The Spectator, Հատոր 5William Durell and Company, 1810 |
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... greatest abilities are most fired with ambition ; and that on the contrary , 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 ...
... greatest abilities are most fired with ambition ; and that on the contrary , 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 ...
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... greatest character . A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down , with a generous neglect , on the censures and applauses of the multitude , and places a man beyond the little noise and strife of tongues . Accordingly we find ...
... greatest character . A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down , with a generous neglect , on the censures and applauses of the multitude , and places a man beyond the little noise and strife of tongues . Accordingly we find ...
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... greatest characters . In the next place , fame is easily lost , and as dif- ficult to be preserved as it was at first to be ac- quired . But this I shall make the subjct of a fol- lowing paper . C. No 256. MONDAY , DECEMBER 24 , 1711 ...
... greatest characters . In the next place , fame is easily lost , and as dif- ficult to be preserved as it was at first to be ac- quired . But this I shall make the subjct of a fol- lowing paper . C. No 256. MONDAY , DECEMBER 24 , 1711 ...
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... greatest ac- tions of a celebrated 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 ...
... greatest ac- tions of a celebrated 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 ...
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... greatest folly to seek the praise or approbation of any being , besides the Supreme , and that for these two reasons ; because no other being can make a right judgment of us , and esteem us ac- . cording to our merits ; and because we ...
... greatest folly to seek the praise or approbation of any being , besides the Supreme , and that for these two reasons ; because no other being can make a right judgment of us , and esteem us ac- . cording to our merits ; and because we ...
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Էջ 250 - 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 250 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Էջ 254 - 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 251 - 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...
Էջ 250 - 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 251 - Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new possessor; one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time.
Էջ 185 - was the last person that lodged here ?' The king replied, ' His father.' ' And who is it,' says the dervise, ' that lodges here at present?' The king told him, that it was he himself. ' And, who,' says the dervise, ' will be here after you ?' The king answered, ' The young prince his son.' ' Ah, sir,' said the dervise, ' a house that changes its inhabitants so often, and receives such a perpetual succession of guests, is not a palace, but a caravansary.
Էջ 291 - On a sudden open fly With impetuous recoil and jarring sound Th" infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus.
Էջ 251 - 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...
Էջ 77 - Troy, and engaged all the gods in factions. ^Eneas's settlement in Italy produced the Caesars and gave birth to the Roman Empire. Milton's subject was still greater than either of the former; it does not determine the fate of single persons or nations, but of a whole species. The united powers of hell are joined together for the destruction of mankind, which they effected in part, and would have completed had not Omnipotence itself interposed.