Tremaine: Or, The Man of Refinement, Volume 3H. Colburn, 1825 - 380 pages |
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... look upon him as little more than an illustrious mope . " Evelyn almost let fall this letter when it first came to hand . To read this account of his friend , both surprised and distressed him ; but to hear of him at all was ...
... look upon him as little more than an illustrious mope . " Evelyn almost let fall this letter when it first came to hand . To read this account of his friend , both surprised and distressed him ; but to hear of him at all was ...
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... look- ing at her own face , and the rose in her hair , in the only bit of glass to be found in the cottage . In effect , however , Evelyn was much better satis- fied than he himself , much more Lisette , could have expected . The ...
... look- ing at her own face , and the rose in her hair , in the only bit of glass to be found in the cottage . In effect , however , Evelyn was much better satis- fied than he himself , much more Lisette , could have expected . The ...
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... look- ed along the plain where every thing was so rich , with the broad road winding through it , between a double row of elms , and cattle of all kinds tended by herdsmen from the busy city . There the great church always closed the ...
... look- ed along the plain where every thing was so rich , with the broad road winding through it , between a double row of elms , and cattle of all kinds tended by herdsmen from the busy city . There the great church always closed the ...
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... looks were all the worse since they parted . But when to Tremaine's question , what brought Evelyn to France , he answered , with a sigh of anxiety , " My daughter's health , " - the eagerness with which the enquiry was pursued , and ...
... looks were all the worse since they parted . But when to Tremaine's question , what brought Evelyn to France , he answered , with a sigh of anxiety , " My daughter's health , " - the eagerness with which the enquiry was pursued , and ...
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... look of a shrine , threw herself with fervour on her knees , and with clasped hands and downcast eyes , from which tears at last fell , ejaculated several pray- ers to herself , in great and evidently sincere emotion . " Some penance ...
... look of a shrine , threw herself with fervour on her knees , and with clasped hands and downcast eyes , from which tears at last fell , ejaculated several pray- ers to herself , in great and evidently sincere emotion . " Some penance ...
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Almighty answered Evelyn answered Tremaine argument asked Evelyn asked Tremaine beautiful believe better Bolingbroke brain brute called cause certainly CHAP chateau Cicero confess consequence continued Evelyn continued Tremaine creation creature cried Evelyn cried Tremaine crime dear death Deity demonstration difficulty divine Doctor doubt Epicurus Evelyn Hall evil exclaimed existence father fear feeling free-will Georgina give happiness heart Heaven hope horror immortal laws least Lisette Lucretius maine matter mean ment merely mind moral motion murder nature never object observed Evelyn observed Tremaine opinion Orleans pause perhaps perpetual philosopher physics Place d'Orleans pleasure proof prove Providence pursued Evelyn question reason rejoined religion replied Evelyn replied Tremaine returned Evelyn returned Tremaine scepticism Scopas seemed Sennacherib sense SHAKSPEARE soul spirit suppose supposition sure tell thing thought tion Tremaine allowed true truth Voltaire whole wish wonderful
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Page 335 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
Page 203 - It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. For, while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no further, but, when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
Page 290 - These things hast thou done, and I kept silence ; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself : But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
Page 283 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking off...
Page 373 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Page 55 - Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life at a pin's fee; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself?
Page 283 - He's here in double trust; First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.
Page 271 - Are many lesser Faculties that serve Reason as chief; among these Fancy next Her office holds ; of all external things, Which the five watchful Senses represent, She forms Imaginations, Aery shapes, Which Reason joining or disjoining, frames All what we affirm or what deny, and call Our knowledge or opinion; then retires Into her private Cell when Nature rests.
Page 320 - Oh ! he will tell thee, that the wealth of worlds Should ne'er seduce his bosom to forego That sacred hour, when, stealing from the noise Of care and envy, sweet remembrance soothes With Virtue's kindest looks his aching breast, And turns his tears to rapture.
Page 49 - Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit? or whither shall I go then from thy presence ? If I climb up into heaven, thou art there ; if I go down to hell, thou art there also.