 | 1754 - 670 oldal
...dilappointment. He confides, like them, in the temper of his weapon and the juftice of his caufe ; he knows he has not far to go before he will meet with fome fortrefs that has been raifed by fophiftry for the afylum of error, fome inchanter who lies in... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 430 oldal
...ignominy which falls on a disappointed candidate for public praise, would by those N° 1. ADVENTURE*. ' 8 very Knights have been deemed worse than death ; and...sometimes crowd the scene with ideal beings, sometimes recal the past, and sometimes anticipate the future ; sometimes he will transport those who put themselves... | |
 | 1803 - 254 oldal
...allowed to be of greater value than life. If, therefore, the Adventurer risques honour, he risques more than the Knight. The ignominy which falls on...sometimes crowd the scene with ideal beings, sometimes rccal the past, and sometimes anticipate the future ; sometimes he will transT port those who put themselves... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 328 oldal
...therefore, the Adventurer risques honour, he risques more than th« Knight. The ignominy which fells on a disappointed candidate for public praise, would...go, before he will meet with some fortress that has bees Nor does he fear that this boast should draw upon him the imputation of arrogance or of vanity;... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 328 oldal
...them, in the temper of his weapon, and the £ slice of his cause ; he knows he has not far to go, fore he will meet with some fortress that has been raised...sometimes crowd the scene with ideal beings, sometimes recal the past, and sometimes anticipate the future; sometimes he will transport those who put themselves... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 686 oldal
...is defeated : the knight enters the castle, reads a talisman, disssolves the enchantment, receives the thanks of the princesses and encomium of the knights...asylum of error, some enchanter who lies in wait to insnare innocence, or some dragon breathing out his poison in defence of infidelity ; he has also the... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 852 oldal
...and a guanüan god. Glmer't Athcnaid, book ii. The adventurer knows lie has not far to go before be will meet with some fortress that has been raised by sophistry for the asylum of error. Hatfkcnaorth. ASYLUS, the gad-fly. See Asn.us. ASYM'METUY, л A, the privative, and avaASYM'METRAL,... | |
 | H. M. Melford - 1841 - 466 oldal
...disengages himself from the whole, and seeks a retreat suited to his circumstances. The adventurer knows he has not far to go before he will meet with...been raised by sophistry for the asylum, of error, (Hawkesw.) The beast retires to his shelter, and the bird flies to its nest; but helpless man can only... | |
 | George Crabb - 1882 - 876 oldal
...disengages himself from the whole, and seeks a retreat suited to his circumstances. The adventurer knows he has not far to go before he will meet with...fortress that has been raised by sophistry for the atylum of error. HAWKESWORTH. Superstition, now retiring from Rome, may yet find rvfuye in the mountains... | |
 | George Crabb - 1904 - 870 oldal
...disengages himself from the whole, and seeks a retreat suited to bis cireum. stances. The adventurer knows he has not far to go before he will meet with some fortresi that has been raised by sophistry for the asylum of error. HiWEBWORTH. Superstition, now retiring... | |
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Knights have been deemed worse than death ; and who is more truly a candidate for public praise than an author ? But as the Knights were without fear of death, the Adventurer is without fear of disgrace or disappointment: he confides, like them, in the... 