The Bachelor's Wife: A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with Cursory Observations |
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Page 10
... force of argument combined with the interest which lively description never fails to awaken . You will find a very splendid specimen of this species of ora- tory , which might , I think , be described as the stat- mentative ( if we may ...
... force of argument combined with the interest which lively description never fails to awaken . You will find a very splendid specimen of this species of ora- tory , which might , I think , be described as the stat- mentative ( if we may ...
Page 11
... force . But the difference in favour of the first conquerors is this : the Asiatic conquerors very soon abated of their ferocity , because they made the conquer- ed country their own . They rose or fell with the rise or fall of the ...
... force . But the difference in favour of the first conquerors is this : the Asiatic conquerors very soon abated of their ferocity , because they made the conquer- ed country their own . They rose or fell with the rise or fall of the ...
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... force , they brought into a miserable servitude all the princes and great independent nobility of a vast country . In proportion to these treasons and violences , which ruined the people , the fund of the nabob's debt grew and flou ...
... force , they brought into a miserable servitude all the princes and great independent nobility of a vast country . In proportion to these treasons and violences , which ruined the people , the fund of the nabob's debt grew and flou ...
Page 17
... force , so collected in his might , that he made no secret whatsoever of his dreadful resolution . " Having terminated his disputes with every enemy and every rival , who buried their mutual animosities in their common detestation ...
... force , so collected in his might , that he made no secret whatsoever of his dreadful resolution . " Having terminated his disputes with every enemy and every rival , who buried their mutual animosities in their common detestation ...
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... force and velocity sufficient to crush every one of the party to atoms , if directed to the spot where they all stood huddled together . There was not a moment to be lost ; the author , therefore , covering his face with his hat ...
... force and velocity sufficient to crush every one of the party to atoms , if directed to the spot where they all stood huddled together . There was not a moment to be lost ; the author , therefore , covering his face with his hat ...
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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