The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and CriticalJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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... sense of his own incapacities makes him despair of coming at fame , or that he has not enough range of thought to look out for any good which does not more immediately relate to his interest or convenience ; or that Providence , in the ...
... sense of his own incapacities makes him despair of coming at fame , or that he has not enough range of thought to look out for any good which does not more immediately relate to his interest or convenience ; or that Providence , in the ...
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... sense , and for a while set the appetite at rest : but fame is a good so wholly foreign to our natures , that we have no faculty in the soul adapted to it , nor any organ in the body to VOL . X. C relish it : an object of desire ...
... sense , and for a while set the appetite at rest : but fame is a good so wholly foreign to our natures , that we have no faculty in the soul adapted to it , nor any organ in the body to VOL . X. C relish it : an object of desire ...
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... sense or meaning ; to say it shorter , mere musical sounds in our art are no other than nonsense verses are in poetry . Music therefore is to aggravate what is intended by poetry ; it must always have some passion or sentiment to ...
... sense or meaning ; to say it shorter , mere musical sounds in our art are no other than nonsense verses are in poetry . Music therefore is to aggravate what is intended by poetry ; it must always have some passion or sentiment to ...
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... sense , without the help of an instructor : but that which we call com- mon sense suffers under that word : for it sometimes implies no more than that faculty which is common to all men , but sometimes signifies right reason , and what ...
... sense , without the help of an instructor : but that which we call com- mon sense suffers under that word : for it sometimes implies no more than that faculty which is common to all men , but sometimes signifies right reason , and what ...
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... sense should suggest , that all regards at that time should be en- gaged , and cannot be diverted to any other object , without disrespect to the sovereign . But as to the complaint of my correspondents , it is not to be ima- gined what ...
... sense should suggest , that all regards at that time should be en- gaged , and cannot be diverted to any other object , without disrespect to the sovereign . But as to the complaint of my correspondents , it is not to be ima- gined what ...
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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...
Página 242 - Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and hardening in his strength Glories...
Página 241 - Though without number still, amidst the hall Of that infernal court. But far within, And in their own dimensions like themselves, The great seraphic lords and cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat, A thousand demigods on golden seats, Frequent and full.
Página 148 - Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Página 276 - Typhoean rage more fell Rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the air In whirlwind; hell scarce holds the wild uproar.
Página 236 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Página 279 - With horse and chariots rank'd in loose array; So wide they stood, and like a furnace mouth Cast forth redounding smoke and ruddy flame.
Página 169 - Seth: 4 and the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: 5 and all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Página 240 - Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded; the love-tale Infected Sion's daughters with like heat; Whose wanton passions in the sacred porch Ezekiel saw, when, by the vision led, His eye surveyed the dark idolatries Of alienated Judah.
Página 35 - True love has ten thousand griefs, impatiences, and resentments, that render a man unamiable in the eyes of the person whose affection he solicits ; besides that it sinks his figure, gives him fears, apprehensions, and poorness of spirit, and often makes him appear ridiculous where he has a mind to recommend himself. Those marriages generally abound most with love and constancy, that are preceded by a long courtship.