The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and CriticalJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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... mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it : whether it be that a man's sense of his own incapacities makes him despair of coming at fame , or that he has not enough range of thought to look out for any good which does not more ...
... mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it : whether it be that a man's sense of his own incapacities makes him despair of coming at fame , or that he has not enough range of thought to look out for any good which does not more ...
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... mean and de- ficient in his qualifications , than of making any sin- gle one eminent or extraordinary . Among those who are the most richly endowed by nature , and accomplished by their own industry , how few are there whose virtues are ...
... mean and de- ficient in his qualifications , than of making any sin- gle one eminent or extraordinary . Among those who are the most richly endowed by nature , and accomplished by their own industry , how few are there whose virtues are ...
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... mean by this end , that hap- piness which is reserved for us in another world , which every one has abilities to procure , and which will bring along with itfulness of joy , and plea- sures for evermore . ' How the pursuit after fame ...
... mean by this end , that hap- piness which is reserved for us in another world , which every one has abilities to procure , and which will bring along with itfulness of joy , and plea- sures for evermore . ' How the pursuit after fame ...
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... mean or trivial for the entertainment of reasonable creatures . As to the diversions of this kind in this town , we owe them to the arts of poetry and music . My own private opinion , with relation to such recreations , I have ...
... mean or trivial for the entertainment of reasonable creatures . As to the diversions of this kind in this town , we owe them to the arts of poetry and music . My own private opinion , with relation to such recreations , I have ...
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... means or for any purpose over - flattered , are apt to practise this , which one may call the preventing aspect , and throw their attention another way , lest they should confer a bow or a curtsy upon a person who might not appear to ...
... means or for any purpose over - flattered , are apt to practise this , which one may call the preventing aspect , and throw their attention another way , lest they should confer a bow or a curtsy upon a person who might not appear to ...
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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.