The British Essayists;: SpectatorJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 |
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... proper : matrimony and the clergy are the topics of people of little wit , and no understanding . I own to you , I have learned of the vicar's wife all you tax me with . She is a discreet , ingenious , pleasant , pious woman ; I wish ...
... proper : matrimony and the clergy are the topics of people of little wit , and no understanding . I own to you , I have learned of the vicar's wife all you tax me with . She is a discreet , ingenious , pleasant , pious woman ; I wish ...
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... proper and genuine motives to these , and the like great actions , would only influence vir- tuous minds ; there would be but small improvements in the world , were there not some common principle of action working equally with all men ...
... proper and genuine motives to these , and the like great actions , would only influence vir- tuous minds ; there would be but small improvements in the world , were there not some common principle of action working equally with all men ...
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... proper 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 ...
... proper 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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... proper instruments , both of acquiring fame , and of procuring this happiness , they would nevertheless fail in the attainment of this last end , if they proceeded from a desire of the first . These three propositions are self - evident ...
... proper instruments , both of acquiring fame , and of procuring this happiness , they would nevertheless fail in the attainment of this last end , if they proceeded from a desire of the first . These three propositions are self - evident ...
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... proper object and a fit conjuncture of cir- cumstances , for the due exercise of it . A state of poverty obscures all the virtues of liberality and munificence . The patience and fortitude of a mar- tyr or confessor lie concealed in the ...
... proper object and a fit conjuncture of cir- cumstances , for the due exercise of it . A state of poverty obscures all the virtues of liberality and munificence . The patience and fortitude of a mar- tyr or confessor lie concealed in the ...
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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 238 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: 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 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 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple...
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 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 237 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Página 239 - To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth : at last Words interwove with sighs found out their way.
Página 237 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Página 242 - Awaiting what command their mighty chief Had to impose : he through the armed files Darts his experienced eye, and soon traverse The whole battalion views, their order due, * Their visages and stature as of gods ; Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and hardening in his strength Glories...