The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volúmenes7-8 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 6-10 de 89
Página 152
... POET . 341 . Old age is only fond of moral truth , Lectures too grave disgust aspiring youth ; But he who blends instruction with delight , Wins every reader , nor in vain shall write . POPE . I MAY cast my readers under two general ...
... POET . 341 . Old age is only fond of moral truth , Lectures too grave disgust aspiring youth ; But he who blends instruction with delight , Wins every reader , nor in vain shall write . POPE . I MAY cast my readers under two general ...
Página 154
... Poets lose half the praise they would have got , Were it but known what they discreetly blot . As nothing is more easy than to be a wit , with all the above - mentioned liberties , it requires some genius and invention to appear such ...
... Poets lose half the praise they would have got , Were it but known what they discreetly blot . As nothing is more easy than to be a wit , with all the above - mentioned liberties , it requires some genius and invention to appear such ...
Página 172
... poet among the moderns ; not to mention La Fontaine , who by this way of writing is come more into vogue than any other author of our times . 7 The fables I have here mentioned are raised alto- gether upon brutes and vegetables , with ...
... poet among the moderns ; not to mention La Fontaine , who by this way of writing is come more into vogue than any other author of our times . 7 The fables I have here mentioned are raised alto- gether upon brutes and vegetables , with ...
Página 176
... POET . 360 . -Who labours long , may be allowed sleep . WHEN a man has discovered a new vein of hu- mour , it often carries him much further than he ex- pected from it . My correspondents take the hint I give them , and pursue it into ...
... POET . 360 . -Who labours long , may be allowed sleep . WHEN a man has discovered a new vein of hu- mour , it often carries him much further than he ex- pected from it . My correspondents take the hint I give them , and pursue it into ...
Página 178
... poets value themselves very much for sleeping on Parnassus , but I never heard they got a groat by it . On the contrary , our friend Nicholas gets more by sleeping than he could by working , and may be more properly said , than ever ...
... poets value themselves very much for sleeping on Parnassus , but I never heard they got a groat by it . On the contrary , our friend Nicholas gets more by sleeping than he could by working , and may be more properly said , than ever ...
Contenido
1 | |
149 | |
150 | |
151 | |
152 | |
153 | |
154 | |
155 | |
254 | |
255 | |
256 | |
257 | |
258 | |
259 | |
260 | |
261 | |
156 | |
157 | |
158 | |
159 | |
160 | |
161 | |
162 | |
163 | |
164 | |
165 | |
248 | |
385 | |
83 | |
230 | |
234 | |
250 | |
251 | |
252 | |
253 | |
262 | |
263 | |
264 | |
265 | |
266 | |
267 | |
268 | |
269 | |
270 | |
271 | |
272 | |
273 | |
274 | |
275 | |
282 | |
289 | |
295 | |
318 | |
Términos y frases comunes
acquaintance actions admired Æneid agreeable Alcibiades ambition appear Aristotle beauty behaviour character CHARLES DIEUPART consider conversation creature DECEMBER 25 desire discourse endeavour entertainment esteem eye of Providence fame father favour gentleman give happiness head heart honour hope Hudibras human humble servant humour husband Iliad imagination judgement kind lady leap letter live look lover Lover's Leap mankind manner marriage matter mean merit mind nature nerally never obliged observe occasion October 30 opinion ourselves OVID paper Paradise Lost particular pass passion perfection person pleased pleasure poem poet pray present proper racters reader reason received renegado ridicule Sappho secret sense Socrates soul SPECTATOR speculation spirit tell temper Theodosius thing thought tion town turn VIRG Virgil virtue virtuous whole wife woman women word write young
Pasajes populares
Página 97 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Página 65 - ... seas that ran among them. I could see persons dressed in glorious habits with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling 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...
Página 204 - For joy of offer'd peace : But I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
Página 65 - These are the mansions of good men after death, who, according to the degree and kinds of virtue in which they excelled, are distributed among these several islands, which abound with pleasures of different kinds and degrees, suitable to the relishes and perfections of those who are settled in them ; every island is a paradise accommodated to its respective inhabitants. Are not these...
Página 80 - In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome...
Página 148 - If I did despise the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me; What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
Página 355 - Their rising all at once was as the sound Of thunder heard remote. Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone, and as a God Extol him equal to the Highest in Heaven.
Página 317 - 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 319 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day, While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Página 66 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me ; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating : but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy...