The Citizen of the World, Volumes 1-2J. and R. Childs, 1820 |
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Pagina 34
... proper to acquaint the reader , that the greatest part of the following letter seems to him to be little more than a rhapsody of sentences borrowed from Confucius , the Chinese philosopher . A WIFE , a daughter , carried into captivity ...
... proper to acquaint the reader , that the greatest part of the following letter seems to him to be little more than a rhapsody of sentences borrowed from Confucius , the Chinese philosopher . A WIFE , a daughter , carried into captivity ...
Pagina 40
... proper speech , expressive of my gratitude on the occasion : " Celestial ex- cellence , " I intend to say , " happy I am in having found out , after many painful adven- tures , a land of innocence and a people of hu- manity I may rove ...
... proper speech , expressive of my gratitude on the occasion : " Celestial ex- cellence , " I intend to say , " happy I am in having found out , after many painful adven- tures , a land of innocence and a people of hu- manity I may rove ...
Pagina 44
... proper occasions he looks excessively tender . This is performed by laying his hand upon his heart , shutting his eyes , and showing his teeth . He is excessively fond of dancing a minuet with the ladies , by which is only meant walk ...
... proper occasions he looks excessively tender . This is performed by laying his hand upon his heart , shutting his eyes , and showing his teeth . He is excessively fond of dancing a minuet with the ladies , by which is only meant walk ...
Pagina 54
... proper for their funeral . A poor artizan shall spend half his income in providing himself a tomb twenty years before he wants it ; and denies himself the neces- saries of life , that he may be amply provided for when he shall want them ...
... proper for their funeral . A poor artizan shall spend half his income in providing himself a tomb twenty years before he wants it ; and denies himself the neces- saries of life , that he may be amply provided for when he shall want them ...
Pagina 56
... proper situation to re- ceive company ; this is called lying in state . To this disagreeable spectacle all the idlers in town flock , and learn to loathe the wretch dead , whom they despised when living . In this manner you see some ...
... proper situation to re- ceive company ; this is called lying in state . To this disagreeable spectacle all the idlers in town flock , and learn to loathe the wretch dead , whom they despised when living . In this manner you see some ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 305 - By this time we were arrived as high as the stairs would permit us to ascend, till we came to what he was facetiously pleased to call the first floor down the chimney; and knocking at the door, a voice from within demanded, who's there?
Pagina 298 - Our crew was carried into a French prison, and many of them died because they were not used to live in a jail ; but for my part it was nothing to me, for I was seasoned. One night...
Pagina 306 - But this not satisfying the querist, the voice again repeated the demand ; to which he answered louder than before ; and now the door was opened by an old woman with cautious reluctance.
Pagina 286 - Some. are without the covering even of rags, and others omaciated with disease ; the world has disclaimed them ; society turns its back upon their distress, and has given them up to nakedness and hunger. These poor shivering females have once seen happier days, and been flattered into beauty.
Pagina 294 - I lived an easy kind of a life for five years. I only wrought ten hours in the day, and had my meat and drink provided for my labour.
Pagina 71 - ... prejudicial; and life acquires an imaginary value, in proportion as its real value is no more. Our attachment to every object around us increases, in general, from the length of our acquaintance with it. ' I would not choose ', says a French philosopher, ' to see an old post pulled up with which I had been long acquainted.
Pagina 285 - ... all around ; the dying lamp feebly emits a yellow gleam, no sound is heard but of the chiming clock, or the distant watch-dog. All the bustle of human pride is forgotten, an hour like this may well display the emptiness of human vanity. There will come a time, when this temporary solitude may be made continual, and the city itself, like its inhabitants, fade away, and leave a desert in its room. What cities, as great as this, have once...
Pagina 84 - Such is the contest that no honest man can heartily wish success to either party.
Pagina 298 - French at any time; so we went down to the door where both the sentries were posted, and rushing upon them, seized their arms in a moment, and knocked them down. From thence nine of us ran together to the quay, and seizing the first boat we met, got out of the harbour and put to sea. We had not been here three days before we were taken up by the Dorset privateer, who were glad of so many good hands; and we consented to run our chance.
Pagina 287 - The poor weep unheeded, persecuted by every subordinate species of tyranny; and every law which gives others security becomes an enemy to them. Why was this heart of mine formed with so much sensibility...