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Page 105
... continued the nymph , " but it is poetical in the truest sense of the term ; for it presents at once an image to the mind , an argument to the judgment , and a subject interesting to the universal feelings of our nature . Pray , do tell ...
... continued the nymph , " but it is poetical in the truest sense of the term ; for it presents at once an image to the mind , an argument to the judgment , and a subject interesting to the universal feelings of our nature . Pray , do tell ...
Page 109
... continued the nymph , " it is in the simple pathetic that the author most excels , and here is a little piece of that kind which I think affecting and pretty . " THE SWISS BEGGAR . O I am not of this countrie , And much my heart is ...
... continued the nymph , " it is in the simple pathetic that the author most excels , and here is a little piece of that kind which I think affecting and pretty . " THE SWISS BEGGAR . O I am not of this countrie , And much my heart is ...
Page 129
... continued ; for it was an ancient maxim in the policy of his countrymen , to respect the religious rites while they erased the his- tory of the nations they subdued ; but the remnant of our people , who had determined to perish with ...
... continued ; for it was an ancient maxim in the policy of his countrymen , to respect the religious rites while they erased the his- tory of the nations they subdued ; but the remnant of our people , who had determined to perish with ...
Page 137
... continued to contemplate the magnificent prospect from his window till the sun sunk beneath the horizon , and the twilight began to invest every object with that sober obscurity , which disposes the mind of the spectator to calm and ...
... continued to contemplate the magnificent prospect from his window till the sun sunk beneath the horizon , and the twilight began to invest every object with that sober obscurity , which disposes the mind of the spectator to calm and ...
Page 138
... continued the philosopher , assum- ing a sedate and grave manner , • I wish to ask you a question . You are a person of much experience , and I have been surprised often at the knowledge you seem to have acquired as a traveller , -Can ...
... continued the philosopher , assum- ing a sedate and grave manner , • I wish to ask you a question . You are a person of much experience , and I have been surprised often at the knowledge you seem to have acquired as a traveller , -Can ...
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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