The British Essayists: SpectatorC. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... received character of this play is , that it is the pattern of genteel comedy . Do- rimant and Harriet are the characters of greatest consequence , and if these are low and mean , the re- putation of the play is very unjust . I will ...
... received character of this play is , that it is the pattern of genteel comedy . Do- rimant and Harriet are the characters of greatest consequence , and if these are low and mean , the re- putation of the play is very unjust . I will ...
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... receive the news of this fight , and of the great men's deaths , who commanded in it : This news was brought to Edinburgh , Where Scotland's king did reign , That brave Earl Douglas suddenly Was with an arrow slain . O heavy news , King ...
... receive the news of this fight , and of the great men's deaths , who commanded in it : This news was brought to Edinburgh , Where Scotland's king did reign , That brave Earl Douglas suddenly Was with an arrow slain . O heavy news , King ...
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... received , as one might have expected from a warrior of her sex , considers only , like the hero of whom we are now speaking , how the battle should be continued after her death : Tum sic exspirans , & c . VIRG . ÆN . xi . 820 . A gath ...
... received , as one might have expected from a warrior of her sex , considers only , like the hero of whom we are now speaking , how the battle should be continued after her death : Tum sic exspirans , & c . VIRG . ÆN . xi . 820 . A gath ...
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... receive them from Nature . When the passion is Love , this work is performed in innocent , though rude and uncultivated minds , by the mere force and dignity of the object . There are forms which natu- rally create respect in the ...
... receive them from Nature . When the passion is Love , this work is performed in innocent , though rude and uncultivated minds , by the mere force and dignity of the object . There are forms which natu- rally create respect in the ...
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... received information of a club , which I can call neither ancient nor modern , that I dare say will be no less surprising to my reader than it was to myself ; for which reason I shall communicate it to the public as one of the greatest ...
... received information of a club , which I can call neither ancient nor modern , that I dare say will be no less surprising to my reader than it was to myself ; for which reason I shall communicate it to the public as one of the greatest ...
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Էջ 204 - Greek at his own table ; for which reason he desired a particular friend of his at the university to find him out a clergyman rather of plain sense than much learning, of a good aspect, a clear voice, a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of backgammon.
Էջ 31 - If we consider our own country in its natural prospect, without any of the benefits and advantages of commerce, what a barren, uncomfortable spot of earth falls to our share ! Natural historians tell us, that no fruit grows .originally among us besides hips and haws, acorns and pig-nuts, with other delicacies of the like nature ; that our climate of itself, and without the assistances of art...
Էջ 225 - ... the stage. Would an infinitely wise Being make such glorious creatures for so mean a purpose ? Can He delight in the production of such abortive intelligences, such short-lived reasonable beings ? Would He give us talents that are not to be exerted ? Capacities that are never to be gratified...
Էջ 212 - Will Wimble's is the case of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rather see their children starve like gentlemen, than thrive in a trade or profession that is beneath their quality.
Էջ 205 - Calamy, with several living authors, who have published discourses of practical divinity. I no sooner saw this venerable man in the pulpit, but I very much approved of my friend's insisting upon the qualifications of a good aspect and a clear voice ; for I was so charmed with the gracefulness of his figure and delivery, as well as with the discourses he pronounced, that I think I never passed any time more to my satisfaction. A sermon repeated after this manner, is like the composition of a poet...
Էջ 202 - ROGER'S Family, because it consists of sober and staid Persons; for as the Knight is the best Master in the World, he seldom changes his Servants; and as he is beloved by all about him, his Servants never care for leaving him: By this Means his Domesticks are all in Years, and grown old with their Master. You would take his Valet...
Էջ 130 - Man-like, but different sex ; so lovely fair, That what seem'd fair in all the world, seem'd now Mean, or in her summ'd up...
Էջ 58 - The noble earl was slain. He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to the head drew he...
Էջ 228 - 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 35 - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas, that I found not my heart more moved than with a trumpet ; and yet it is sung by some blind Crowder with no rougher voice than rude style ; which being so evil apparelled in the dust and cobweb of that uncivil age, what would it work trimmed in the gorgeous eloquence of Pindar...