The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Հատոր 3Nathan Drake Suttaby, Evance, and Company, 1811 |
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... reader conclude too hastily from what has been said , that I pre- tend to the honour of the deformity of Scarron , the crookedness of Pope , the blindness of Mil- ton or Homer , or even the long nose , or no nose , of Tristram Shandy ...
... reader conclude too hastily from what has been said , that I pre- tend to the honour of the deformity of Scarron , the crookedness of Pope , the blindness of Mil- ton or Homer , or even the long nose , or no nose , of Tristram Shandy ...
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... reader old Mr. Leeson was in- volved in perpetual difficulties , and was upon the eve of being thrown into prison , when he was saved from a disgrace of that nature by the extraordi- mary piety of his son . Frank to a very 24 NO . 103 ...
... reader old Mr. Leeson was in- volved in perpetual difficulties , and was upon the eve of being thrown into prison , when he was saved from a disgrace of that nature by the extraordi- mary piety of his son . Frank to a very 24 NO . 103 ...
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... reading the best authors , and partaking of the best conversation . He , who habituates himself to such studies and such society , without pro- posing to himself a particular model , will insen- sibly form a style of his own ; as , in ...
... reading the best authors , and partaking of the best conversation . He , who habituates himself to such studies and such society , without pro- posing to himself a particular model , will insen- sibly form a style of his own ; as , in ...
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... reader to the end of a work , though awk- wardly designed and injudiciously constructed ; while the nicest adherence to poetic rule would be found insufficient to compensate for mean- ness of thought , or vulgarity of expression . That ...
... reader to the end of a work , though awk- wardly designed and injudiciously constructed ; while the nicest adherence to poetic rule would be found insufficient to compensate for mean- ness of thought , or vulgarity of expression . That ...
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... readers , and which have already passed the ordeal of unmerited censure . Nor is that narrowness of conception which confines a work to the comprehension of a par- ticular portion of individuals , less reprehensible or less repugnant to ...
... readers , and which have already passed the ordeal of unmerited censure . Nor is that narrowness of conception which confines a work to the comprehension of a par- ticular portion of individuals , less reprehensible or less repugnant to ...
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Էջ 236 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow...
Էջ 236 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Էջ 236 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Էջ 149 - What he attempted, he performed ; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity ; his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison, HUGHES.
Էջ 160 - That reaching home, the night, they said, is near, We must not now be parted, sojourn here — The new acquaintance soon became a guest, -And made so welcome at their simple feast...
Էջ 149 - His prose is the model of the middle style; on grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not grovelling; pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration; always equable, and always easy, without glowing words or pointed sentences.
Էջ 201 - And Abraham arose and met him, and said unto him, Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night ; and thou shalt arise early in the morning, and go on thy way.
Էջ 54 - For forms of government let fools contest, Whate'er is best administered is best.
Էջ 151 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Էջ 37 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.