The British Essayists: AdventurerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... learned writer merits the attention and diligent pe- rusal of the true scholar . What I principally ad- mire in Bossu is the regularity of his plan , and the exactness of his method ; which add utility as well as beauty to his work ...
... learned writer merits the attention and diligent pe- rusal of the true scholar . What I principally ad- mire in Bossu is the regularity of his plan , and the exactness of his method ; which add utility as well as beauty to his work ...
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... learned , or their reception among the great ; they are always bribed by the present pleasure of seeing themselves superior to those that surround them , and receiving the homage of silent attention and envious admiration . But vanity ...
... learned , or their reception among the great ; they are always bribed by the present pleasure of seeing themselves superior to those that surround them , and receiving the homage of silent attention and envious admiration . But vanity ...
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... learned to neglect his shop ; and having drawn his money out of the funds , to avoid the necessity of teasing men of honour for trifling debts , he has been forced at last to retire hither till his friends can procure him a post at ...
... learned to neglect his shop ; and having drawn his money out of the funds , to avoid the necessity of teasing men of honour for trifling debts , he has been forced at last to retire hither till his friends can procure him a post at ...
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... learned from the servants that his lady was gone to Captain Freeman's , and was secretly displeased that she had made this visit when he was absent ; an incident which , however trifling in itself , was by the magic of jealousy swelled ...
... learned from the servants that his lady was gone to Captain Freeman's , and was secretly displeased that she had made this visit when he was absent ; an incident which , however trifling in itself , was by the magic of jealousy swelled ...
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... learned that she and the cap- tain had gone from thence at five in the morning , and that he was not yet returned . Mrs. Freeman , by Sir James's inquiry , knew that his lady had not been at home : her suspicions , therefore , were con ...
... learned that she and the cap- tain had gone from thence at five in the morning , and that he was not yet returned . Mrs. Freeman , by Sir James's inquiry , knew that his lady had not been at home : her suspicions , therefore , were con ...
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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