The Works of Henry Mackenzie, 第 4 巻J. Ballantyne and Company, 1808 |
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... happy choice of names is essential to good writing . Comedy is so much beholden to this article , that I have known some with scarcely any wit or character but what was contained in the dramatis persona . Every other species of writing ...
... happy choice of names is essential to good writing . Comedy is so much beholden to this article , that I have known some with scarcely any wit or character but what was contained in the dramatis persona . Every other species of writing ...
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... happy time , declared to me , that the sight of my face behind the counter ( though indeed , Sir , my looks are but homely ) made him think his humble condition far more bles- sed than that of the wealthiest of our neighbours , whose ...
... happy time , declared to me , that the sight of my face behind the counter ( though indeed , Sir , my looks are but homely ) made him think his humble condition far more bles- sed than that of the wealthiest of our neighbours , whose ...
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... happy consequence of your publishing this let- ter , you shall have the sincerest thanks of a grateful heart , from your now discon- solate humble servant , * REBECCA PRUNE . I cannot help expressing my suspicion , that Mrs Rebecca ...
... happy consequence of your publishing this let- ter , you shall have the sincerest thanks of a grateful heart , from your now discon- solate humble servant , * REBECCA PRUNE . I cannot help expressing my suspicion , that Mrs Rebecca ...
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... happy , than a man without any ties of affection , or any exercise of duty . He must be very forlorn , or very despicable , indeed , to whom it is possible to apply the phrase used by my friend , in charac- terizing the person whose ...
... happy , than a man without any ties of affection , or any exercise of duty . He must be very forlorn , or very despicable , indeed , to whom it is possible to apply the phrase used by my friend , in charac- terizing the person whose ...
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... She does us infi- nite honour , " said my young madam ; " let her ladyship know how happy her visit will make us ; but , in the mean time , Mr Papillot , give your horse to one of " I the servants , and come in and have THE MIRROR . 107.
... She does us infi- nite honour , " said my young madam ; " let her ladyship know how happy her visit will make us ; but , in the mean time , Mr Papillot , give your horse to one of " I the servants , and come in and have THE MIRROR . 107.
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361 ページ - The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — As he is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: — the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
289 ページ - That care, however, which watched his health was not repaid with success ; he was always more delicate, and more subject to little disorders than I; and at last, after completing his seventh year, was seized with a fever, which, in a few days, put an end to his life, and transferred to me the inheritance of my ancestors.
185 ページ - forgive these tears ; assist thy servant to lift up his soul to thee; to lift to thee the souls of thy people ! My friends ! it is good so to do : at all seasons it is good; but, in the days of our distress, what a privilege it is ! Well saith the sacred book> f Trust in the Lord ; at all times trust in the Lord.
165 ページ - She was interrupted by the arrival of their landlord. He took her hand with an air of kindness : she drew it away from him in silence, threw down her eyes to the ground, and left the room. " I have been thanking God," said the good La Roche, " for my recovery." " That is right,
367 ページ - And will he not come again?' &c. But Edgar puts on a semblance as opposite as may be to his real situation and his ruling thoughts. He never ventures on any expression, bordering on the subjects of a father's cruelty, or a son's misfortune. Hamlet, in the same manner, were he as firm in mind as Edgar, would never hint...
358 ページ - O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown! The courtier's, soldier's, scholar's, eye, tongue, sword; The expectancy and rose of the fair state, The glass of fashion and the mould of form, The observed of all observers, quite, quite down!
185 ページ - Tis only from the belief of the goodness and wisdom of a Supreme Being that our calamities can be borne in that manner which becomes a man. Human wisdom is here of little use ; for, in proportion as it bestows comfort, it represses feeling, without which we may cease to be hurt by calamity, but we shall also cease to enjoy happiness. I will not bid you be insensible, my friends ! I cannot, I cannot, if I would...
182 ページ - I have before described, in the neighborhood of La Roche's dwelling. A light gleamed on the water that seemed to proceed from the house ; it moved slowly along as he proceeded up the side of the lake, and at last he saw it glimmer through the trees, and stop at some distance from the place where he then was.
358 ページ - The observed of all observers," v placed in a situation, in which even the amiable qualities of his mind serve but to aggravate his distress, and to perplex his conduct.
39 ページ - Why, to be sure, it were often better not to fight — if one had but the courage not to fight." N° 12. SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1779. ' To THE AUTHOR OF THE MIRROR. •SIR, ' I AM a plain country-gentleman with a small fortune and a large family. My boys, all except the youngest, I have contrived to set out into the world in tolerably promising situations. My two eldest girls are married; one to a clergyman, with a very comfortable living, and a respectable character ; the other to a neighbour of my...