Select British Classics, Volume 21J. Conrad, 1803 |
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... shew what pious wisdom's pow'r can do , The poet sets Ulysses in our view . HOR . FRANCIS . I HAVE frequently wondered at the common practice of our instructors of youth , in making their pupils far more intimately acquainted with the ...
... shew what pious wisdom's pow'r can do , The poet sets Ulysses in our view . HOR . FRANCIS . I HAVE frequently wondered at the common practice of our instructors of youth , in making their pupils far more intimately acquainted with the ...
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... shew that he was not depressed by our neglect , hummed a tune and beat time upon his snuff- box . Thus universally displeased with one another , and not much delighted with ourselves , we came at last to the little inn appointed for our ...
... shew that he was not depressed by our neglect , hummed a tune and beat time upon his snuff- box . Thus universally displeased with one another , and not much delighted with ourselves , we came at last to the little inn appointed for our ...
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... shew , Thyself may freely on thyself bestow . DRYDEN . TO THE ADVENTURER . SIR , YOU have somewhat discouraged the hope of idleness by shewing , that whoever compares the num- ber of those who have possessed fortuitous advantages , and ...
... shew , Thyself may freely on thyself bestow . DRYDEN . TO THE ADVENTURER . SIR , YOU have somewhat discouraged the hope of idleness by shewing , that whoever compares the num- ber of those who have possessed fortuitous advantages , and ...
Contents
LETTERS from six characters | 71 |
The folly of human wishes and schemes to cor rect the moral government of the world history of Nourraddin and Amana | 72 |
The history of Nourraddin and Amana concluded | 73 |
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acquainted ADVENTURER Alcinous Almerine altar Amana Amphinomus Anticlea appeared Aristotle beauty behold Bozaldab breast Caliban caliph Catiline Catullus character considered countenance death desire despair despised Diphilus disappointed discovered distress dreadful DRYDEN effect Elfarina endeavour epic poetry equal Euripides evil excellence eyes fable father favour felicity fortune genius gratify happiness heart hero Homer honour hope hour human Iliad images imagination impatience kind labour lady learned Longinus look mankind manner Mantua marriage Menander ment mind misery moral Nardic nature ness never Nouraddin Nourassin object Odyssey opinion Osmin palace passion perceived perpetually person pleasure poem poet present prince produced Prospero Quintilian racter reason SATURDAY scarcely sentiments Shakspeare Shelimah shew smile Soliman soul spirit suffered Sycorax tears tender thee Theocritus thou thought tion truth TUESDAY ulmo Ulysses Virgil virtue wish wretched writers Yamodin δε