Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most eminent prose writers, Volumen41812 |
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... appearance of feudal subordination remained . Nobles who had acquired such enormous power scorned to consider themselves as subjects . They aspired openly at being independent : the bonds which connected the principal members of the ...
... appearance of feudal subordination remained . Nobles who had acquired such enormous power scorned to consider themselves as subjects . They aspired openly at being independent : the bonds which connected the principal members of the ...
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... appeared un- alterably and solely devoted ; nor could neglect or injuries abate his zeal for Thebes . All these illustrious qualities he adorned with that eloquence which was then in such repute , and appeared in council equally eminent ...
... appeared un- alterably and solely devoted ; nor could neglect or injuries abate his zeal for Thebes . All these illustrious qualities he adorned with that eloquence which was then in such repute , and appeared in council equally eminent ...
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... appeared , and before he spoke to her parents , he took great care to talk with him . As you and I are both young , ' said he , ' we can converse together with greater freedom . When your bride , who had fallen into the hands of my ...
... appeared , and before he spoke to her parents , he took great care to talk with him . As you and I are both young , ' said he , ' we can converse together with greater freedom . When your bride , who had fallen into the hands of my ...
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... appeared totally unequal to such undertakings , and steadily prosecuting what he had boldly resolved ; being never dis- turbed or disheartened by difficulties in the course of his enterprises ; but having that noble vigour of BOOK VII ...
... appeared totally unequal to such undertakings , and steadily prosecuting what he had boldly resolved ; being never dis- turbed or disheartened by difficulties in the course of his enterprises ; but having that noble vigour of BOOK VII ...
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... appeared in his transactions with the king of France , the pope , and the barons . His domi- nions , when they devolved to him by the death of his brother , were more extensive than have ever since his time been ruled by any English ...
... appeared in his transactions with the king of France , the pope , and the barons . His domi- nions , when they devolved to him by the death of his brother , were more extensive than have ever since his time been ruled by any English ...
Términos y frases comunes
admiration affable affection agreeable ambition appeared arts ASPASIO avarice beauty Boil Cæsar character Charles Chesterfield Cicero conduct countess of Somerset court crown danger death desired dignity disposition earl Edward Edward VI elegant enemies England equally errours Europe execution father favour favourite fortune give glory hand happy heart Henry Henry VIII honour house of lords human Hume Iago king kingdom lady Jane LADY JANE GREY learning less lived lord LORD BOLINGBROKE LORD TOWNSHEND mankind manners Mary matter ment mind minister monarch moral narch nation nature neral never noble passions perfect person philosopher Plato pleasure Pompey Pope possessed prince princess qualities queen racter reason regard reign religion rendered replied Rizio Roger Ascham seemed Sir John soul sovereign spirit Sterl subjects talents temper thing thou thought throne tion truth uncle Toby vices vigour violence virtue writers zeal
Pasajes populares
Página 254 - Give you a reason on compulsion ! if reasons were as plenty as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion, I. P.
Página 77 - I am in presence either of father or mother ; whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry, or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing anything else ; I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure and number, even so perfectly, as God made the world ; or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea presently sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways (which I will not name for the honour I bear them) so without measure mis-ordered, that I think...
Página 257 - I will ask him for my place again ; he shall tell me I am a drunkard ! Had I as many mouths as Hydra, such an answer would stop them all. To be now a sensible man, by and by a fool, and presently a beast ! O strange ! Every inordinate cup is unblessed and the ingredient is a devil.
Página 246 - Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?
Página 256 - O thou invisible spirit of wine! if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.
Página 241 - Then, if they die unprovided, no more is the King guilty of their damnation than he was before guilty of those impieties for the which they are now visited. Every subject's duty is the King's, but every subject's soul is his own.
Página 173 - And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
Página 141 - Here this extraordinary man, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, found himself in great straits. To please universally was the object of his life; but to tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.
Página 256 - As I am an honest man, I thought you had received some bodily wound; there is more sense in that than in reputation. Reputation is an idle and most false imposition ; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving : you have lost no reputation at all, unless you repute yourself such a loser.
Página 96 - The fame of this princess, though it has surmounted the prejudices both of faction and of bigotry, yet lies still exposed to another prejudice, which is more durable, because more natural ; and which, according to the different views in which we survey her, is capable either of exalting beyond measure, or diminishing the lustre of her character.