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Page 58
... Wisdom is simple , valour righteous , Humane , and hating facts of brutish force , And whose grave natures scorn the scoffs of France , The empty compliments of Italy , The any - way encroaching pride of Spain , And 58 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE .
... Wisdom is simple , valour righteous , Humane , and hating facts of brutish force , And whose grave natures scorn the scoffs of France , The empty compliments of Italy , The any - way encroaching pride of Spain , And 58 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE .
Page 133
... Italy ; and reached the neigh- bourhood of Rome on the evening preceding the day ap- pointed for the triumph decreed to Titus . " Early in the morning , Vespasian the emperor , and Titus , who had rested during the night in the temple ...
... Italy ; and reached the neigh- bourhood of Rome on the evening preceding the day ap- pointed for the triumph decreed to Titus . " Early in the morning , Vespasian the emperor , and Titus , who had rested during the night in the temple ...
Page 142
... Italy . These tremendous visi- tations of Divine wrath had an awful effect on the populace of Rome ; and the description which Ha- reach gives of the opening of the Sibylline books , may be extracted as the final act of national adora ...
... Italy . These tremendous visi- tations of Divine wrath had an awful effect on the populace of Rome ; and the description which Ha- reach gives of the opening of the Sibylline books , may be extracted as the final act of national adora ...
Page 146
... Italy , without even mentioning the Roman name . An awful response rose from the multitude . It was not a sigh , nor a murmur , nor a sound like any thing I had ever before heard ; but a deep and dreadful sob , as if some mighty life ...
... Italy , without even mentioning the Roman name . An awful response rose from the multitude . It was not a sigh , nor a murmur , nor a sound like any thing I had ever before heard ; but a deep and dreadful sob , as if some mighty life ...
Page 147
... Italy ! ' to which the crowd , as if suddenly transmuted from the Roman into another character , answered , with a magnificent shout , that reverberated through the empty halls of the Capitol , Odoacer , king of Italy ! ' Thus was the ...
... Italy ! ' to which the crowd , as if suddenly transmuted from the Roman into another character , answered , with a magnificent shout , that reverberated through the empty halls of the Capitol , Odoacer , king of Italy ! ' Thus was the ...
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ancient appear Bachelor beauty Benedict breath caboceer called cataract Catiline CHAP character church Demonax Devil Don Quixote Dr Johnson dreadful Duke of Burgundy earth EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE effect English equal eyes fall FAUST feel fire friends genius Gil Blas give gold Greek hand hath hear heard heart heaven holy honour human Hyder Ali imagination Ioannina Jaffa king less live look Lord magnificent manner MARGARET ment Mephistopheles merits mind morning nature never night o'er object observed Odoacer opinion ornaments palaces passages peculiar perhaps persons pleasure poet poetical poetry possess principles racter replied the Nymph respect Roman round scarcely scene sentiments Shirley Sibylline books side song Sotheby's soul spirit steam stood style sweet taste thee thing thou thought tion Tom Jones truth Warburton whole