The British Essayists, Band 5Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... heart I tell you , that I become weary and impatient of the derision of the gigglers of our sex ; who call me old maid , and tell me , I shall lead apes . If you are truly a patron of the distressed , and an adept in astrology , you ...
... heart I tell you , that I become weary and impatient of the derision of the gigglers of our sex ; who call me old maid , and tell me , I shall lead apes . If you are truly a patron of the distressed , and an adept in astrology , you ...
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... heart over- flow with such secret emotions of joy and satisfac- tion as are not to be described or accounted for . On this occasion I could not but reflect upon a beautiful simile in Milton : -VOL . V. - As one who long in populous city ...
... heart over- flow with such secret emotions of joy and satisfac- tion as are not to be described or accounted for . On this occasion I could not but reflect upon a beautiful simile in Milton : -VOL . V. - As one who long in populous city ...
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... heart ; though at the same time I must needs say , he had the character of a very honest man , not- withstanding he was reckoned a little weak , until he began to sell his estate , and buy those strange baubles that you have taken ...
... heart ; though at the same time I must needs say , he had the character of a very honest man , not- withstanding he was reckoned a little weak , until he began to sell his estate , and buy those strange baubles that you have taken ...
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... hearts as people tame hawks and eagles , by keeping them awake or breaking their sleep when they are falling into it . I have endeavoured to search into the original of this impertinent way of making love , which , ac- cording to some ...
... hearts as people tame hawks and eagles , by keeping them awake or breaking their sleep when they are falling into it . I have endeavoured to search into the original of this impertinent way of making love , which , ac- cording to some ...
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... heart right ; that it may no longer be tor- mented where it should be pleased , or hate a man whom I cannot but approve . " The patient gave me this account with such can- dour and openness , that I conceived immediate hopes of his cure ...
... heart right ; that it may no longer be tor- mented where it should be pleased , or hate a man whom I cannot but approve . " The patient gave me this account with such can- dour and openness , that I conceived immediate hopes of his cure ...
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Seite 29 - As one who, long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn, to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoin'd, from each thing met conceives delight ; The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Seite 106 - While rain depends, the pensive cat gives o'er Her frolics, and pursues her tail no more. Returning home at night, you'll find the sink Strike your offended sense with double stink.
Seite 74 - Sir Robert Naunton, Osborn, Daniel the Historian, and several others who writ later ; but, being men of the court, and affecting the phrases then in fashion, they are often either not to be understood, or appear perfectly ridiculous. " What remedies are to be applied to these evils I have not room to consider, having, I fear, already taken up most of your paper : besides, I think it is our office only to represent abuses, and yours to redress them. " I am, with great respect, " Sir, " Yours,
Seite 146 - I found that our words froze in the air before they could reach the ears of the person to whom they were spoken. I was soon confirmed in this conjecture, when, upon the increase of the cold, the whole company grew dumb, or rather deaf; for every man was sensible, as we afterwards found, that he spoke as well as ever ; but the sounds no sooner took air, than they were condensed and lost. It was now a miserable spectacle to see us nodding and gaping at one another, every man talking, and no man heard....
Seite 192 - Hung over her enamour'd, and beheld Beauty, which, whether waking or asleep, Shot forth peculiar graces; then with voice Mild, as when Zephyrus on Flora breathes, Her hand soft touching, whisper'd thus: ' Awake My fairest, my espoused, my latest found, Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight!
Seite 29 - I accepted the offer, and immediately found that they had been talking in terms of gardening, and that the kings and generals they had mentioned were only so many tulips, to which the gardeners, according to their usual custom, had given such high titles and appellations of honour. I was very much...
Seite 164 - The next to her was a figure which somewhat puzzled me : it was that of a man looking, with horror in his eyes, upon a silver bason filled with water. Observing something in his countenance that looked like lunacy, I fancied at first that he was to express that kind of distraction which the physicians call the Hydrophobia : but considering what the intention of the show was, I immediately recollected myself, and concluded it to be Anabaptism.
Seite 106 - tis fair, yet seems to call a coach. The tuck'd-up sempstress walks with hasty strides, While streams run down her oil'd umbrella's sides. Here various kinds by various fortunes led, Commence acquaintance underneath a shed. Triumphant Tories, and desponding Whigs, Forget their feuds, and join to save their wigs.
Seite 73 - I have done my utmost for some years past to stop the progress of mobb and banter, but have been plainly borne down by numbers, and betrayed by those who promised to assist me.
Seite 154 - Let others, who such meannesses can brook, Strike countenance to every great man's look ; I rate ray freedom higher. This author's raillery is the raillery of a friend, and does not turn the sacred order into ridicule ; but is a just censure on such persons as take advantage, from the necessities of a man of merit, to impose on him hardships that are by no means suitable to the dignity of his profession. • In ' A Satire addressed to a Friend that is about to leave the University,