The British Essayists, Volumen10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... reason may be , because any little slip is more conspicuous and observable in his conduct than in another's , as it is not of a piece with the rest of his character ; or because it is impossible for a man at the same time to be at ...
... reason may be , because any little slip is more conspicuous and observable in his conduct than in another's , as it is not of a piece with the rest of his character ; or because it is impossible for a man at the same time to be at ...
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... reasons why Providence may have implanted in our mind such a principle of action . I have in the next place shewn from many consider- ations , first , that fame is a thing difficult to be ob- tained , and easily lost ; secondly , that ...
... reasons why Providence may have implanted in our mind such a principle of action . I have in the next place shewn from many consider- ations , first , that fame is a thing difficult to be ob- tained , and easily lost ; secondly , that ...
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... reason I shall not enlarge upon them , but pro- ceed to a point of the same nature , which may open to us a more ... reasons ; because no other being can make a right judgment of us , and esteem us according to our me- rits ; and because ...
... reason I shall not enlarge upon them , but pro- ceed to a point of the same nature , which may open to us a more ... reasons ; because no other being can make a right judgment of us , and esteem us according to our me- rits ; and because ...
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... reason why men cannot form a right judgment of us is , because the same actions may be aimed at different ends , and arise from quite contrary principles . Actions are of so mixt a na- ture , and so full of circumstances , that as men ...
... reason why men cannot form a right judgment of us is , because the same actions may be aimed at different ends , and arise from quite contrary principles . Actions are of so mixt a na- ture , and so full of circumstances , that as men ...
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... reason , and what all men should consent to . In this latter ac- ceptation of the phrase , it is no great wonder people err so much against it , since it is not every one who is possessed of it , and there are fewer , who against common ...
... reason , and what all men should consent to . In this latter ac- ceptation of the phrase , it is no great wonder people err so much against it , since it is not every one who is possessed of it , and there are fewer , who against common ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 238 - Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Página 275 - Heaven that He ere long Intended to create, and therein plant A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the Sons of Heaven. Thither, if but to pry, shall be perhaps Our first eruption — thither, or elsewhere; For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial Spirits in bondage, nor th' Abyss Long under darkness cover.
Página 237 - In billows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever...
Página 242 - A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air...
Página 238 - Hail, horrors! hail, Infernal world! And thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor! one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time!
Página 123 - For joy of offer'd peace : but I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
Página 237 - Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood Under amazement of their hideous change. He call'd so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded.
Página 151 - But first, whom shall we send In search of this new world ? whom shall we find Sufficient ? who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark, unbottom'd, infinite abyss, And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way...
Página 240 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Página 238 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...