The British Essayists, Հատոր 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... action , to awaken the understanding , to en- force the will , and to make the whole man more vi- gorous and attentive in the prosecution of his de- signs . As this is the end of the passions B 2 No 255 . SPECTATOR .
... action , to awaken the understanding , to en- force the will , and to make the whole man more vi- gorous and attentive in the prosecution of his de- signs . As this is the end of the passions B 2 No 255 . SPECTATOR .
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... actions , would only influence vir- tuous minds ; there would be but small improvements in the world , were there not some common principle of action working equally with all men . And such a principle is ambition , or a desire of fame ...
... actions , would only influence vir- tuous minds ; there would be but small improvements in the world , were there not some common principle of action working equally with all men . And such a principle is ambition , or a desire of fame ...
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... action . Others are apt to attribute them to some false end or intention ; and others purposely misrepresent , or put a wrong interpretation on them . But the more to enforce this consideration , we may observe , that those are ...
... action . Others are apt to attribute them to some false end or intention ; and others purposely misrepresent , or put a wrong interpretation on them . But the more to enforce this consideration , we may observe , that those are ...
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... actions are never so glorious , they lose their lustre when they are drawn at large , and set to show by his own hand ; and as the world is more apt to find fault than to commend , the boast will pro- bably be censured , when the great ...
... actions are never so glorious , they lose their lustre when they are drawn at large , and set to show by his own hand ; and as the world is more apt to find fault than to commend , the boast will pro- bably be censured , when the great ...
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... action by so selfish a motive , and to do that out of a desire of fame , which we could not be prompted to by a disinterested love to mankind , or by a generous passion for the glory of him who made us . Thus is fame a thing difficult ...
... action by so selfish a motive , and to do that out of a desire of fame , which we could not be prompted to by a disinterested love to mankind , or by a generous passion for the glory of him who made us . Thus is fame a thing difficult ...
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acquainted action admirer Æneas Æneid agreeable appear Aristotle beauty behaviour cerned character charms circumstances colours consider creature critics desire discourse dress DRYDEN endeavour entertainment Enville epic poem epic poetry eyes fable fame faults favour FEBRUARY 18 female fortune give greatest Greek happiness head heart holy orders Homer honour hoods hope humble servant humour Iliad infernal innocent Julius Cæsar kind lady language late letter lived look lover mankind manner marriage Milton mind misfortune Moloch nature never obliged observed occasion Ovid Pandæmonium paper Paradise Lost particular pass passion perfect person pin-money pleased pleasure poet pray present prince proper racters reader reason sentiments shew Sir Roger speak SPECTATOR spirit tell Thammuz thing thought tion told town turn VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman words young
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Էջ 238 - Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Էջ 275 - Heaven that He ere long Intended to create, and therein plant A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the Sons of Heaven. Thither, if but to pry, shall be perhaps Our first eruption — thither, or elsewhere; For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial Spirits in bondage, nor th' Abyss Long under darkness cover.
Էջ 237 - In billows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever...
Էջ 242 - A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air...
Էջ 238 - Hail, horrors! hail, Infernal world! And thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor! one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time!
Էջ 123 - For joy of offer'd peace : but I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
Էջ 237 - Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood Under amazement of their hideous change. He call'd so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded.
Էջ 151 - But first, whom shall we send In search of this new world ? whom shall we find Sufficient ? who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark, unbottom'd, infinite abyss, And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way...
Էջ 240 - 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...
Էջ 238 - 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...