The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Հատորներ 5-6 |
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Էջ xii
... thought worthy of in- sertion . Addison was prepared with ample resources , which Steele must have known before he could consent to adventure on a daily paper , a task far beyond the abilities of any one man who had not secured the most ...
... thought worthy of in- sertion . Addison was prepared with ample resources , which Steele must have known before he could consent to adventure on a daily paper , a task far beyond the abilities of any one man who had not secured the most ...
Էջ xviii
... thought it capable of extension and improvement , and might probably determine to make it in some measure his own , by guarding , with a father's fondness , against any violation that might be offered . How well he has accom- plished ...
... thought it capable of extension and improvement , and might probably determine to make it in some measure his own , by guarding , with a father's fondness , against any violation that might be offered . How well he has accom- plished ...
Էջ lxiv
... thought it might be proper to stop this writer's opposition by a small salary , and called after him from the top of the stair - case , “ Hyp ! Doctor ! " promised him his support , and imme- diately the Hyp - Doctor , No. 1 , made its ...
... thought it might be proper to stop this writer's opposition by a small salary , and called after him from the top of the stair - case , “ Hyp ! Doctor ! " promised him his support , and imme- diately the Hyp - Doctor , No. 1 , made its ...
Էջ lxix
... thought " unfavourable to literature , " as " the succession of a new family to the throne filled the nation with anxiety , discord , and con- fusion . " The attempt , however , was made , for which a whimsical reason is assigned in No ...
... thought " unfavourable to literature , " as " the succession of a new family to the throne filled the nation with anxiety , discord , and con- fusion . " The attempt , however , was made , for which a whimsical reason is assigned in No ...
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... thought , which a man often meets with in a dream , methoughts the hall was alarmed , the doors flew open , and there entered half a dozen of the most hideous phantoms that I had ever seen , even in a dream , before that time . They ...
... thought , which a man often meets with in a dream , methoughts the hall was alarmed , the doors flew open , and there entered half a dozen of the most hideous phantoms that I had ever seen , even in a dream , before that time . They ...
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Էջ xciv - ... town and country ; a great lover of mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company.
Էջ xxix - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
Էջ 159 - Worship th' immortal gods. I AM always very well pleased with a country Sundav, and think, if keeping holy the seventh day were only a human institution, it would be the best method that could have been thought of for the polishing and civilizing of mankind. It is certain the country people would soon degenerate into a kind of savages and barbarians, were there not such frequent returns of a stated time, in which the whole village meet together with their best faces, and in their cleanliest habits,...
Էջ lxxxvii - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Էջ 238 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...
Էջ xcv - His notions of trade are noble and generous, and (as every rich man has usually some sly way of jesting which would make no great figure were he not a rich man) he calls the sea the British Common. He is acquainted with commerce in all its parts, and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms, for true power is to be got by arts and industry. He will often argue, that if this part of our trade were well cultivated, we should gain from one nation, — and if another,...
Էջ 161 - This authority of the Knight, though exerted in that odd manner which accompanies him in all circumstances of life, has a very good effect upon the parish, who are not polite enough to see any thing ridiculous in his behaviour.
Էջ xcii - However, this humour creates him no enemies, for he does nothing with sourness or obstinacy, and his being unconfined to modes and forms makes him but the readier and more capable to please and oblige all who know him.
Էջ 160 - He has often told me, that at his coming to his estate, he found his parishioners very irregular: and that in order to make them kneel, and join in the responses, he gave every one of them a hassock and a Common Prayer Book ; and at the same time employed an itinerant...
Էջ 160 - Sometimes he will be lengthening out a verse in the singing psalms, half a minute after the rest of the congregation have done with it ; sometimes when he is pleased with the matter of his devotion, he pronounces