The Adventurer, Volume 3J. Richardson, 1823 |
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... increased ; nor had Providence interposed farther than to ex- clude chance from the government of the world . But Agenor did not before reflect that any gratitude was due to Providence but for a miracle ; he did not enjoy his preferment ...
... increased ; nor had Providence interposed farther than to ex- clude chance from the government of the world . But Agenor did not before reflect that any gratitude was due to Providence but for a miracle ; he did not enjoy his preferment ...
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... increased every hour ; I was attended , flattered , and caressed ; was often invited to entertainments , supped every night at a tavern , and went home in a chair ; was taken notice of in public places , and was universally confessed to ...
... increased every hour ; I was attended , flattered , and caressed ; was often invited to entertainments , supped every night at a tavern , and went home in a chair ; was taken notice of in public places , and was universally confessed to ...
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... increased than diminished : this incident , however , as he had no suspicion of the cause , only rendered him more impatient of delay ; and Almerine , covered with ornaments by which art and nature were exhausted , was , however ...
... increased than diminished : this incident , however , as he had no suspicion of the cause , only rendered him more impatient of delay ; and Almerine , covered with ornaments by which art and nature were exhausted , was , however ...
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... increased ; sudden and intolerable heat and cold succeeded each other ; and in less than an hour , she was covered with a leprosy ; her hair fell , her head swelled , and every feature in her countenance was distorted . Nouras- sin ...
... increased ; sudden and intolerable heat and cold succeeded each other ; and in less than an hour , she was covered with a leprosy ; her hair fell , her head swelled , and every feature in her countenance was distorted . Nouras- sin ...
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... increasing than gratifying his curiosity , he set her before him on his beast , and carried her to his house in the next village , at the distance of about six leagues . In his family she was the jest of some , and the pity of others ...
... increasing than gratifying his curiosity , he set her before him on his beast , and carried her to his house in the next village , at the distance of about six leagues . In his family she was the jest of some , and the pity of others ...
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acquaintance ADVENTURER affection Almerine appearance bagnio beauty became brothel burlesque Caliban Caprinus Catiline censure character Clodio considered contempt Crito danger daughters Demosthenes Diphilus disappointed discovered distress dreadful dress DRYDEN endeavour equal Euripides Euryalus evil excellence expected eyes father favour fear felicity Flavilla folly fore fortune frequently Gonerill gratify guilt happiness hast heart Hilario honour hope hour imagination impatient increased insensibility JOHN HAWKESWORTH kind knew labour lady Lear less look mankind manner marriage Menander ment Mercator mind misery morning nature neral ness never night Nourassin obtain OVID passion perceived perpetual pity Plautus pleasure Plutarch Posidippus present produced racter reason received reflected Regan scarce scene sentiments servant Shakspeare Shelimah sion solicitous Soliman sometimes soon Sophocles suffered Sycorax Tavistock Street tenderness thee things thou thought tion told truth TUESDAY utmost VIRG virtue wish wretched writer Xerxes
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Page 116 - Stain my man's cheeks! — No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both That all the world shall, — I will do such things, — What they are yet, I know not; but they shall be The terrors of the earth. You think I'll weep; No, I'll not weep: — I have full cause of weeping; but this heart Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws Or ere I'll weep. — O fool, I shall go mad!
Page 171 - Thou must be patient; we came crying hither. Thou know'st, the first time that we smell the air, We wawl, and cry: — I will preach to thee; mark me. Glo. Alack, alack the day ! Lear. When we are born, we cry, that we are come To this great stage of fools...
Page 132 - Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loop'd and window'd raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these ? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physic, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just.
Page 133 - Still through the hawthorn blows the cold wind ; says suum, mun ha no nonny. Dolphin my boy, my boy ; sessa ! let him trot by. [Storm still. LEAK. Why, thou wert better in thy grave than to answer with thy uncovered body this extremity of the skies. Is man no more than this? Consider him well. Thou owest the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume.
Page 45 - In the midst of the street of it and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month ; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Page 131 - Thou'dst meet the bear i' the mouth. When the mind's free The body's delicate; the tempest in my mind Doth from my senses take all feeling else Save what beats there. Filial ingratitude! Is it not as this mouth should tear this hand For lifting food to 't?
Page 274 - It was said of Socrates that he brought Philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit among men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffeehouses.
Page 19 - Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Page 116 - If it be you that stir these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me not so much To bear it tamely; touch me with noble anger, And let not women's weapons, water-drops, Stain my man's cheeks! No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both That all the world shall— I will do such things.— What they are yet I know not,— but they shall be The terrors of the earth. You...
Page 131 - ... mouth. When the mind's free The body's delicate; the tempest in my mind Doth from my senses take all feeling else Save what beats there. Filial ingratitude! Is it not as this mouth should tear this hand For lifting food to 't? But I will punish home: No, I will weep no more. In such a night To shut me out! Pour on; I will endure.