The British Essayists, Volumen8Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... behaviour of military men , ordered his man to look sharp , that none but one of the la- dies should have the place he had taken fronting the coach - box . 6 We were in some little time fixed in our seats , and sat with that dislike ...
... behaviour of military men , ordered his man to look sharp , that none but one of the la- dies should have the place he had taken fronting the coach - box . 6 We were in some little time fixed in our seats , and sat with that dislike ...
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... of human life , which expresseth so much a good mind , and a right inward man , as his behaviour upon meeting with strangers , especially such as may seem the most unsuitable companions to him : such a man 4 No 132 . SPECTATOR .
... of human life , which expresseth so much a good mind , and a right inward man , as his behaviour upon meeting with strangers , especially such as may seem the most unsuitable companions to him : such a man 4 No 132 . SPECTATOR .
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... behaviour , as we secretly believe the part of the dying person îmita- ble by ourselves , or such as we imagine ourselves more particularly capable of . Men of exalted minds march before us like princes , and are , to the ordi- nary ...
... behaviour , as we secretly believe the part of the dying person îmita- ble by ourselves , or such as we imagine ourselves more particularly capable of . Men of exalted minds march before us like princes , and are , to the ordi- nary ...
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... behaviour of some of the female gamesters . I have observed ladies , who in all other respects are gentle , good - humoured , and the very pinks of good - breeding : who as soon as the ombre - table is called for , and sit down to their ...
... behaviour of some of the female gamesters . I have observed ladies , who in all other respects are gentle , good - humoured , and the very pinks of good - breeding : who as soon as the ombre - table is called for , and sit down to their ...
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... behaviour , her indifferent questions , and general conversation , make the silly part of her votaries full of hopes , while the wise fly from her power . She well knows she is too beau- tiful and too witty to be indifferent to any who ...
... behaviour , her indifferent questions , and general conversation , make the silly part of her votaries full of hopes , while the wise fly from her power . She well knows she is too beau- tiful and too witty to be indifferent to any who ...
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Página 123 - I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide. The bridge thou seest, said he, is Human Life ; consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which added to those that were entire made up the number about an hundred.
Página 141 - Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ, With something new to wish, or to enjoy!
Página 123 - What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see, rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other ? What thou seest...
Página 126 - ... waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge.
Página 125 - I, those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time ? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and, among many other feathered creatures, several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches.
Página 217 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Página 122 - Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on 'the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and passing from one thought to another, Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Página 217 - Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Página 130 - There is another kind of great geniuses which I shall place in a second class, not as I think them inferior to the first, but only for distinction's sake, as they are of a different kind. This second class of great geniuses are those* that have formed themselves by rules, and submitted the greatness of their natural talents to the corrections and restraints of art.
Página 122 - I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in Paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.