The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays, Volume 4C. Dilly, 1788 - Conduct of life |
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Page 57
... person of Caffandra the prophetess , whom Agamemnon brought captive from the de- struction of Troy . The light , he fays , pro- ceeds only from a flaming cauldron , in which the Sybils have been making their libations to the infernal ...
... person of Caffandra the prophetess , whom Agamemnon brought captive from the de- struction of Troy . The light , he fays , pro- ceeds only from a flaming cauldron , in which the Sybils have been making their libations to the infernal ...
Page 60
... person was scarce known to his competitors . Envy never drew a word from his lips to the disparage- ment of a contemporary , and emulation could hardly provoke his diffidence into a conteft for fame , which so many bolder rivals were ...
... person was scarce known to his competitors . Envy never drew a word from his lips to the disparage- ment of a contemporary , and emulation could hardly provoke his diffidence into a conteft for fame , which so many bolder rivals were ...
Page 61
... person and features , and who was employed by Prometheus in all servile offices , necessary for his accommodation in this folitude . The aerial spirit is in the clouds , which he is driving before him at the behest of his great master ...
... person and features , and who was employed by Prometheus in all servile offices , necessary for his accommodation in this folitude . The aerial spirit is in the clouds , which he is driving before him at the behest of his great master ...
Page 87
... person ; his stature was of the tallest , his air elegant and engaging , and , whilst he affected an effeminate delicacy in his habit and appearance , he was a victim to the most violent and uncontroulable passions , which , whenever ...
... person ; his stature was of the tallest , his air elegant and engaging , and , whilst he affected an effeminate delicacy in his habit and appearance , he was a victim to the most violent and uncontroulable passions , which , whenever ...
Page 99
... " Pleasures extorted from another's pain ! " The antients had a notion , that a man , who took no care of his own affairs , was not the fittest H 2 fittest person in the world to be entrusted with those N ° 104 . وو THE OBSERVER .
... " Pleasures extorted from another's pain ! " The antients had a notion , that a man , who took no care of his own affairs , was not the fittest H 2 fittest person in the world to be entrusted with those N ° 104 . وو THE OBSERVER .
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