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Page 18
... scene of woe , the like of which no eye had seen , no heart conceived , and which no tongue can adequately tell . All the horrors of war , before known or heard of , were mercy to that new havock . A storm of universal fire blasted ...
... scene of woe , the like of which no eye had seen , no heart conceived , and which no tongue can adequately tell . All the horrors of war , before known or heard of , were mercy to that new havock . A storm of universal fire blasted ...
Page 20
... scenes in which the nothingness of man , as an object of the care of Pro- vidence , is most strikingly delineated . This morning for example , in turning over the leaves of De Hum- boldt's Travels , I felt myself very pleasingly ...
... scenes in which the nothingness of man , as an object of the care of Pro- vidence , is most strikingly delineated . This morning for example , in turning over the leaves of De Hum- boldt's Travels , I felt myself very pleasingly ...
Page 22
... scene of desolation and sorrow . That thick cloud of dust , which , rising above the ruins , darkened the sky like a fog , had settled on the ground . No shock was felt , and never was a night more calm or more serene . The moon ...
... scene of desolation and sorrow . That thick cloud of dust , which , rising above the ruins , darkened the sky like a fog , had settled on the ground . No shock was felt , and never was a night more calm or more serene . The moon ...
Page 51
... scene . The king enters with Lafin : " - - " Hen . I will not have my train Made a retreat for bankrupts , nor my court A hive for drones : proud beggars and true thieves , That , with a forced truth they swear to me , Rob my poor ...
... scene . The king enters with Lafin : " - - " Hen . I will not have my train Made a retreat for bankrupts , nor my court A hive for drones : proud beggars and true thieves , That , with a forced truth they swear to me , Rob my poor ...
Page 79
... scenes of bustle and difficulty ; from such experience of our own powers as may enable us to act without timidity ... scene , fortify himself with the consciousness of his own supe- riority , and endeavour to reason himself out of his ...
... scenes of bustle and difficulty ; from such experience of our own powers as may enable us to act without timidity ... scene , fortify himself with the consciousness of his own supe- riority , and endeavour to reason himself out of his ...
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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