The rising sun, by Cervantes Hogg, Volume 3 |
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... looking at mankind on the outside , as there is an inward man , as well as an outward one , in the same person : the former is the work of nature ; and the latter of art , of the tailor , hair - dresser , shoe - maker , mantua - maker ...
... looking at mankind on the outside , as there is an inward man , as well as an outward one , in the same person : the former is the work of nature ; and the latter of art , of the tailor , hair - dresser , shoe - maker , mantua - maker ...
Page 112
... famous Romans , Cocles and Mutius Scævola , whose history I well knew . They never heeded us in the least , as we stood looking at them ; and on my expressing a sur- -- prise at their want of curiosity , Quirke ac- 112 THE RISING SUN .
... famous Romans , Cocles and Mutius Scævola , whose history I well knew . They never heeded us in the least , as we stood looking at them ; and on my expressing a sur- -- prise at their want of curiosity , Quirke ac- 112 THE RISING SUN .
Page 116
... looking very serious , it confirmed what Quirke had asserted of my not being really dead , and that it was happy to see me , having just heard news which were of the utmost importance to me and my friends on earth . At that very moment ...
... looking very serious , it confirmed what Quirke had asserted of my not being really dead , and that it was happy to see me , having just heard news which were of the utmost importance to me and my friends on earth . At that very moment ...
Page 138
... looking up to the new one , expressed his unqualified disapprobation of the entire course pursued by the late house- hold , and his opinion that the cabals of men about power could serve only to discover secrets that would make all ...
... looking up to the new one , expressed his unqualified disapprobation of the entire course pursued by the late house- hold , and his opinion that the cabals of men about power could serve only to discover secrets that would make all ...
Page 159
... looking at it , he observed that it was covered with a kind of mist . Ima- gining that it might be only the vapour of his breath which attached to the polished surface , he wiped it with a napkin ; but to his excessive astonishment and ...
... looking at it , he observed that it was covered with a kind of mist . Ima- gining that it might be only the vapour of his breath which attached to the polished surface , he wiped it with a napkin ; but to his excessive astonishment and ...
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Page 126 - Witch. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake ; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog...
Page 54 - For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 127 - Root of hemlock digg'd i' the dark, Liver of blaspheming Jew, Gall of goat and slips of yew Slivered in the moon's eclipse, Nose of Turk and Tartar's lips, Finger of birth-strangled babe Ditch-deliver'd by a drab, Make the gruel thick and slab : Add thereto a tiger's chaudron, For the ingredients of our cauldron.
Page 95 - They err who count it glorious to subdue By conquest far and wide, to overrun Large countries, and in field great battles win, Great cities by assault : what do these worthies, But rob, and spoil, burn, slaughter, and enslave Peaceable nations...
Page 70 - Cover'd with feathers of all sorts of birds ; Would you not laugh, and think the painter mad ? Trust me that book is as ridiculous, Whose incoherent style, like sick men's dreams, Varies all shapes, and mixes all extremes.
Page 101 - Theosophically he describes it, by showing that " true Religion Is always mild, propitious and humble; Plays not the tyrant, plants no faith in blood, Nor bears destruction on her chariot wheels; But stoops to polish, succour and redress, And builds her grandeur on the public good.
Page 126 - Round about the cauldron go ; In the poison'd entrails throw.— Toad, that under the cold stone, Days and nights has thirty-one Swelter'd venom sleeping got, Boil thou first i
Page 140 - What do the damn'd endure, but to despair ? But knowing heaven, to know it lost for e'er.
Page 97 - ... time there would not be one living soul remaining, his joy was turned into grief, and he could not forbear weeping at the uncertainty and instability of human things. He might have found another subject of reflection, which would have more justly merited his tears and affliction, had he turned...
Page 95 - Peaceable nations, neighbouring or remote, Made captive, yet deserving freedom more Than those their conquerors, who leave behind Nothing but ruin wheresoe'er they rove, And all the flourishing works of peace destroy ; Then swell with pride, and must be titled gods, Great benefactors of mankind, deliverers...