The British Essayists, Հատոր 34Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1807 |
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... idea of Gyges Ring has made , I believe , many a grave mouth water . This power is , in some degree , possessed by the writer of an anonymous paper . He can at least ex- ercise it for a purpose , for which people would be most apt to ...
... idea of Gyges Ring has made , I believe , many a grave mouth water . This power is , in some degree , possessed by the writer of an anonymous paper . He can at least ex- ercise it for a purpose , for which people would be most apt to ...
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... Ideas of Beauty and Virtue * . Speaking of the effect which the beauty of the human figure has upon our minds , the Author expresses himself in the following words : " There is a further consideration , which must not be passed over ...
... Ideas of Beauty and Virtue * . Speaking of the effect which the beauty of the human figure has upon our minds , the Author expresses himself in the following words : " There is a further consideration , which must not be passed over ...
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... . A man of an aspiring mind and nice sensibility may , from a wrong direction , or a romantic excess of spirit , find it difficult to submit to the ordinary pursuits of life . Filled with enthusiastic ideas of the 24 N ° 6 . THE MIRROR .
... . A man of an aspiring mind and nice sensibility may , from a wrong direction , or a romantic excess of spirit , find it difficult to submit to the ordinary pursuits of life . Filled with enthusiastic ideas of the 24 N ° 6 . THE MIRROR .
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Alexander Chalmers. pursuits of life . Filled with enthusiastic ideas of the glory of a general , a senator , or a statesman , he may look with indifference , or even with disgust , on the less brilliant , though , perhaps , not less use ...
Alexander Chalmers. pursuits of life . Filled with enthusiastic ideas of the glory of a general , a senator , or a statesman , he may look with indifference , or even with disgust , on the less brilliant , though , perhaps , not less use ...
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... treme . By that excess of sensibility to which they lead ; by that vanity which they flatter ; that idea of superiority which they nourish ; they may unfit their possessor for the common and ordinary enjoy- ments of N ° 10 . 45 THE MIRROR .
... treme . By that excess of sensibility to which they lead ; by that vanity which they flatter ; that idea of superiority which they nourish ; they may unfit their possessor for the common and ordinary enjoy- ments of N ° 10 . 45 THE MIRROR .
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Էջ 111 - And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landscape round it measures ; Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest ; Meadows trim, with daisies pied ; Shallow brooks, and rivers wide...
Էջ 261 - 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.
Էջ 174 - Now, Spring returns : but not to me returns The vernal joy my better years have known ; Dim in my breast life's dying taper burns, And all the joys of life with health are flown.
Էջ 57 - O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers! Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth, in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. But thou thyself movest alone: who can be a companion of thy course!
Էջ 112 - And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
Էջ 57 - The oaks of the mountains fall; the mountains themselves decay with years; the ocean shrinks and grows again; the moon herself is lost in heaven, but thou art for ever the same, rejoicing in the brightness of thy course.
Էջ 178 - And a few friends, and many books, both true, Both wise, and both delightful too ! And since love ne'er will from me flee, A mistress moderately fair, And good as...
Էջ 174 - And count the silent moments as they pass; — "The winged moments, whose unstaying speed No art can stop or in their course arrest, Whose flight shall shortly count me with the dead, And lay me down in peace with them that rest.
Էջ 206 - He found in them the guileless manner of the earliest times, with the culture and accomplishment of the most refined ones. Every better feeling, warm and vivid; every ungentle one, repressed or overcome. He was not addicted to love; but he felt himself happy in being the friend of Mademoiselle La Roche, and sometimes envied her father the possession of such a child. After a journey of eleven days they arrived at the dwelling of La Roche. It was situated in one of those valleys of the canton of Berne,...
Էջ 58 - When the world is dark with tempests, when thunder rolls, and lightning flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and laughest at the storm.