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... wretch shall feel The giddy motion of the whirling wheel ; In fumes of burning chocolate shall glow , And tremble at the sea that froths below ! POPE . The method which is taken to induce Ferdinand to believe that his father was drowned ...
... wretch shall feel The giddy motion of the whirling wheel ; In fumes of burning chocolate shall glow , And tremble at the sea that froths below ! POPE . The method which is taken to induce Ferdinand to believe that his father was drowned ...
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... wretched , whether his hope be fulfilled or disappointed ; the object of it depends upon a contingency , over which he has no influence ; he pursues no purpose with gradual and perceptible success , and , therefore , cannot enjoy the ...
... wretched , whether his hope be fulfilled or disappointed ; the object of it depends upon a contingency , over which he has no influence ; he pursues no purpose with gradual and perceptible success , and , therefore , cannot enjoy the ...
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... wretched while he waited for the bounty of fortune , will necessarily keep him wretched after it is bestowed : he will find , that in the gratification of his appetites he can fill but a small portion of his time , and that these ...
... wretched while he waited for the bounty of fortune , will necessarily keep him wretched after it is bestowed : he will find , that in the gratification of his appetites he can fill but a small portion of his time , and that these ...
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... wretched of her sex . Perpetual adulation had made her haughty and fierce ; her penetration and delicacy rendered almost every object offen- sive ; she was disgusted with imperfections which others could not discover ; her breast was ...
... wretched of her sex . Perpetual adulation had made her haughty and fierce ; her penetration and delicacy rendered almost every object offen- sive ; she was disgusted with imperfections which others could not discover ; her breast was ...
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... ex- perience teach thee , that wit and beauty , learning , affluence , and honour , are not essential to human felicity ; with these she was wretched , and without x 104 . 79 ADVENTURER . The Story of Desdemona con- cluded.
... ex- perience teach thee , that wit and beauty , learning , affluence , and honour , are not essential to human felicity ; with these she was wretched , and without x 104 . 79 ADVENTURER . The Story of Desdemona con- cluded.
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