that runs in his veins . He begins to study the nature of his name , decipher its etymology , and claim ...
... Sometimes he even flatters himself that certain illegitimate sprinklings of blood royal may have ennobled the plebeian current that runs in his veins . He begins to study the nature of his name , decipher its etymology , and claim ...
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... Sometimes he turned aside into the gardens of pleasure , and bathed in the ri- vers of sensual delight ; but when he heard at a distance the loud but mellow voice of the trumpet of Fame , which sounded on the top of the mountain , he ...
... Sometimes he turned aside into the gardens of pleasure , and bathed in the ri- vers of sensual delight ; but when he heard at a distance the loud but mellow voice of the trumpet of Fame , which sounded on the top of the mountain , he ...
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... Sometimes he joined the votaries of pleasure ; and sometimes , the lovers of wisdom . Plea- sures ended in smoke ; and knowledge was the parent of despair . Sometimes he employed himself in gather- ing together the glittering stones ...
... Sometimes he joined the votaries of pleasure ; and sometimes , the lovers of wisdom . Plea- sures ended in smoke ; and knowledge was the parent of despair . Sometimes he employed himself in gather- ing together the glittering stones ...
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... sometimes supposed that your gay ones were like to have correct ideas of infernal beauty , when I have heard them say of a fine girl , " She is devilish handsome ; " but I found this was merely owing to a strange partiality they had for ...
... sometimes supposed that your gay ones were like to have correct ideas of infernal beauty , when I have heard them say of a fine girl , " She is devilish handsome ; " but I found this was merely owing to a strange partiality they had for ...
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... sometimes draw certain old notions of virtue and justice from books , with which they appear to be captivated for a time ; but as soon as they engage in the affairs of the world , they find it necessary to get initiated into that smooth ...
... sometimes draw certain old notions of virtue and justice from books , with which they appear to be captivated for a time ; but as soon as they engage in the affairs of the world , they find it necessary to get initiated into that smooth ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 289 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it : Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents, by flood, and field ; Of hair-breadth scapes i
Página 10 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Página 156 - Why, what should be the fear ? I do not set my life at a pin's fee ; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself ? It waves me forth again : I'll follow it.
Página 95 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Página 202 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Página 156 - My fate cries out, And makes each petty artery in this body As hardy as the Nemean lion's nerve.
Página 95 - At supper this night he talked of good eating with uncommon satisfaction. " Some people," said he, " have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully ; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.
Página 93 - There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour.
Página 225 - The one seemed woman to the waist, and fair, But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast, a serpent armed With mortal sting.