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... hast thou been to me : thy love for me was wonderful ; passing the love of women . " It was Sir Philip Sidney , at the battle near Zutphen , was wound- ed by a musket ball , which broke the bone of his thigh . He was carried about a ...
... hast thou been to me : thy love for me was wonderful ; passing the love of women . " It was Sir Philip Sidney , at the battle near Zutphen , was wound- ed by a musket ball , which broke the bone of his thigh . He was carried about a ...
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... Hast thou a mind , Damocles , " says the king , " to taste this happiness ; and to know , by experience , what the enjoy- ments are , of which thou hast so high an idea ? " Damocles with joy , accepted the offer . The king ordered that ...
... Hast thou a mind , Damocles , " says the king , " to taste this happiness ; and to know , by experience , what the enjoy- ments are , of which thou hast so high an idea ? " Damocles with joy , accepted the offer . The king ordered that ...
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... hast no amusements in thy pow- er , that can withhold thee from thy own reflections ! 5. " They tell thee that thou art wise ; but what does wis- dom avail with poverty ? None will flatter the poor ; and the wise have very little power ...
... hast no amusements in thy pow- er , that can withhold thee from thy own reflections ! 5. " They tell thee that thou art wise ; but what does wis- dom avail with poverty ? None will flatter the poor ; and the wise have very little power ...
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... hast been brought hither ? I have been now twenty years an inhabitant of the wilderness , in which I never saw a man before . " Obidah then related the occur- rences of his journey , without any concealment or palliation . 14. Son ...
... hast been brought hither ? I have been now twenty years an inhabitant of the wilderness , in which I never saw a man before . " Obidah then related the occur- rences of his journey , without any concealment or palliation . 14. Son ...
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... hast ordained ; what is man that thou art mindful of him , and the son of man that thou regardest him ! " 4. In the same manner , when I considered that infinite host of stars , or , to speak more philosophically , of suns , which were ...
... hast ordained ; what is man that thou art mindful of him , and the son of man that thou regardest him ! " 4. In the same manner , when I considered that infinite host of stars , or , to speak more philosophically , of suns , which were ...
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Common terms and phrases
affections Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention Bayle beauty behold blessing Caius Verres character cheerful comfort dark death delight Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth enjoy enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil fall father fear feel folly fortune Fundanus give Greek language ground hand happiness hast Hazael heart heav'n Heraclitus honor hope human indulge inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labors live look Lord mankind mercy Micipsa midst mind misery Mount Etna nature never noble Numidia o'er ourselves pain passions pause peace perfect person pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise Roman Senate scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shining Sicily smiles sorrow soul sound spirit stancy suffer temper tempest thee things thou thought tion truth vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth