Mooriana: Or, Selections from the Moral, Philosophical, and Miscellaneous Works of the Late Dr.John Moore, Volume 1J. Cundee, 1803 - Scottish literature |
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... object in describing our do- mestic manners was always to correct and reform them . In his first romance , Zeluco , † he seems to have wished to in- * He has published three novels --- Zeluco , we believe in 1787 ; in 1790 , Edward , or ...
... object in describing our do- mestic manners was always to correct and reform them . In his first romance , Zeluco , † he seems to have wished to in- * He has published three novels --- Zeluco , we believe in 1787 ; in 1790 , Edward , or ...
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... objects through a dark me- dium . They are much affected by the vexations of life , under which they are ready to despond . They feel their spirits flag with the repetitions of scenes which at first were thought agreeable . This ...
... objects through a dark me- dium . They are much affected by the vexations of life , under which they are ready to despond . They feel their spirits flag with the repetitions of scenes which at first were thought agreeable . This ...
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... object of pleasure is placed within reach of the unambitious , all other pursuits are too frequently despised . A young man in this situation is prone to ex- cess , he seldom waits the natural returns of ap- petite of any kind : his ...
... object of pleasure is placed within reach of the unambitious , all other pursuits are too frequently despised . A young man in this situation is prone to ex- cess , he seldom waits the natural returns of ap- petite of any kind : his ...
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... object of desire ; when present , becomes an object of disgust all amusements lose their relish . As age advances , caprice , peevishness and tedium augment , till the curtain is dropped , or rather , is pulled down by the impatient ...
... object of desire ; when present , becomes an object of disgust all amusements lose their relish . As age advances , caprice , peevishness and tedium augment , till the curtain is dropped , or rather , is pulled down by the impatient ...
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... those who possess them . He sees that meanness of spirit , ingrati- tude , and perfidy are the objects of detestation . He shuns the boys who display any of these odious qualities . Boys of high rank and great fortune are apt to 34.
... those who possess them . He sees that meanness of spirit , ingrati- tude , and perfidy are the objects of detestation . He shuns the boys who display any of these odious qualities . Boys of high rank and great fortune are apt to 34.
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Page 182 - Never, never more shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom.
Page 234 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 131 - ... with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication; 5and on her forehead was written a name of mystery: "Babylon the great, mother of harlots and of earth's abominations." 6And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.
Page 102 - When we had driven a few miles, I perceived a genteel-looking young fellow, dressed in an old uniform. He sat under a tree on the grass, at a little distance from the road, and amused himself by playing on the violin. As we came nearer we perceived he had a wooden leg, part of which lay in fragments by his side. " ' What do you do there, soldier? ' said the Marquis. ' I am on my way home to my own village, mon officier,
Page 130 - And the Woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of abominations and filthiness of her whoredom.
Page 215 - Dans l'adversité de nos meilleurs amis, nous trouvons toujours quelque chose qui ne nous déplaît pas.
Page 109 - And, like th' old Hebrews, many years did stray, In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last : The barren wilderness he past ; Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land ; And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it.
Page 182 - ... that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone.
Page 182 - It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil by losing all its grossness.
Page 17 - A Journal, during a Residence in France, from the beginning of August to the middle of December, 1792. To which is added, an Account of the most remarkable Events that happened at Paris, from that time to the death of the late King of France.