The Spectator, Հատոր 4W. Wilson, 1778 |
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... in the following , or any other book . One cannot indeed , without offence to yourself , observe , that you excel the reft of mankind in the leaft , as well as the greatest endowments . Nor were it a cir- cumstance to be DEDICATION .
... in the following , or any other book . One cannot indeed , without offence to yourself , observe , that you excel the reft of mankind in the leaft , as well as the greatest endowments . Nor were it a cir- cumstance to be DEDICATION .
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... , over - reached , as it were , and engag- ed contrary to their natural inclinations in a glorious and laudable courfe of action . For we may farther ob- ferve , that men of the greatest abilities are most 20 No 255 . THE SPECTATOR .
... , over - reached , as it were , and engag- ed contrary to their natural inclinations in a glorious and laudable courfe of action . For we may farther ob- ferve , that men of the greatest abilities are most 20 No 255 . THE SPECTATOR .
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ferve , that men of the 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 fenfe of his own incapacities makes him defpair of coning ...
ferve , that men of the 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 fenfe of his own incapacities makes him defpair of coning ...
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... greatest character . A folid and fubftantial greatnefs of foul looks down with a generous neglect on the cenfures and applauses of the multitude , and places a man beyond the little noise and ftrife of tongues . Accordingly we find in ...
... greatest character . A folid and fubftantial greatnefs of foul looks down with a generous neglect on the cenfures and applauses of the multitude , and places a man beyond the little noise and ftrife of tongues . Accordingly we find in ...
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... greatest characters . In the next place , fame is eafily loft , and as difficult to be preferved as it was at first to be acquired . But this I fhall make the fubject of a following paper . N ° 256 . Monday , December 24 . Φήμη γάρ τε ...
... greatest characters . In the next place , fame is eafily loft , and as difficult to be preferved as it was at first to be acquired . But this I fhall make the fubject of a following paper . N ° 256 . Monday , December 24 . Φήμη γάρ τε ...
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Էջ 213 - ... a shout, that tore hell's concave, and beyond frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night.
Էջ 111 - Odyssey ; though at the same time, those who have treated this great poet with candour, have attributed this defect to the times in which he lived. It was the fault of the age, and not of Homer, if there wants that delicacy in some of his sentiments, which now appears in the works of men of a much inferior genius.
Էջ 137 - They heard, and were abashed, and up they sprung Upon the wing; as when men, wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel; Yet to their general's voice they soon obeyed, Innumerable.
Էջ 299 - O thou, for whom And from whom I was form'd, flesh of thy flesh, And without whom am to no end ; my guide And head ! what thou hast said is just and right. For we to him, indeed, all praises owe, And daily thanks ; I chiefly, who enjoy So far the happier lot, enjoying thee Pre-eminent by so much odds, while thou Like consort to thyself canst no where find.
Էջ 59 - But our female projectors were all the last summer so taken up with the improvement of their petticoats, that they had not time to attend to...
Էջ 268 - His only Son : on earth he first beheld Our two first parents, yet the only two Of mankind, in the happy garden plac'd, Reaping immortal fruits of joy and love, Uninterrupted joy, unrival'd love, In blissful solitude : he then survey'd Hell and the gulf between, and Satan there 70 Coasting the wall of heav'n on this side night...
Էջ 160 - Understanding would be thought a very odd book for a man to make himself master of, who would get a reputation by critical writings ; though at the same time it is very certain that an author, who has not learned the art of distinguishing between words and things, and of ranging...
Էջ 15 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line, While they ring round the same unvaried chimes, With sure returns of still expected rhymes, Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Էջ 67 - Roman empire, has described the birth of its great rival, the Carthaginian commonwealth, Milton with the like art in his poem on the fall of man has related the fall of those angels who are his professed enemies.
Էջ 14 - Poetry, he will find but few precepts in it which he may not meet with in Aristotle, and which were not commonly known by all the poets of the Augustan age. His way of expressing and applying them, not his invention of them, is what