Lives of the English PoetsCaasel et Cie, 1892 |
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Page 49
... passion , but there is wisdom more than enough to supply all defects . " Syph . Our first design , my friend , has proved abortive ; Still there remains an after - game to play : My troops are mounted ; their Numidian steeds Snuff up ...
... passion , but there is wisdom more than enough to supply all defects . " Syph . Our first design , my friend , has proved abortive ; Still there remains an after - game to play : My troops are mounted ; their Numidian steeds Snuff up ...
Page 54
... passion for the supposed defunct , begins to make his funeral oration . Upon which Juba enters listening , I suppose on tip - toe ; for I cannot imagine how any one can enter listening in any other posture . I would fain know how it ...
... passion for the supposed defunct , begins to make his funeral oration . Upon which Juba enters listening , I suppose on tip - toe ; for I cannot imagine how any one can enter listening in any other posture . I would fain know how it ...
Page 80
... passions , and too humane not to commiserate the unhappy situation of those whom the law sometimes perhaps exacts from you to pronounce upon . No doubt you distinguish between offences which arise out of premeditation , and a ...
... passions , and too humane not to commiserate the unhappy situation of those whom the law sometimes perhaps exacts from you to pronounce upon . No doubt you distinguish between offences which arise out of premeditation , and a ...
Page 81
Samuel Johnson. of casual absence of reason , and sudden impulse of passion . We therefore hope you will contribute all you can to an extension of that mercy which the gentlemen of the jury have been pleased to show to Mr. Merchant , who ...
Samuel Johnson. of casual absence of reason , and sudden impulse of passion . We therefore hope you will contribute all you can to an extension of that mercy which the gentlemen of the jury have been pleased to show to Mr. Merchant , who ...
Page 87
... passions , and the innumerable mixtures of vice and virtue , which distinguished one character from another ; and , as his conception was strong , his expressions were clear , he easily received im- pressions from objects , and very ...
... passions , and the innumerable mixtures of vice and virtue , which distinguished one character from another ; and , as his conception was strong , his expressions were clear , he easily received im- pressions from objects , and very ...
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