The Bachelor's Wife: A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with Cursory Observations |
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Page 11
... round the ill effects of an abuse of power upon the power itself . If hoards were made by violence and tyranny , they were still do- mestic hoards , and domestic profusion , or the rapine of a more powerful and prodigal hand , restored ...
... round the ill effects of an abuse of power upon the power itself . If hoards were made by violence and tyranny , they were still do- mestic hoards , and domestic profusion , or the rapine of a more powerful and prodigal hand , restored ...
Page 14
... round and rolling cadence of Cicero's , and in argument he was far inferior in clearness , closeness , and vehemence to Demosthenes , but neither the Greek nor the Roman have excelled him in his own particular style . The desolation of ...
... round and rolling cadence of Cicero's , and in argument he was far inferior in clearness , closeness , and vehemence to Demosthenes , but neither the Greek nor the Roman have excelled him in his own particular style . The desolation of ...
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... round , during the five months which preceded the destruction of the capital . The 26th of March was a remarkably hot day . The air was calm and the sky unclouded . It was Holy Thursday , and a great part of the population was assembled ...
... round , during the five months which preceded the destruction of the capital . The 26th of March was a remarkably hot day . The air was calm and the sky unclouded . It was Holy Thursday , and a great part of the population was assembled ...
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... rounded domes of the Silla , and the aspect of the sky formed a perfect contrast to that of the earth , covered with the dead and heaped with ruins . Mothers were seen bearing in their arms their children , whom they hoped to recall to ...
... rounded domes of the Silla , and the aspect of the sky formed a perfect contrast to that of the earth , covered with the dead and heaped with ruins . Mothers were seen bearing in their arms their children , whom they hoped to recall to ...
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... rounded by liquid fire . They crossed over the first stream in safety ; but being a good deal scorched upon the island , they attempted the passage of the second branch ; in doing which , one of the guides , laden with torches and other ...
... rounded by liquid fire . They crossed over the first stream in safety ; but being a good deal scorched upon the island , they attempted the passage of the second branch ; in doing which , one of the guides , laden with torches and other ...
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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