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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... person , and qualified to manage a family with admirable prudence ; she dies to see what demure and serious airs wedlock has given you , but she says , she shall never forgive your choice of so gallant a man as Bellamour to transform ...
... person , and qualified to manage a family with admirable prudence ; she dies to see what demure and serious airs wedlock has given you , but she says , she shall never forgive your choice of so gallant a man as Bellamour to transform ...
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... person from being mean and deficient in his qualifications , than of making any single one eminent or extraordinary . Among those who are the most richly endowed by nature , and accomplished by their own indus- try , how few are there ...
... person from being mean and deficient in his qualifications , than of making any single one eminent or extraordinary . Among those who are the most richly endowed by nature , and accomplished by their own indus- try , how few are there ...
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... person , than as a tribute paid to his merit . Others who are free from this natural perverse- ness of temper , grow wary in their praises of one who sets too great a value on them , lest they should raise him too high in his own ...
... person , than as a tribute paid to his merit . Others who are free from this natural perverse- ness of temper , grow wary in their praises of one who sets too great a value on them , lest they should raise him too high in his own ...
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... person of an exalted reputation , though in the blamable parts of his character . If all these secret springs of detraction fail , yet very often a vain ostentation of wit sets a man on at- tacking an established name , and sacrificing ...
... person of an exalted reputation , though in the blamable parts of his character . If all these secret springs of detraction fail , yet very often a vain ostentation of wit sets a man on at- tacking an established name , and sacrificing ...
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... person labour under this dis- advantage , that , however surprising and extraor- dinary they may be , they are no more than what are expected from him ; but on the contrary , if they fall any thing below the opinion that is con- ceived ...
... person labour under this dis- advantage , that , however surprising and extraor- dinary they may be , they are no more than what are expected from him ; but on the contrary , if they fall any thing below the opinion that is con- ceived ...
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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...