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الصفحة v
... Virtues- Character of Miss Hargrave .. 64. Of Good Company ; in a Letter from Modestus 65. The Hardship of educating a young Lady in an expensive Manner , and VOL . XXXV . b LORD HAILES CRAIG MACKENZIE No. then leaving her with a very ...
... Virtues- Character of Miss Hargrave .. 64. Of Good Company ; in a Letter from Modestus 65. The Hardship of educating a young Lady in an expensive Manner , and VOL . XXXV . b LORD HAILES CRAIG MACKENZIE No. then leaving her with a very ...
الصفحة vi
... Virtue - Story of Antonio ...... 71. Sequel of the Story of Antonio ...... 72. Advantages to be drawn from Scenes CRAIG HOME of Sorrow - the Funeral of Maria .. MACKENZIE .... 73. Essay on Dreams by Insomniosus . 74. Essay on Dreams ...
... Virtue - Story of Antonio ...... 71. Sequel of the Story of Antonio ...... 72. Advantages to be drawn from Scenes CRAIG HOME of Sorrow - the Funeral of Maria .. MACKENZIE .... 73. Essay on Dreams by Insomniosus . 74. Essay on Dreams ...
الصفحة vii
... Virtues of certain ancient Medicines .... MACKENZIE GORDON CRAIG MACKENZIE LORD HAILES 87. On Superstition and the Fear of Death ABERCROMBY 88. The Hardships of a private Tutor , in a Letter from K. B. - Reflections suggested by it ...
... Virtues of certain ancient Medicines .... MACKENZIE GORDON CRAIG MACKENZIE LORD HAILES 87. On Superstition and the Fear of Death ABERCROMBY 88. The Hardships of a private Tutor , in a Letter from K. B. - Reflections suggested by it ...
الصفحة 2
... virtues , added dignity to the highest office in the law of England , which he filled many years with the entire approbation of all good men . In the World , the folly of sending an ignorant booby to travel , who looked with contempt on ...
... virtues , added dignity to the highest office in the law of England , which he filled many years with the entire approbation of all good men . In the World , the folly of sending an ignorant booby to travel , who looked with contempt on ...
الصفحة 3
... virtues , I longed to visit Italy , to see the spot where Scipio triumphed , where Cæsar fell , where Cicero harangued . Full of these ideas , I set out on my travels ; and , after passing some time in France , I proceeded to Rome . For ...
... virtues , I longed to visit Italy , to see the spot where Scipio triumphed , where Cæsar fell , where Cicero harangued . Full of these ideas , I set out on my travels ; and , after passing some time in France , I proceeded to Rome . For ...
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الصفحة 180 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
الصفحة 180 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
الصفحة 266 - And will he not come again? And will he not come again? No, no, he is dead; Go to thy death-bed, He never will come again. His beard was as white as snow All flaxen was his poll, He is gone, he is gone, And we cast away moan: God ha
الصفحة 322 - Tears were the only answer she could give. Sir Edward's servants appeared with a carriage ready for his departure. He took from his pocket two pictures ; one he had drawn of Louisa, he fastened round his neck, and kissing it with rapture, hid it in his bosom. The other he held out in a hesitating manner.
الصفحة 134 - And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
الصفحة 79 - ... as a philosopher than as one who intended to be a practitioner in the art ; he was, nevertheless, preparing to take his degree, when the death of his father left him, at the age of twenty, possessed of a handsome fortune. " Antonio continued his studies for some time with his usual assiduity ; but, finding his income more than sufficient for his wants, he gave up all thoughts of engaging in practice. His house became the rendezvous of his former school-companions, many of them the sons of the...
الصفحة 261 - Observers,' placed in a situation in which even the amiable qualities of his mind serve but to aggravate his distress, and to perplex his conduct.
الصفحة 177 - Were I a father, I should take a particular care to preserve my children from these little horrors of imagination, which they are apt to contract when they are young, and are not able to shake off when they are in years.
الصفحة 101 - We were, in a calm evening, diverting ourselves, on the top of a -cliff, with the prospect of the sea; and trifling away the time in such little fondnesses as are most ridiculous to people in business, and most agreeable to those in love. In the midst of these our innocent endearments, she snatched a paper of verses out of my hand, and ran away with them. I was following her; when on a sudden the ground, though at a considerable distance from the verge of the precipice, sunk under her, and threw...
الصفحة 259 - ... criticism cannot justify, though the situation of the poet, and the time in which he wrote, may easily excuse. But we are to look for the superiority of Shakspeare in the astonishing and almost supernatural powers of his invention, his absolute command over the passions, and his wonderful knowledge of Nature. Of the structure of his stories, or the probability of his incidents, he is frequently careless ; these he took at random from the legendary tale or the extravagant romance ; but his intimate...