The British Essayists, Հատոր 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... relation to such recreations , I have heretofore given with all the frankness imaginable ; what concerns those arts at present the reader shall have from my correspondents . The first of the letters with which I acquit myself for this ...
... relation to such recreations , I have heretofore given with all the frankness imaginable ; what concerns those arts at present the reader shall have from my correspondents . The first of the letters with which I acquit myself for this ...
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... relations faster , and endear the ties of blood with those of good - will , protection , observance , indulgence , and veneration . I would , methinks , have this done after an uncom- mon method , and do not think any one , who is not ...
... relations faster , and endear the ties of blood with those of good - will , protection , observance , indulgence , and veneration . I would , methinks , have this done after an uncom- mon method , and do not think any one , who is not ...
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... relations of human life . The father , according to the opportunities which are offered to him , is throwing down blessings on the son , and the son endeavouring to appear the worthy offspring of such a father . It is after this manner ...
... relations of human life . The father , according to the opportunities which are offered to him , is throwing down blessings on the son , and the son endeavouring to appear the worthy offspring of such a father . It is after this manner ...
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... relations well regarded bestow upon each other . Ordinary passages are no longer such , but mutual love gives an ... relation with the ut- most sanctity , than to examine their own hearts . If every father remembered his own thoughts ...
... relations well regarded bestow upon each other . Ordinary passages are no longer such , but mutual love gives an ... relation with the ut- most sanctity , than to examine their own hearts . If every father remembered his own thoughts ...
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... relation to his under- standing ; whereas when we say of a woman , she has a fine , a long , or a good head , we speak only in rela- tion to her commode . It is observed among birds , that nature has lavished all her ornaments upon the ...
... relation to his under- standing ; whereas when we say of a woman , she has a fine , a long , or a good head , we speak only in rela- tion to her commode . It is observed among birds , that nature has lavished all her ornaments upon the ...
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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...