Selected English EssaysWilliam Peacock |
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... hear as many hearse- like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon . Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and adversity is ...
... hear as many hearse- like airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon . Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and adversity is ...
Page 350
... Hear , hear ! ' sufficiently showed that he spoke the general feeling . The next toast was- " The sublime epoch of Burkism and Harism ! ' This was drunk with enthusiasm ; and one of the members , who spoke to the question , made a very ...
... Hear , hear ! ' sufficiently showed that he spoke the general feeling . The next toast was- " The sublime epoch of Burkism and Harism ! ' This was drunk with enthusiasm ; and one of the members , who spoke to the question , made a very ...
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... hear of these tender motives : to sustain a contract of this nature in law , it is essential that a " consideration " should be given . Now , what was the consideration ? For thus far all is on the side of the pollinctor : he will be ...
... hear of these tender motives : to sustain a contract of this nature in law , it is essential that a " consideration " should be given . Now , what was the consideration ? For thus far all is on the side of the pollinctor : he will be ...
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Abraham Newland admirable beautiful better called character Chioggia church colour Dante delight dinner drama Elena Elizabethan Era English face fancy feel fellow French Gaiety Theatre genius gentlemen Gerado give Goldsmith gondola grace Grand Canal hand head hear heart Hernani honour humour imagination Irenæus kind lady laugh learned live look Malamocco Malebranche matter Messer mind Molière morning murder nature never Nicolas Poussin night observed Oliver Goldsmith once painted passed passion perhaps person picture play pleasure poem poet poetry poor round Sarah Bernhardt seems sense Shakespeare Sicarii Sir Roger sleep sort soul speak spirit style sweet talk taste tell theatre things thought Tintoretto tion Toad-in-the-hole told town true truth turn Venice verse Victor Hugo walk whist whole wonder words write young
References to this book
Interpretatio: Language and Translation from Cicero to Tytler Frederick M. Rener No preview available - 1989 |
Interpretatio: Language and Translation from Cicero to Tytler Frederick M. Rener Limited preview - 1989 |