The Adventurer, Volume 4S. Doig, 1793 |
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Page 51
... most pompous declaimer of the most pompous fpeeches in Cato or Tamerlane . In the next scene , the old king appears in a very di- ftressful fituation . He informs Regan , whom he be- lieves to be ftill actuated by filial tenderness , of ...
... most pompous declaimer of the most pompous fpeeches in Cato or Tamerlane . In the next scene , the old king appears in a very di- ftressful fituation . He informs Regan , whom he be- lieves to be ftill actuated by filial tenderness , of ...
Page 124
... most likely to provoke cenfure , it is eminently true , that the lofs of character by imprudence frequently induces the lofs of virtue : the ladies therefore , should be pro- portionably circumfpect ; as to thofe , in whom folly is most ...
... most likely to provoke cenfure , it is eminently true , that the lofs of character by imprudence frequently induces the lofs of virtue : the ladies therefore , should be pro- portionably circumfpect ; as to thofe , in whom folly is most ...
Page 159
... most frigid and barren genius : much more might this fuccefs be reasonably expected from fuch geniuses as Britain ... most verbofe and tedious to the most compre- henfive and concise of writers , and a collector of facts to one who was ...
... most frigid and barren genius : much more might this fuccefs be reasonably expected from fuch geniuses as Britain ... most verbofe and tedious to the most compre- henfive and concise of writers , and a collector of facts to one who was ...
Contents
Different opinions equally plaufible | 7 |
i08 The uncertainty of human things | 13 |
A vifion | 19 |
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