The Bachelor's Wife: A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with Cursory Observations |
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Page 6
... called to such honour , or a nobleman adorned with so great a trust . Had you lost but a cow or a carrion of your own , two hundred retainers would have started up at your whistle , to rescue the prey from the farthest edge of Ulster ...
... called to such honour , or a nobleman adorned with so great a trust . Had you lost but a cow or a carrion of your own , two hundred retainers would have started up at your whistle , to rescue the prey from the farthest edge of Ulster ...
Page 9
... , " that the British orators have surpassed the Greek and Roman ; among us another species of eloquence has been cultivated with equal success . It belongs to a class which may be called descriptive oratory , but it ELOQUENCE . 9.
... , " that the British orators have surpassed the Greek and Roman ; among us another species of eloquence has been cultivated with equal success . It belongs to a class which may be called descriptive oratory , but it ELOQUENCE . 9.
Page 10
... called descriptive oratory , but it comprehends higher qualities than those of descrip- tion ; its effects are similar to the impressions of argument , but it does not apparently employ any form of ratiocination ; appealing to knowledge ...
... called descriptive oratory , but it comprehends higher qualities than those of descrip- tion ; its effects are similar to the impressions of argument , but it does not apparently employ any form of ratiocination ; appealing to knowledge ...
Page 16
... called Hyder Ali Khan . This man possessed the western , as the Com- pany , under the name of the nabob of Arcot , does the eastern division of the Carnatic . It was among the leading measures in the design of this cabal ( according to ...
... called Hyder Ali Khan . This man possessed the western , as the Com- pany , under the name of the nabob of Arcot , does the eastern division of the Carnatic . It was among the leading measures in the design of this cabal ( according to ...
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... called El Quartel de San Carlos , situate farther north of the church of the Trinity , on the road from the custom- house de la Pastora , almost entirely disappeared . A regiment of troops of the line , that was assembled under arms ...
... called El Quartel de San Carlos , situate farther north of the church of the Trinity , on the road from the custom- house de la Pastora , almost entirely disappeared . A regiment of troops of the line , that was assembled under arms ...
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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