The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... thing difficult to be obtained by all , but particularly by those who thirst after it , since most men have so much either of ill - nature , or of wariness , as not to gratify or soothe the vanity of the ambitious man ; and since this ...
... thing difficult to be obtained by all , but particularly by those who thirst after it , since most men have so much either of ill - nature , or of wariness , as not to gratify or soothe the vanity of the ambitious man ; and since this ...
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... thing below the opinion that is con- ceived of him , though they might raise the reputa- tion of another , they are ... things we long for , can allay the cravings of their proper sense , and for a while set the appetite at rest : but ...
... thing below the opinion that is con- ceived of him , though they might raise the reputa- tion of another , they are ... things we long for , can allay the cravings of their proper sense , and for a while set the appetite at rest : but ...
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... thing desired . The enjoyment of it brings but very little pleasure , though the loss or want of it be very sen- sible and afflicting ; and even this little happiness is so very precarious , that it wholly depends upon the will of ...
... thing desired . The enjoyment of it brings but very little pleasure , though the loss or want of it be very sen- sible and afflicting ; and even this little happiness is so very precarious , that it wholly depends upon the will of ...
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... thing difficult to be ob- tained , and easily lost ; secondly , that it brings the ambitious man very little happiness , but subjects him to much uneasiness and dissatisfaction . I shall in the last place shew , that it hinders us from ...
... thing difficult to be ob- tained , and easily lost ; secondly , that it brings the ambitious man very little happiness , but subjects him to much uneasiness and dissatisfaction . I shall in the last place shew , that it hinders us from ...
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... thing that tends to the corruption of manners , or which is too mean or trivial for the entertainment of reasonable creatures . As to the diversions of this kind in this town , we owe them to the arts of poetry and music . My own ...
... thing that tends to the corruption of manners , or which is too mean or trivial for the entertainment of reasonable creatures . As to the diversions of this kind in this town , we owe them to the arts of poetry and music . My own ...
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Página 232 - 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 234 - 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 343 - On our first father; half her swelling breast Naked met his under the flowing gold Of her loose tresses hid: he, in delight Both of her beauty and submissive charms, Smiled with superior love, as Jupiter On Juno smiles, when he impregns the clouds That shed May flowers...
Página 234 - 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 234 - Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new possessor; one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time.
Página 165 - And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth...
Página 344 - Which they beheld, the moon's resplendent globe, And starry pole : Thou also mad'st the night, Maker Omnipotent, and thou the day...
Página 271 - To work in close design, by fraud or guile, What force effected not: that he no less At length from us may find, who overcomes By force hath overcome but half his foe. Space may produce new worlds...
Página 342 - So pass'd they naked on, nor shunn'd the sight Of God or Angel; for they thought no ill: So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair, That ever since in love's embraces met; Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Página 60 - ¿Eneid also labours in this particular, and has episodes which may be looked upon as excrescences rather than as parts of the action. On the contrary, the poem which we have now under our consideration, hath no other episodes than such as naturally arise from the subject, and yet is filled with such a multitude of astonishing incidents...