The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... taken some notice , or received some good informa- tion of the disposition of their minds ; otherwise the beauty of their persons , or the charms of their wit , may make us fond of those whom our reason and judgment will tell us we ...
... taken some notice , or received some good informa- tion of the disposition of their minds ; otherwise the beauty of their persons , or the charms of their wit , may make us fond of those whom our reason and judgment will tell us we ...
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... taken to sully it , or diffuse it among a crowd to the injury of a single person , will naturally produce the con- trary effect ; the fire will blaze out , and burn up all that attempt to smother what they cannot extin- guish . There is ...
... taken to sully it , or diffuse it among a crowd to the injury of a single person , will naturally produce the con- trary effect ; the fire will blaze out , and burn up all that attempt to smother what they cannot extin- guish . There is ...
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... taken occasion , from an old proverb , to be out of humour with merchants , it should be no offence to offer one not quite so old in their defence . When a man happens to break in Holland , they say of him that " he has not kept true ...
... taken occasion , from an old proverb , to be out of humour with merchants , it should be no offence to offer one not quite so old in their defence . When a man happens to break in Holland , they say of him that " he has not kept true ...
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... taken lodgings in a very narrow street not far from Whitehall ; but it is my misfortune to be so posted , that my lodgings are directly opposite to those of a Jezebel . You are to know , sir , that a Jezebel ( so called by the ...
... taken lodgings in a very narrow street not far from Whitehall ; but it is my misfortune to be so posted , that my lodgings are directly opposite to those of a Jezebel . You are to know , sir , that a Jezebel ( so called by the ...
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... taken to inform the world at what time it is safe to attack them , and when you had best let them alone . But , submitting these matters to your more serious consideration , ' I am , Sir , yours , & c . ' I have , indeed , seen and ...
... taken to inform the world at what time it is safe to attack them , and when you had best let them alone . But , submitting these matters to your more serious consideration , ' I am , Sir , yours , & c . ' I have , indeed , seen and ...
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Acarnania acquaintance admiration agreeable Alcibiades appear atheist beau Nash beautiful behaviour character consider conversation creature DECEMBER 15 desire discourse endeavour entertainment esteem exem father favour female fortune gentleman give happy heart honour hope Hudibras human humble servant humour husband Hyæna Iliad imagination innocent kind labour lady laudable leap live look lover Lover's Leap mankind manner matter means mention mind mirth mistress nature nerally never obliged observe occasion OCTOBER October 31 opinion OVID pain paper particular passion person Plato pleased pleasure Plutarch poet pray present pretend Pyrrhus racter reader reason received religion renegado salamander Sappho sense shew sions Socrates soul species SPECTATOR speculation spirit tell temper tender thing thought tion town turn vicious VIRG virtue virtuous whole wife William Scawen wise woman women word write young zeal
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 357 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : 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.
Seite 29 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Seite 218 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Seite 168 - Lord cardinal, if thou think'st on heaven's bliss, Hold up thy hand, make signal of thy hope. — He dies, and makes no sign.
Seite 29 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness and it clothed me : My judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
Seite 233 - Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life : cunning is a kind of instinct that only looks out after our immediate interest and welfare.
Seite 79 - The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of living in a little time much beneath them ; or, as the Italian proverb runs, The Man who lives by Hope will die by Hunger.
Seite 205 - When they see it, they shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the strangeness of his salvation, so far beyond all that they looked for. And...
Seite 252 - Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast ; For while I gaz'd, in transport tost, My breath was gone, my voice was lost : My bosom glow'd ; the subtle flame Ran quick through all my vital frame ; O'er my dim eyes a darkness hung ; My ears with hollow murmurs rung. In dewy damps my limbs were chill'd ; My blood with gentle horrors thrill'd ; My feeble pulse forgot to play ; I fainted, sunk, and died away.
Seite 352 - I am always pleased with that particular time of the year which is proper for the pickling of dill and cucumbers; but alas! this cry, like the song of the nightingale, is not heard above two months. It would therefore be worth while to consider whether the same air might not in some cases be adapted to other words.