The British Essayists, Հատոր 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... sometimes implies no more than that faculty which is common to all men , but sometimes signifies right reason , and what all men should consent to . In this latter ac- ceptation of the phrase , it is no great wonder people err so much ...
... sometimes implies no more than that faculty which is common to all men , but sometimes signifies right reason , and what all men should consent to . In this latter ac- ceptation of the phrase , it is no great wonder people err so much ...
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... sometimes see a man begin the offer of a saluta- tion , and observe a forbidding air , or escaping eye , in the person he is going to salute , and stop short in the poll of his neck . This in the person who believed he could do it with ...
... sometimes see a man begin the offer of a saluta- tion , and observe a forbidding air , or escaping eye , in the person he is going to salute , and stop short in the poll of his neck . This in the person who believed he could do it with ...
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... sometimes laughing at the old folks at another end of the house . The truth of it is , were we merely to follow nature in these great duties of life , though we have a strong instinct towards the performing of them , we should be on ...
... sometimes laughing at the old folks at another end of the house . The truth of it is , were we merely to follow nature in these great duties of life , though we have a strong instinct towards the performing of them , we should be on ...
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... sometimes an old fellow shall wear this or that sort of cut in his clothes with great integrity , while all the rest of the world are degenerated into buttons , pockets , and loops unknown to their ancestors . As insignificant as even ...
... sometimes an old fellow shall wear this or that sort of cut in his clothes with great integrity , while all the rest of the world are degenerated into buttons , pockets , and loops unknown to their ancestors . As insignificant as even ...
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... sometimes open taverns and streets of this town , gave Irus a perfect skill in judging of the inclinations of mankind , and acting accordingly . He seriously considered he was poor , and the general horror which most men have of all who ...
... sometimes open taverns and streets of this town , gave Irus a perfect skill in judging of the inclinations of mankind , and acting accordingly . He seriously considered he was poor , and the general horror which most men have of all who ...
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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...