Mooriana: or, Selections from the works of J. Moore, illustr. by notes, by F. Prevost and F. Blagdon, Volume 11803 |
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... less sagacity and experience , and of far inferior talents and abilities , it may be proper to surmise , that , by his literary writings , he has enjoyed more rational pleasure , though less pecuniary advantage , than those sons of care ...
... less sagacity and experience , and of far inferior talents and abilities , it may be proper to surmise , that , by his literary writings , he has enjoyed more rational pleasure , though less pecuniary advantage , than those sons of care ...
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... less than five years abroad , during which period they visited France , Italy , Switzerland , and Germany . + The first is entitled , A View of Society and Manners in France , Switzerland , and Germany , in two vols . octavo . It was ...
... less than five years abroad , during which period they visited France , Italy , Switzerland , and Germany . + The first is entitled , A View of Society and Manners in France , Switzerland , and Germany , in two vols . octavo . It was ...
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... less acquainted with the French language than the nobles of any other European nation : they differ from the great of other nations , like- wise , in being as superstitious as the vulgar . The style of living of the grandees of Spain is ...
... less acquainted with the French language than the nobles of any other European nation : they differ from the great of other nations , like- wise , in being as superstitious as the vulgar . The style of living of the grandees of Spain is ...
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... less accomplished or amiable ; and by this means mortally offended many illustrious persons of both sexes who had no pretensions of that nature . Fonder of entertainments than her husband , she had often private suppers , where the ...
... less accomplished or amiable ; and by this means mortally offended many illustrious persons of both sexes who had no pretensions of that nature . Fonder of entertainments than her husband , she had often private suppers , where the ...
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... less gay . In a beautiful , sprightly , and unguarded wo- man calumny found an easy prey , and after- wards united with sedition , made a joint attack on the queen . She who seemed destined to give lasting peace and prosperity to France ...
... less gay . In a beautiful , sprightly , and unguarded wo- man calumny found an easy prey , and after- wards united with sedition , made a joint attack on the queen . She who seemed destined to give lasting peace and prosperity to France ...
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Page 230 - 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 178 - 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 211 - Dans l'adversité de nos meilleurs amis, nous trouvons toujours quelque chose qui ne nous déplaît pas.
Page 99 - Monsieur, quand on travaille pour ce qu'on aime,' replied the girl. The soldier kissed her hand with a gallant and tender air. ' Allons,' continued the Marquis, addressing himself to me ; ' this girl is quite charming — her lover has the appearance of a brave fellow ; they have but three legs betwixt them, and we have four ; — if you have no objection, they shall have the carriage, and we will follow on foot to the next village, and see what can be done for these lovers.
Page 127 - ... 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 98 - 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 126 - 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 178 - 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 grossne.ss.
Page 178 - ... 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 10 - Moore brought his family from Glasgow to London ; and in the course of the next year appeared the fruits of his travels, in " A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany,