Mooriana: Or, Selections from the Moral, Philosophical, and Miscellaneous Works of the Late Dr.John Moore, Volume 2J. Cundee, 1803 - Scottish literature |
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... disposed monarch not only shuts his ears against the queen's calumniators , but he is averse from believing in the infidelity of married people in general ; he considers adultery as one of the greatest crimes , and a belief of its ...
... disposed monarch not only shuts his ears against the queen's calumniators , but he is averse from believing in the infidelity of married people in general ; he considers adultery as one of the greatest crimes , and a belief of its ...
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... disposition . They are un- commonly serious and formal in their manner . The library is much esteemed , and reckoned particularly rich in manuscripts . At the arsenal is shown the armour in which Charles Duke of Burgundy was killed . In ...
... disposition . They are un- commonly serious and formal in their manner . The library is much esteemed , and reckoned particularly rich in manuscripts . At the arsenal is shown the armour in which Charles Duke of Burgundy was killed . In ...
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... dispositions of sensibility and ferocity , which , from this narrative , appear in the same indivi- duals . I repeat the facts as I have them from authority . They form a new instance of the asto- nishing variety , and even opposition ...
... dispositions of sensibility and ferocity , which , from this narrative , appear in the same indivi- duals . I repeat the facts as I have them from authority . They form a new instance of the asto- nishing variety , and even opposition ...
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... disposition which renders men ob- sequious to prosperity , and servile to power , is apt to make them neglectful of the unfortunate , and insolent to power . No nation ever pushed both extremes farther than the French in their behaviour ...
... disposition which renders men ob- sequious to prosperity , and servile to power , is apt to make them neglectful of the unfortunate , and insolent to power . No nation ever pushed both extremes farther than the French in their behaviour ...
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... disposition , and you know , sir , that " Quo semel est imbuta recens servabit odorem , testa diu . " I am sure I need add no more to convince you of the misery that such a match as this would occasion to all my master's relations ...
... disposition , and you know , sir , that " Quo semel est imbuta recens servabit odorem , testa diu . " I am sure I need add no more to convince you of the misery that such a match as this would occasion to all my master's relations ...
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Page 234 - DUKE'S PALACE. [Enter DUKE, CURIO, LORDS; MUSICIANS attending.] DUKE. If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken and so die.— That strain again;— it had a dying fall; O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour.— Enough; no more; 'Tis not so sweet now as it was before.
Page 95 - Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
Page 255 - ... that it certainly requires as much art and experience to carry the load upright, as to dance upon May-day with the garland. Their whale-bone petticoats outdo ours by several yards' circumference, and cover some acres of ground.
Page 253 - I own, they show all their passions ; and it is not long since two coaches meeting in a narrow street at night, the ladies in them not being able to adjust the ceremonial of which should go back, sat there with equal gallantry till two in the morning...
Page 132 - G g the the labourer's face with fmiles, and makes him behold his increafing family with delight and exultation ; Freedom has abandoned the fertile fields of Lombardy, and dwells among the mountains of Switzerland.
Page 150 - So Zembla's rocks (the beauteous work of frost) Rise white in air, and glitter o'er the coast ; Pale suns, unfelt, at distance roll away, And on th' impassive ice the lightnings play ; Eternal snows the growing mass supply, Till the bright mountains prop th' incumbent sky ; As Atlas fix'd, each hoary pile appears, The gather'd winter of a thousand years.
Page 239 - Seminaries of learning, as well as particular shops, are sometimes frequented more on account of what they have been, than what they are : so many instances of this might be produced, that it seems to be a prevailing opinion in this island, that talents and genius, like cats, are more attached to particular walls and houses, than to the persons who reside within them.
Page 191 - ... sous un rapport, ne sont pas dans la nature ; ils ne peuvent s'expliquer que par l'exaltation du fanatisme politique qui lui a mis le poignard à la main. Et c'est à vous, citoyens jurés, à juger de quel poids doit être cette considération morale dans la balance de la justice.
Page 257 - ... tis the established custom for every lady to have two husbands, one that bears the name, and another that performs the duties. And these engagements are so well known, that it would be a downright affront, and publicly resented, if you invited a woman of quality to dinner, without, at the same time, inviting her two attendants of lover and husband, between whom she sits in state with great gravity. The sub-marriages generally last twenty years together, and the lady often commands the poor lover's...
Page 255 - ... rolls our prudent milk-maids make use of to fix their pails upon. This machine they cover with their own hair, which they mix with a great deal of false, it being a particular beauty to have their heads too large to go into a moderate tub.