The British Essayists;: SpectatorJ. 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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... young women of quality have enter- tained , to the hazard of their characters , and the certain misfortune of their lives . The first of the following letters may best represent the faults I would now point at , and the answer to it ...
... young women of quality have enter- tained , to the hazard of their characters , and the certain misfortune of their lives . The first of the following letters may best represent the faults I would now point at , and the answer to it ...
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... young women of your acquaintance , shew your- selves to no other purpose , than to gain a conquest over some man of worth , in order to bestow your charms and fortune on him . There is no indecency in the confession , the design is ...
... young women of your acquaintance , shew your- selves to no other purpose , than to gain a conquest over some man of worth , in order to bestow your charms and fortune on him . There is no indecency in the confession , the design is ...
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... young creature who sat just before me , and who , I have been since informed , has no fortune . It would utterly ruin my reputation for discretion to marry such a one , and by what I can learn she has a character of great modesty , so ...
... young creature who sat just before me , and who , I have been since informed , has no fortune . It would utterly ruin my reputation for discretion to marry such a one , and by what I can learn she has a character of great modesty , so ...
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... young men's doing foolishly , what it is folly to do at all . Dear sir , this is my present state of mind ; I hate those I should laugh at , and envy those I contemn . The time of youth and vigorous manhood , passed the way in which I ...
... young men's doing foolishly , what it is folly to do at all . Dear sir , this is my present state of mind ; I hate those I should laugh at , and envy those I contemn . The time of youth and vigorous manhood , passed the way in which I ...
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... young men respect him , and say he is just the same man he was when they were boys . He uses no artifice in the world , but makes use of men's designs upon him to get a main- tenance out of them . This he carries on by a cer- tain ...
... young men respect him , and say he is just the same man he was when they were boys . He uses no artifice in the world , but makes use of men's designs upon him to get a main- tenance out of them . This he carries on by a cer- tain ...
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Էջ 236 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Էջ 242 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple...
Էջ 238 - 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 242 - A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night.
Էջ 276 - Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death, which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good, Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned, or fear conceived, Gorgons and hydras, and chimeras dire.
Էջ 179 - Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
Էջ 184 - So spake the cherub; and his grave rebuke, Severe in youthful beauty, added grace Invincible: abash'd the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is, and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely; saw, and pined His loss: but chiefly to find here observed His lustre visibly impair'd; yet seem'd Undaunted. If I must contend...
Էջ 242 - Had to impose : he through the armed files Darts his experienced eye, and soon traverse The whole battalion views, their order due, Their visages and stature as of gods ; Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and, hardening in his strength, Glories...
Էջ 240 - ... rises. Something like this we saw actually come to pass; for the water was stained to a surprising redness; and as we observed in travelling, had discoloured the sea a great way into a reddish hue; occasioned doubtless by a sort of minium, or red earth, washed into the river by the violence of the rain, and not by any stain from Adonis's blood.
Էջ 238 - Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood Under amazement of their hideous change. He call'd so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded.