The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J. Ferguson, Volúmenes1-13 |
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He that can work himself into a pleasure in considering this being as an uncertain
one , and think to reap an ... made up of trifling pleasures and great anxieties ; but
sees it in quite another light ; his griefs are momentary and his joys immortal .
He that can work himself into a pleasure in considering this being as an uncertain
one , and think to reap an ... made up of trifling pleasures and great anxieties ; but
sees it in quite another light ; his griefs are momentary and his joys immortal .
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He had a peculiar taste in him , which would have been unlucky in any prince but
himself ; he thought there could be no exquisite pleasure in conversation , but
among equals ; and would pleasantly bewail himself that he always lived in a ...
He had a peculiar taste in him , which would have been unlucky in any prince but
himself ; he thought there could be no exquisite pleasure in conversation , but
among equals ; and would pleasantly bewail himself that he always lived in a ...
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I have received very many letters of late from my female correspondents , most of
whom are very angry with me for abridging their pleasures , and looking severely
upon things in themselves indifferent . But I think they are extremely unjust to ...
I have received very many letters of late from my female correspondents , most of
whom are very angry with me for abridging their pleasures , and looking severely
upon things in themselves indifferent . But I think they are extremely unjust to ...
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The present joys of life we doubly taste , By looking back with pleasure to the past
. . The last method which I proposed in my Saturday ' s paper , for filling up those
empty spaces of life which are so tedious and burdensome to idle people , is ...
The present joys of life we doubly taste , By looking back with pleasure to the past
. . The last method which I proposed in my Saturday ' s paper , for filling up those
empty spaces of life which are so tedious and burdensome to idle people , is ...
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An affected delicacy is the common improvement we meet with in those who
pretend to be refined above others . They do not aim at true pleasures
themselves , but turn their thoughts upon observing the false pleasures of other
men .
An affected delicacy is the common improvement we meet with in those who
pretend to be refined above others . They do not aim at true pleasures
themselves , but turn their thoughts upon observing the false pleasures of other
men .
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Página 294 - She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge ? Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Página 200 - Now the best way in the world for a man to seem to be any thing is really to be what he would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it...
Página 283 - Hare or a Pheasant: He knocks down a Dinner with his Gun twice or thrice a Week; and by that Means lives much cheaper than those who have not so good an Estate as himself. He would be a good Neighbour if he did not destroy so many Partridges: in short, he is a very sensible Man; shoots flying; and has been several Times Foreman of the Petty-Jury. The other that rides along with him is Tom Touchy, a Fellow famous for taking the Law of every Body.
Página 259 - Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend : God never made His work for man to mend.
Página 211 - My chief companion, when Sir Roger is diverting himself in the woods or the fields, is a very venerable man who is ever with Sir Roger, and has lived at his house in the nature of a chaplain above thirty years. This gentleman is a person of good sense and some learning, of a very regular life and obliging conversation : he heartily loves Sir Roger, and knows that he is very much in the old knight's esteem, so that he lives in the family rather as a relation than a dependent.
Página 39 - If we consider our own country in its natural prospect, without any of the benefits and advantages of commerce, what a barren, uncomfortable spot of earth falls to our share ! Natural historians tell us, that no fruit grows originally among us besides hips and haws, acorns and pig-nuts, with other delicacies of the like nature ; that our climate of itself, and without the...
Página 65 - They closed full fast on every side, No slackness there was found; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground.
Página 232 - Being, whose justice, goodness, wisdom, and veracity, are all concerned in this great point. But among these and other excellent arguments for the immortality of the soul, there is one drawn x 2 from the perpetual progress of the soul to its perfection, without a possibility of ever arriving at it; which is a hint that I do not remember to have seen opened and improved by others who have written on this subject, though it seems to me to carry a great weight with it.
Página 255 - So flew'd, so sanded ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Página 64 - Lo, yonder doth Earl Douglas come, His men in armour bright ; Full twenty hundred Scottish spears All marching in our sight ; All men of pleasant Teviotdale, Fast by the river Tweed...
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J. Ferguson, Volúmenes1-13 The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J. Ferguson, James Ferguson (advocate) |
| Autor | British essayists |
| Editor | James Ferguson (advocate) |
| Publicado | 1819 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 12 Jun. 2007 |
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