The British Essayists: AdventurerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... happiness , yet he pro- duced much more dreadful and extensive evil to society in the attempt . Bagshot killed two men ; and I have related the murder and its consequences , with such particulars as usually rouse that sensibi- lity ...
... happiness , yet he pro- duced much more dreadful and extensive evil to society in the attempt . Bagshot killed two men ; and I have related the murder and its consequences , with such particulars as usually rouse that sensibi- lity ...
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... happiness are lost by indiscretion , suffers his resentment to take away the rest . Among friends , sallies of quick resentment are ex- tremely frequent . Friendship is a constant recipro- cation of benefits , to which the sacrifice of ...
... happiness are lost by indiscretion , suffers his resentment to take away the rest . Among friends , sallies of quick resentment are ex- tremely frequent . Friendship is a constant recipro- cation of benefits , to which the sacrifice of ...
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... Happiness , " says he , " consists in the taste , and not in the things : and it is by enjoying what a man loves that he becomes happy ; not by having what others think desirable . " The obvious doctrine con- tained in this reflection ...
... Happiness , " says he , " consists in the taste , and not in the things : and it is by enjoying what a man loves that he becomes happy ; not by having what others think desirable . " The obvious doctrine con- tained in this reflection ...
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... happiness , during a series of external calamities that termi- nated in death ; and vice , by the success of her own projects , had been betrayed into shame , per- plexity , and confusion . These events were indeed natural ; and ...
... happiness , during a series of external calamities that termi- nated in death ; and vice , by the success of her own projects , had been betrayed into shame , per- plexity , and confusion . These events were indeed natural ; and ...
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... happiness , like virtue , consists not in rest , but in action ; it is found rather in the pursuit than the attainment of an end : for though the death of the stag is the purpose the chase , yet the moment this purpose is accom- plished ...
... happiness , like virtue , consists not in rest , but in action ; it is found rather in the pursuit than the attainment of an end : for though the death of the stag is the purpose the chase , yet the moment this purpose is accom- plished ...
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absurd acquainted ADVENTURER Agrestis Amana Amelia Anticlea appear Aristotle bagnio Bagshot beauty behold Boileau caliph captain character coach conceal conduct contempt countenance daugh death desire dignity discovered distress dreadful effect elegance equally Eugenio Euripides Eutyches evil excellence expected eyes falsehood father favour felicity fortune Freeman genius gratified guilt hand happiness heart Homer honour hope human husband Iliad images imagination immediately justly kind labour Lady Forrest learned Longinus looked mankind Mantua marriage ment mind misery morning nature ness never Nouraddin object Odyssey opinion Osmin passion perceived perhaps person Pindar pleasure poem poet POPE present produced prosopopoeia punished Quintilian racter reason received SATURDAY says scarce sentiment servant Sir James soon Sophocles soul specta spirit stockjobber suffered tain tears tenderness Theocritus thou thought Tibullus tion truth TUESDAY ulmo Ulysses vanity Ventosus vice virtue wife wish wretched writers
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Стр. 104 - Chaos of thought and passion all confused, Still by himself abused, or disabused ; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd, The glory, jest, and riddle of the world. PoPE.
Стр. 67 - foundations of the earth ? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereon are the foundations thereof fastened, or who laid the corner stone? When the morning stars sang together, and
Стр. 288 - that shall pen thy breath up: urchins Shall, for that vast of night that they may work, All exercise on thee; thou shalt be pinch'd As thick as honeycombs, each pinch more stinging Than bees that made 'em. If thou neglect'st or dost unwillingly What I command, I'll rack thee with
Стр. 286 - of this nature in the drama before us. The poet artfully acquaints us that Prospero is a magician, by the very first words which his daughter Miranda speaks to him : If by your art, my dearest father, you have Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them i
Стр. 67 - stone? When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy ? Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth as if it had issued out of the womb ? When I brake it up for my decreed place, and set bars and doors, and said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no
Стр. 67 - and here shall the pride of thy waves be stayed.' How can we reply to these sublime inquiries but in the words that follow - ? ' Behold, I am vile, what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.'
Стр. 67 - brake it up for my decreed place, and set bars and doors, and said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall the pride of thy waves be stayed.' How can we reply to these sublime inquiries but in the words that follow - ? ' Behold, I am vile, what shall I answer thee? I will lay
Стр. 104 - While man exclaims," See all things for my use!" " See man for mine!" replies a pamper'd goose. PoPE. " Man scruples not to say, that he enjoyeth the heavens and the elements; as if all had been made, and still move only for him. In this sense a gosling
Стр. 69 - divine favour is painted by the following similitudes: ' I will be as the dew unto Judea; he shall grow as the lily; his branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell like