The British Essayists, Volumen7Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... formed himself upon the ancient poets , has every where rejected it with scorn . If we look after mixt wit among the Greek writers , we shall find it no where but in the epigrammatists . There are indeed some strokes of it in the little ...
... formed himself upon the ancient poets , has every where rejected it with scorn . If we look after mixt wit among the Greek writers , we shall find it no where but in the epigrammatists . There are indeed some strokes of it in the little ...
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... formed into one continued allegory the several schemes of wit , whether false , mixed , or true , that have been the subject of my late papers . Methought I was transported into a country that was filled with prodigies and enchantments ...
... formed into one continued allegory the several schemes of wit , whether false , mixed , or true , that have been the subject of my late papers . Methought I was transported into a country that was filled with prodigies and enchantments ...
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... that all this shall be well and truly per- formed , provided no foreign potentate shall depart this life within the time abovementioned . ' It happens < in all public mournings that the many trades which depend C 2 No 64 . 17 SPECTATOR .
... that all this shall be well and truly per- formed , provided no foreign potentate shall depart this life within the time abovementioned . ' It happens < in all public mournings that the many trades which depend C 2 No 64 . 17 SPECTATOR .
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... When a girl is safely brought from her nurse , before she is capable of forming one simple no- tion of any thing in life , she is delivered to the hands VOL . VII . D of her dancing - master ; and with a collar No 66 . 25 SPECTATOR .
... When a girl is safely brought from her nurse , before she is capable of forming one simple no- tion of any thing in life , she is delivered to the hands VOL . VII . D of her dancing - master ; and with a collar No 66 . 25 SPECTATOR .
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... formed to themselves a wrong arti- ficial taste upon little fanciful authors and writers of epigram . Homer , Virgil , or Milton , so far as the lan- guage of their poems is understood , will please a reader of plain common sense , who ...
... formed to themselves a wrong arti- ficial taste upon little fanciful authors and writers of epigram . Homer , Virgil , or Milton , so far as the lan- guage of their poems is understood , will please a reader of plain common sense , who ...
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Página 193 - HAVING often received an invitation from my friend Sir Roger de Coverley to pass away a month with him in the country...
Página 195 - I have observed in several of my papers that my friend Sir Roger, amidst all his good qualities, is something of a humorist ; and that his virtues, as well as imperfections, are, as it were, tinged by a certain extravagance which makes them particularly his, and distinguishes them from those of other men. This cast of...
Página 220 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it, he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servants to them.
Página 196 - Greek at his own table ; for which reason he desired a particular friend of his at the university to find him out a clergyman rather of plain sense than much learning, of a good aspect, a clear voice, a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of back-gammon.
Página 268 - ... monstrous face, under which, notwithstanding it was made to frown and stare in a most extraordinary manner, I could still discover a distant resemblance of my old friend. Sir Roger, upon seeing me laugh, desired me to tell him truly if I thought it possible for people to know him in that disguise. I at first kept my usual silence ; but upon the knight's conjuring me to tell him whether it was not still more like himself than a Saracen, I composed my countenance in the best manner I could, and...
Página 122 - Of nuptial sanctity, and marriage rites : Grace was in all her steps, Heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
Página 196 - found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required of him, is, they tell me, a good scholar, though he does not show it. I have given him the parsonage of the parish ; and, because I know his value, have settled upon him a good annuity for life. If he outlives me, he shall find that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is.
Página 220 - ... mind what he was about, and not disturb the congregation. This John Matthews it seems is remarkable for being an idle fellow, and at that time was kicking his heels for his diversion. This authority of the knight, though exerted in that odd manner which accompanies him in all circumstances of life, has a very good effect upon the parish, who are not polite enough to see any thing ridiculous in his behaviour; besides that the general good sense and worthiness of his character make his friends...
Página 237 - So flew'd, so sanded ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.