The British Essayists;: SpectatorJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 |
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... mankind , make their being pass away with that sort of relish which we express by the word com- fort ; and should be treated of by you , who are a spectator , as well as such subjects which appear in- deed more speculative , but are ...
... mankind , make their being pass away with that sort of relish which we express by the word com- fort ; and should be treated of by you , who are a spectator , as well as such subjects which appear in- deed more speculative , but are ...
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... mankind to do their worst . Her chastity is engaged in a constant ordeal , or fiery trial : like good Queen Emma , the pretty innocent walks blindfold among burning plough - shares , without being scorched or singed by them . It is not ...
... mankind to do their worst . Her chastity is engaged in a constant ordeal , or fiery trial : like good Queen Emma , the pretty innocent walks blindfold among burning plough - shares , without being scorched or singed by them . It is not ...
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... mankind , or that it is conformable to the natural light of reason , or that it proceeds from an instinct implanted in the soul itself . For my part , I look upon all these to be the concurrent causes : but which- ever of them shall be ...
... mankind , or that it is conformable to the natural light of reason , or that it proceeds from an instinct implanted in the soul itself . For my part , I look upon all these to be the concurrent causes : but which- ever of them shall be ...
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... mankind , I could not but make my reflections upon the sudden popularity which was raised about the lad ; and perhaps with my friend Tacitus , fell into observa- tions upon it , which were too great for the occasion or ascribed this ...
... mankind , I could not but make my reflections upon the sudden popularity which was raised about the lad ; and perhaps with my friend Tacitus , fell into observa- tions upon it , which were too great for the occasion or ascribed this ...
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... mankind to value and esteem those who set a moderate price upon their own me- rit ; and self - denial is frequently attended with un- expected blessings , which in the end abundantly re- compense such losses as the modest seem to suffer ...
... mankind to value and esteem those who set a moderate price upon their own me- rit ; and self - denial is frequently attended with un- expected blessings , which in the end abundantly re- compense such losses as the modest seem to suffer ...
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Seite 130 - Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy ! Railing and praising were his usual themes, And both, to show his judgment, in extremes : So over violent or over civil That every man with him was God or Devil.
Seite 255 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Seite 273 - Tho' oft the ear the open vowels tire ; While expletives their feeble aid do join ; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line : While they ring round the same unvaried chimes, With sure returns of still expected rhymes ; Where'er you find ' the cooling western breeze...
Seite 145 - 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 274 - 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 100 - It is therefore an unspeakable blessing to be born in those parts of the world where wisdom and knowledge flourish ; though it must be confessed, there are, even in these parts, several poor uninstructed persons, who are but little above the inhabitants of those nations of which I have been here speaking...
Seite 227 - ... and therefore it is no wonder that it makes the beautiful sex all over charms. As virtue in general is of an amiable and lovely nature, there are some particular kinds of it which are more so than others, and these are such as dispose us to do good to mankind. Temperance and abstinence, faith and devotion, are in themselves perhaps as laudable as any other virtues: but those which make a man popular and beloved, are justice, charity, munificence, and, in short, all the good qualities that render...
Seite 2 - ... till such time as he should sweat ; when, as the story goes, the virtue of the medicaments perspiring through the wood had so good an influence on the sultan's constitution, that they cured him of an indisposition which all the compositions he had taken inwardly had not been able to remove. This eastern allegory is finely contrived to shew us how beneficial bodily labour is to health, and that exercise is the most effectual physic.
Seite 255 - Jest, and youthful jollity, Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides: Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee In unreprove'd pleasures free...
Seite 147 - Wisdom is glorious, and never fadeth away: yea, she is easily seen of them that love her, and found of such as seek her.