The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The SpectatorE. Sargeant, and M. & W. Ward; and Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston., 1810 |
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... less he coveted glory , the more he ac- quired it . * Men take an ill - natured pleasure in crossing our inclinations , and disappointing us in what our hearts are most set upon . When , therefore , they have discovered the passionate ...
... less he coveted glory , the more he ac- quired it . * Men take an ill - natured pleasure in crossing our inclinations , and disappointing us in what our hearts are most set upon . When , therefore , they have discovered the passionate ...
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... less it be still fed with fresh discoveries and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view . And even the greatest ac- tions of a celebrated person labour under this dis- advantage , that , however ...
... less it be still fed with fresh discoveries and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view . And even the greatest ac- tions of a celebrated person labour under this dis- advantage , that , however ...
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... less than reviving an art , which runs to ruin by the utmost barbarism under an affectation of knowledge . We aim at establish- ing some settled notion of what is music , at re- covering from neglect and want very many fami- lies who ...
... less than reviving an art , which runs to ruin by the utmost barbarism under an affectation of knowledge . We aim at establish- ing some settled notion of what is music , at re- covering from neglect and want very many fami- lies who ...
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... in making your father do so much as he has done for I you . may , it seems , live upon half my jointure ! I lived upon much less , Frank , when I carried you from place to place in these arms , and could neither No. 263 . 55 SPECTATOR .
... in making your father do so much as he has done for I you . may , it seems , live upon half my jointure ! I lived upon much less , Frank , when I carried you from place to place in these arms , and could neither No. 263 . 55 SPECTATOR .
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... less elated , and have an inclination to examine the merit of all they have to do with : they would soon find out that there are many who make a figure below what their fortune or merit entitles them to , out of mere choice , and an ...
... less elated , and have an inclination to examine the merit of all they have to do with : they would soon find out that there are many who make a figure below what their fortune or merit entitles them to , out of mere choice , and an ...
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Էջ 246 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine, Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Էջ 246 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Էջ 248 - Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth: at last Words, interwove with sighs, found out their way.
Էջ 251 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple...
Էջ 133 - 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 250 - Though without number still, amidst the hall Of that infernal court. But far within, And in their own dimensions like themselves, The great seraphic lords and cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat, A thousand demigods on golden seats, Frequent and full.
Էջ 218 - Milton's sentiments and ideas were so wonderfully sublime, that it would have been impossible for him to have represented them in their full strength and beauty, without having recourse to these foreign assistances. Our language sunk under him, and was unequal to that greatness of soul which furnished him with such glorious conceptions.
Էջ 284 - Man, about this time To be created like to us, though less In power and excellence, but favour'd more Of him who rules above ; so was his will Pronounced among the gods, and by an oath, That shook Heaven's whole circumference, confirm'd.
Էջ 247 - His sentiments are every way answerable to his character, and suitable to a created being of the most exalted and most depraved nature. Such is that in which he takes possession of his place of torments : -Hail horrors ! hail Infernal world ! and thou profoundest hell Receive thy new possessor, one who brings A mind not to be chang"d by place or time. And afterwards : , Here at least We shall be free ! th...
Էջ 247 - What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? here at least We shall be free ; th...