The British Essayists;: RamblerJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 |
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... considered himself as in the direct road of advancement , and had caught the flame of ambition by approaches to its object . But in the midst of his hopes , his projects , and his gaieties , he was seized by a lingering disease , which ...
... considered himself as in the direct road of advancement , and had caught the flame of ambition by approaches to its object . But in the midst of his hopes , his projects , and his gaieties , he was seized by a lingering disease , which ...
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... considered only with pity , or contempt . When a friend is carried to his grave , we at once find excuses for every weakness , and palliations of every fault ; we recollect a thousand endearments which before glided off our minds ...
... considered only with pity , or contempt . When a friend is carried to his grave , we at once find excuses for every weakness , and palliations of every fault ; we recollect a thousand endearments which before glided off our minds ...
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... considered me as an usurper that had seized the rights of a woman before they were due , and was pushing her down the precipice of age , that I might reign without a superior . While I am thus beheld with jealousy and suspicion , you ...
... considered me as an usurper that had seized the rights of a woman before they were due , and was pushing her down the precipice of age , that I might reign without a superior . While I am thus beheld with jealousy and suspicion , you ...
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... considered as the objects of a wish , had not his un- seasonable representations placed them in my sight . Another of his topicks is , the neglect of merit , with which he never fails to amuse every man whom he sees not eminently ...
... considered as the objects of a wish , had not his un- seasonable representations placed them in my sight . Another of his topicks is , the neglect of merit , with which he never fails to amuse every man whom he sees not eminently ...
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... considered apart from adventitious and separable decorations and dis- guises , that there is scarce any possibility of good or ill , but is common to human kind . A great part of the time of those who are placed at the greatest dis ...
... considered apart from adventitious and separable decorations and dis- guises , that there is scarce any possibility of good or ill , but is common to human kind . A great part of the time of those who are placed at the greatest dis ...
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Էջ 214 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Էջ 34 - I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful. For, not only every man has, in the mighty mass of the world, great numbers in the same condition with himself, to whom his mistakes and miscarriages, escapes and expedients, would be of immediate and apparent use; but there is such an uniformity in the state of man, considered apart from adventitious and separable decorations and disguises, that there is scarce any possibility...
Էջ 64 - Happy are they, my son, who shall learn from thy example not to despair, but shall remember, that though the day is past, and their strength is wasted, there yet remains one effort to be made ; that reformation is never hopeless, nor sincere...
Էջ 192 - Olympian hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean wing ! The meaning, not the name, I call ; for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old Olympus dwell'st ; but...
Էջ 77 - To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labour tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution.
Էջ 36 - But biography has often been allotted to writers, who seem very little acquainted with the nature of their task, or very negligent about the performance.
Էջ 141 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Էջ 62 - In these amusements the hours passed away uncounted, his deviations had perplexed his memory, and he knew not towards what point to travel. He stood pensive and confused, afraid to go forward lest he should go wrong, yet conscious that the time of loitering was now past.
Էջ 262 - HOPE, who was the constant associate of the voyage of life. Yet all that HOPE ventured to promise, even to those whom she favoured most, was, not that they should escape, but that they should sink last; and with this promise every one was satisfied, though he laughed at the rest for seeming to believe it. HOPE, indeed, apparently mocked the credulity of her companions ; for, in proportion as their vessels grew leaky...
Էջ 19 - Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty. He that is extravagant will quickly become poor, and poverty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption...