The British Essayists, Հատոր 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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Արդյունքներ 44–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... consider the false impressions which are received by the generality of the world , I am trou- bled at none more than a certain levity of thought , which many young women of quality have enter- tained , to the hazard of their characters ...
... consider the false impressions which are received by the generality of the world , I am trou- bled at none more than a certain levity of thought , which many young women of quality have enter- tained , to the hazard of their characters ...
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... consider him nicely in all views , and not be a little pleased , when they have taken him in the worst and most dis- advantageous light . There are many who find a plea- sure in contradicting the common reports of fame , and in ...
... consider him nicely in all views , and not be a little pleased , when they have taken him in the worst and most dis- advantageous light . There are many who find a plea- sure in contradicting the common reports of fame , and in ...
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... consider the little happiness that attends a great character , and the multitude of disquietudes to which the desire of it subjects an ambitious mind , one would be still the more surprised to see so many restless candidates for glory ...
... consider the little happiness that attends a great character , and the multitude of disquietudes to which the desire of it subjects an ambitious mind , one would be still the more surprised to see so many restless candidates for glory ...
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... consider that the world is more apt to censure than applaud , and himself fuller of imperfections than virtues . We may further observe , that such a man will be more grieved for the loss of fame , than he could have been pleased with ...
... consider that the world is more apt to censure than applaud , and himself fuller of imperfections than virtues . We may further observe , that such a man will be more grieved for the loss of fame , than he could have been pleased with ...
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... consider- ations , first , that fame is a thing difficult to be ob- tained , and easily lost ; secondly , that it brings the ambitious man very little happiness , but subjects him to much uneasiness and dissatisfaction . I shall in the ...
... consider- ations , first , that fame is a thing difficult to be ob- tained , and easily lost ; secondly , that it brings the ambitious man very little happiness , but subjects him to much uneasiness and dissatisfaction . I shall in the ...
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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...