The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volúmenes7-8 |
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British essayists Alexander Chalmers. the same finished by Mr. Dryden , and raised upon foundation : C 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 . Stiff in ...
British essayists Alexander Chalmers. the same finished by Mr. Dryden , and raised upon foundation : C 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 . Stiff in ...
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... raised in them that mutual passion which had an infuence on their following The Theodosius and Constantia of Dr. Langhorne , a colles- mon of letters , in two vais time , takes its rise fun this paper . lives . It unfortunately happened ...
... raised in them that mutual passion which had an infuence on their following The Theodosius and Constantia of Dr. Langhorne , a colles- mon of letters , in two vais time , takes its rise fun this paper . lives . It unfortunately happened ...
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... raise , GEORG . iii . 25 . And show the triumph which their shame displays . The histories of all our former wars are transmitted to us in our vernacular idiom , to use the phrase of a great modern critic * . I do not find in any of our ...
... raise , GEORG . iii . 25 . And show the triumph which their shame displays . The histories of all our former wars are transmitted to us in our vernacular idiom , to use the phrase of a great modern critic * . I do not find in any of our ...
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... raises his suspicions , and looks too much like dissimulation and artifice . If the person he loves be cheerful , her thoughts must be employed on another ; and if sad , she is certainly thinking on himself . In short , there is no word ...
... raises his suspicions , and looks too much like dissimulation and artifice . If the person he loves be cheerful , her thoughts must be employed on another ; and if sad , she is certainly thinking on himself . In short , there is no word ...
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... raising . They generally act in a disguise themselves , and therefore mistake all outward shows and appearances for hypo- crisy in others ; so that I believe no men see less of the truth and reality of things , than these great re ...
... raising . They generally act in a disguise themselves , and therefore mistake all outward shows and appearances for hypo- crisy in others ; so that I believe no men see less of the truth and reality of things , than these great re ...
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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
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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...