The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumen7 |
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... court to which he belongs . A good courtier's habit and behaviour is hieroglyphical on these occa- sions . He deals much in whispers , and you may see he dresses according to the best intelligence . The general affectation among men ...
... court to which he belongs . A good courtier's habit and behaviour is hieroglyphical on these occa- sions . He deals much in whispers , and you may see he dresses according to the best intelligence . The general affectation among men ...
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... court does to another on that occasion , loses its force and efficacy . When a fo- reign minister beholds the court of a nation ( which flourishes in riches and plenty ) lay aside upon the loss of his master , all marks of splendour and ...
... court does to another on that occasion , loses its force and efficacy . When a fo- reign minister beholds the court of a nation ( which flourishes in riches and plenty ) lay aside upon the loss of his master , all marks of splendour and ...
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... court , and with one whisper make him despise all his old friends and acquaintance . He was come to that knowledge of men by long observation , that he would profess altering the whole mass of blood in some tempers , by thrice speaking ...
... court , and with one whisper make him despise all his old friends and acquaintance . He was come to that knowledge of men by long observation , that he would profess altering the whole mass of blood in some tempers , by thrice speaking ...
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... court , but the men themselves shall think thus meanly or greatly of themselves , as they are out , or in the good graces of a court . ' A monarch who had wit and humour like Phara- mond , must have pleasures which no man else can ever ...
... court , but the men themselves shall think thus meanly or greatly of themselves , as they are out , or in the good graces of a court . ' A monarch who had wit and humour like Phara- mond , must have pleasures which no man else can ever ...
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... court gate he finds a coach , which taking for his own , he whips into it : and the coachman drives off , not doubting but he carries his master . As soon as he stops , Menalcas throws himself out of the coach , crosses the court ...
... court gate he finds a coach , which taking for his own , he whips into it : and the coachman drives off , not doubting but he carries his master . As soon as he stops , Menalcas throws himself out of the coach , crosses the court ...
Términos y frases comunes
admire agreeable animals appear beautiful behaviour body burning-glasses character club conversation court creatures daugh delight discourse Dorimant dress DRYDEN Earl Douglas endeavour Epidaurus Epig epigram Eucrate Eudoxus eyes face fair sex favour Flavia forbear fortune friend Sir Roger gentleman give Glaphyra good-breeding greatest hand head hear heard heart honest honour humour husband idol imagination kind knight labour lady Laertes letter live look lover mankind manner master mind nature neral never observe occasion ordinary OVID particular pass passion person Phara Pharamond physiognomist Platonic love pleased pleasure poet present prince proper reader reason seems sense servants shew soul speak spect SPECTATOR Steenkirk tell temper thing thou thought tion Tmolus told town turn VIRG Virgil virtue walking whig whole woman women words writing young
Pasajes populares
Página 136 - Manlike, but different sex, so lovely fair, That what seem'd fair in all the World, seem'd now Mean, or in her summ'd up...
Página 235 - ... than blemish his good qualities. As soon as the sermon is finished, nobody presumes to stir till Sir Roger is gone out of the church. The knight walks down from his seat in the chancel between a double row of his tenants, that stand bowing to him on each side, and every- now and then...
Página 225 - The ideas of goblins and sprights have really no more to do with darkness than light : yet let but a foolish maid inculcate these often on the mind of a child, and raise them there together, possibly , he shall never be able to separate them again so long as he lives ; but darkness shall ever afterwards bring with it those frightful ideas, and they shall be so joined, that he can no more bear the one than the other...
Página 232 - That cherubim, which now appears as a god to a human soul, knows very well that the period will come about in eternity, when the human soul shall be as perfect as he himself now is; nay, when she shall look down upon that degree of perfection as much as she now falls short of it.
Página 216 - ... of his game. He hunts a pack of dogs better than any man in the country, and is very famous for finding out a hare. He is extremely well versed in all the little handicrafts of an idle man : he makes a May-fly to a miracle ; and furnishes the whole country with angle-rods.
Página 280 - A MAN'S first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart; his next, to escape the censures of the world. If the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected; but otherwise there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind, than to see those approbations which it gives itself, seconded by the applauses of the public.
Página 232 - ... as much as she now falls short of it. It is true, the higher nature still advances, and by that means preserves his distance...
Página 211 - ... approved of my friend's insisting upon the qualifications of a good aspect and a clear voice; for I was so charmed with the gracefulness of his figure and delivery, as well as with the discourses he pronounced, that I think I never passed any time more to my satisfaction. A sermon repeated after this manner, is like the composition of a poet in the mouth of a graceful actor.
Página 210 - 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. He has now been with me thirty years; and, though he does...
Página 218 - Will Wimble's is the case of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rather see their children starve like gentlemen than thrive in a trade or profession that is beneath their quality.