The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and CriticalJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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... learning , and to point out such beauties in their works as may have escaped the ob- servation of others . As the first place among our English poets is due to Milton ; and as I have drawn more quotations out of him than from any other ...
... learning , and to point out such beauties in their works as may have escaped the ob- servation of others . As the first place among our English poets is due to Milton ; and as I have drawn more quotations out of him than from any other ...
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... learning by heart scraps of Greek , which she vents upon all occasions . She told me some days ago , that whereas I use some Latin inscriptions in my shop , she advised me with a great deal of concern to have them changed into Greek ...
... learning by heart scraps of Greek , which she vents upon all occasions . She told me some days ago , that whereas I use some Latin inscriptions in my shop , she advised me with a great deal of concern to have them changed into Greek ...
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... learning and all the liberal arts will immediately lift up their heads and flourish . As a man must have no slavish fears and apprehen- sions hanging upon his mind , who will indulge the flights of fancy or speculation , and push his ...
... learning and all the liberal arts will immediately lift up their heads and flourish . As a man must have no slavish fears and apprehen- sions hanging upon his mind , who will indulge the flights of fancy or speculation , and push his ...
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... learning ; but the reason is , because the subjects are many of them rich and wealthy , the prince not think- ing fit to exert himself in his full tyranny like the ⚫ princes of the eastern nations , lest his subjects should be invited ...
... learning ; but the reason is , because the subjects are many of them rich and wealthy , the prince not think- ing fit to exert himself in his full tyranny like the ⚫ princes of the eastern nations , lest his subjects should be invited ...
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... learning . Were I indeed to choose my readers , by whose judgment I would stand or fall , they should not be such as are acquainted only with the French and Italian critics , but also with the an- cient and modern who have written in ...
... learning . Were I indeed to choose my readers , by whose judgment I would stand or fall , they should not be such as are acquainted only with the French and Italian critics , but also with the an- cient and modern who have written in ...
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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...
Էջ 242 - Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and hardening in his strength Glories...
Էջ 241 - 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 148 - Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Էջ 276 - Typhoean rage more fell Rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the air In whirlwind; hell scarce holds the wild uproar.
Էջ 236 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Էջ 279 - With horse and chariots rank'd in loose array; So wide they stood, and like a furnace mouth Cast forth redounding smoke and ruddy flame.
Էջ 169 - Seth: 4 and the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: 5 and all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Էջ 240 - Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded; the love-tale Infected Sion's daughters with like heat; Whose wanton passions in the sacred porch Ezekiel saw, when, by the vision led, His eye surveyed the dark idolatries Of alienated Judah.
Էջ 35 - True love has ten thousand griefs, impatiences, and resentments, that render a man unamiable in the eyes of the person whose affection he solicits ; besides that it sinks his figure, gives him fears, apprehensions, and poorness of spirit, and often makes him appear ridiculous where he has a mind to recommend himself. Those marriages generally abound most with love and constancy, that are preceded by a long courtship.