A collection of several stories, moral tales, and reflections taken from the best English authorsJoseph Gamba, 1816 - 183 Seiten |
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Abdallab Abounadar acquaintance afsistance agreeable appear Avarice beauty becauſe behaviour body candlestick Castilian comunicate confefsion confequence confort Conftantia contemplation converfation courfe creatures death Dervice desire difposition drefs drefsed eafy endeavour esteem Eudoxus Euphronius exprefsions eyes faid fame father feemed felf felves fenfe fensibility fent fentiments ferve Festeau feven fo long folar folly fome fomething foon forrow fortune foul fpirits fubject fuch fuffer fupport fure gentleman give Hannibal happineſs happy heared heart herfelf himſelf honour houfe husband itſelf Ladies lefs Leontine likewife live lofes look manner marriage meaſure ment merit mind moveable Feasts nature necefsary never obferve occasion pafs pafsed pafsion pains perfon pleasure Plutus pofsefsed pofsible prefent reafon Renegado riches Scip shew thee thefe themſelves Theodofius theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion ufual virtue whofe wife worfe yourſelf
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 12 - We know by the life of this memorable hero, to which of these two ladies he gave up his heart ; and I believe, every one who reads this will do him the justice to approve his choice.
Seite 31 - Being wholly destitute of all other weapons, he stooped down to take up a huge stone in his hand ; but to his infinite surprise grasped nothing, and found the supposed stone to be only the apparition of one. If he was disappointed on this side, he was as much pleased on the other, when he found the lion, which had seized on his left shoulder, had no power to hurt him, and was only the ghost of that ravenous creature which it appeared to be. He no sooner got rid of...
Seite 12 - Alcoran, was transacted in so small a space of time, that Mahomet at his return found his bed still warm, and took up an earthen pitcher, which was thrown down at the very instant that the Angel Gabriel carried him away, before the water was all spilt".
Seite 8 - ... that vice and ignorance, imperfection and misery, should contend for praise, and endeavour as much as possible to make themselves objects of admiration. But notwithstanding man's essential perfection is but very little, his comparative perfection may be very considerable. If he looks upon himself in an abstracted light, he has not much to boast of; but if he considers himself with regard to others, he may find occasion of glorying, if not in his own virtues, at least in the absence of another's...
Seite 67 - One, who directs contingencies, and has in his hands the management of every thing that is capable of annoying or offending us; who knows the assistance we stand in need of, and is always ready to bestow it on those who ask it of him. The natural homage which such a creature...
Seite 34 - He could express it by nothing but his tears, which ran like a river down his cheeks as he looked upon her. He had not stood in this posture long before he plunged into the stream that lay before him; and finding...
Seite 32 - With this thought he resolved to travel through this intricate wood ; when by degrees he felt a gale of perfumes breathing upon him, that grew stronger and sweeter in proportion as he advanced. He had not proceeded much...
Seite 27 - ... admirer, she now took it in her head (upon advice of her physicians to lose some of her blood) to send for Monsieur Festeau on that occasion. I happened to be there at that time, and my near relation gave me the privilege to be present. As soon as her arm was stripped bare, and he began to press it in order to raise the vein, his colour changed, and I observed him seized with a sudden tremor, which made me take the liberty to speak of it to my cousin with some apprehension. She smiled, and said,...
Seite 93 - The oracle bids him follow the first man he should see upon his going out of the temple. The person he chanced to see was to appearance an old sordid blind man, but upon his following him from place to place, he at last found by his own confession, that -he was Plutus the god of riches, and that he was just come out of the house of a miser.
Seite 11 - ... advantage. She cast her eyes upon herself, then turned them on those that were present, to see how they liked her; and often looked on the figure she made in her own shadow. Upon her nearer approach to Hercules, she stepped before the other lady, who came forward with a regular composed carriage; and, running up to him, accosted him after the following manner:—