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... sentiment . Story of Emilia , 102 Moderatus on the character of a man of spirit ..... Reflections on female spirit , 103 Letter from Simon Softly , containing an account of his visit to Sir Ralph Holden- court , a man of great family ...
... sentiment . Story of Emilia , 102 Moderatus on the character of a man of spirit ..... Reflections on female spirit , 103 Letter from Simon Softly , containing an account of his visit to Sir Ralph Holden- court , a man of great family ...
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... sentiments . One day he took me into his closet , and , after some general conversation , solicited my interest in the county of ........ , for Mr. ........ I told him , that my engagements to the other candidate were such , that I ...
... sentiments . One day he took me into his closet , and , after some general conversation , solicited my interest in the county of ........ , for Mr. ........ I told him , that my engagements to the other candidate were such , that I ...
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... sentiments , and to express the which , she was persuaded , he en- ndoning a town life , and fixing their e at Rosedale . to agreeable to Horatio was readily and Emilia and he have ever since e in that delightful retreat , occupied Ton ...
... sentiments , and to express the which , she was persuaded , he en- ndoning a town life , and fixing their e at Rosedale . to agreeable to Horatio was readily and Emilia and he have ever since e in that delightful retreat , occupied Ton ...
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... sentiments , and to express the same inclination which , she was persuaded , he en- tertained , of abandoning a town life , and fixing their constant residence at Rosedale . A proposal so agreeable to Horatio was readily complied with ...
... sentiments , and to express the same inclination which , she was persuaded , he en- tertained , of abandoning a town life , and fixing their constant residence at Rosedale . A proposal so agreeable to Horatio was readily complied with ...
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... sentiment and manner , which , in some former papers , I have de- scribed that gentleman as possessing . At his house in the country , these appear to the greatest advan- tage ; there they have room to shoot out at will ; and , like the ...
... sentiment and manner , which , in some former papers , I have de- scribed that gentleman as possessing . At his house in the country , these appear to the greatest advan- tage ; there they have room to shoot out at will ; and , like the ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acquaintance acquired admiration Æsop affections agreeable amidst amusements Antonio appearance attended awake battle of Culloden behaviour bestowed called character circumstances companions conduct conversation Daniel Higgs death dinner dreams Duke of Cumberland elegant Emilia endeavoured engaged equally fashion father favour feelings Figure-making flattered Flint fortune French frequently friends gentleman George Manly give happy heard honour humour indulge JANUARY 22 Jemmy ladies learned lived lively colours look manner marriage melancholy Melfort ment mind Mirror Miss Juliana nature neighbour never nonsense verses object obliged observed occasion opinion passions perhaps persons pleasure racter readers received remarkable satire of Juvenal SATURDAY scenes Scotland seemed sensible sentiment shew sister situation society sometimes soon sort spirit taste Tatler temper thing thought tion torrent streams town trifles TUESDAY Umphraville uneasiness virtue wife wish write young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 181 - 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.
Seite 184 - 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; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling region of thick-ribbed ice; To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendant world; or to be worse than worst Of those that lawless and incertain thoughts Imagine howling: 'tis too horrible!
Seite 152 - That care, however, which watched his health, was not repaid with success ; he was always more delicate, and more subject to little disorders, than I; and at last, after completing his seventh year, was seized with a fever, which, in a few days, put an end to his life, and transferred to me the inheritance of my ancestors.
Seite 263 - The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — As he is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: — the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Seite 109 - I was once myself in agonies of grief that are unutterable, and in so great a distraction of mind, that I thought myself even out of the possibility of receiving comfort. The occasion was as follows : When I was a youth in a part of the army which was...
Seite 319 - She turned — and beheld Sir Edward. His countenance had much of its former languor ; and when he took her hand, he cast on the earth a melancholy look, and seemed unable to speak his feelings. ' Are you not well, Sir Edward ?' said Louisa, with a voice faint and broken. — ' I am ill indeed,' said he, ' but my illness is of the mind.
Seite 165 - The Scottish dialect is our ordinary suit ; the English is used only on solemn occasions. When a Scotsman therefore writes, he does it generally in trammels. His own native original language, which he hears spoken around him, he does not make use of ; but he expresses himself in a language in some respects foreign to him, and which he has acquired by study and observation.
Seite 266 - ... of his uncle ; but his feeling, too powerful for his prudence, often breaks through that disguise which it seems to have been his original, and ought to have continued his invariable purpose to maintain, till an opportunity should present itself of accomplishing the revenge which he meditated.
Seite 321 - ... and to blunt, for a while, the pangs of contrition. These were deeply aggravated by the recollection of her father: a father left in his age to feel his own misfortunes and his daughter's disgrace. Sir Edward was too generous not to think of providing for Venoni.
Seite 270 - IN books, whether moral or amusing, there are no passages more captivating, both to the writer and the reader, than those delicate strokes of sentimental morality, which refer our actions to the determination of feeling.