The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The SpectatorE. Sargeant, and M. & W. Ward; and Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston., 1810 |
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... cause be what it will , the effect is certain ; for which reason , the poets ascribe to this particular colour the epithet of cheerful . up- To consider further this double end in the works of nature , and how they are at the same time ...
... cause be what it will , the effect is certain ; for which reason , the poets ascribe to this particular colour the epithet of cheerful . up- To consider further this double end in the works of nature , and how they are at the same time ...
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... causes we assign it ; they have been so pressed by this last argument from the general consent of mankind , that after great search and pains they pretend to have found out a nation of atheists , I mean that polite people the Hottentots ...
... causes we assign it ; they have been so pressed by this last argument from the general consent of mankind , that after great search and pains they pretend to have found out a nation of atheists , I mean that polite people the Hottentots ...
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... cause , than that no division of their fellow- creatures join with them , but those among whom they themselves own reason is almost defaced , and who have little else but their shape which can entitle them to any place in the species ...
... cause , than that no division of their fellow- creatures join with them , but those among whom they themselves own reason is almost defaced , and who have little else but their shape which can entitle them to any place in the species ...
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... cause of suspicion upon them . It is certain , that there is no authority for persons who have nothing else to do , to pass away hours of conversation upon the miscarriages of other people ; but since they will do so , they who value ...
... cause of suspicion upon them . It is certain , that there is no authority for persons who have nothing else to do , to pass away hours of conversation upon the miscarriages of other people ; but since they will do so , they who value ...
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... cause , whence evil doth arise , Removed is , th ' effect surceaseth still . Abstain from pleasure , and restrain your will , Subdue desire , and bridle loose delight : Use scanty diet , and forbear your fill ; Shun secrecy , and talk ...
... cause , whence evil doth arise , Removed is , th ' effect surceaseth still . Abstain from pleasure , and restrain your will , Subdue desire , and bridle loose delight : Use scanty diet , and forbear your fill ; Shun secrecy , and talk ...
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acquaintance admirable Æneid affected agreeable Ann Boleyn appear beautiful behaviour behold called Callisthenes character cheerfulness Cicero colours consider CORNELIUS NEPOS Cotton library creature Cynthio dauphin of France delight desire discourse endeavour entertainment Epig eyes fancy fault Fidelio Flavia gentle gentleman give Gloriana grace greatest hand happy heart honour human humble servant humour ideas Iliad imagination impertinent infirmary innocence Julius Cæsar JULY 24 JUNE JUNE 18 Jupiter kind lady letter live look lover Lupercus man's mankind manner Menippus ment mind nature never objects observed occasion OVID paper particular pass passions persons pleased pleasure Plutarch poet present reader reason received reflections Robin secret Sempronia sense sight sions soul SPECTATOR spirit temper thing thou thought tion town VIRG virtue voice whole woman women words writ writing young
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Стр. 281 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Стр. 79 - I rightly conceived your meaning ; and if, as you say, confessing a truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty perform your command.
Стр. 155 - If the Products of Nature rise in Value, according as they more or less resemble those of Art, we may be sure that artificial Works receive a greater Advantage from their Resemblance of such as are natural ; because here the Similitude is not only pleasant, but the Pattern more perfect.
Стр. 80 - My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burden of your Grace's displeasure, and that it may not touch the innocent souls of those poor gentlemen who, as I understand, are likewise in strait imprisonment for my sake. If ever I have found favour in your sight, if ever the name of Anne Boleyn hath been pleasing in your ears, then let me obtain this request...
Стр. 177 - When we look on such hideous objects, we are not a little pleased to think we are in no danger of them. We consider them, at the same time, as dreadful and harmless; so that the more frightful appearance they make, the greater is the pleasure we receive from the sense of our own safety.
Стр. 186 - But if we yet rise higher, and consider the fixed stars as so many vast oceans of flame, that are each of them attended with a different set of planets, and still discover new firmaments and...
Стр. 181 - Men of cold fancies, and philosophical dispositions, object to this kind of poetry, that it has not probability enough to affect the imagination. But to this it may be answered, that we are sure in general, there are many intellectual beings in the world besides ourselves, and. several species of spirits, who are subject to different laws and oeconomies from those of mankind; when we see, therefore, any of these represented naturally...
Стр. 138 - I here mean such as arise from visible Objects, either when we have them actually in our View, or when we call up their Ideas into our Minds by Paintings, Statues, Descriptions, or any the like Occasion...
Стр. 9 - Those are often raised into the greatest transports of mirth who are subject to the greatest depressions of melancholy. On the contrary, cheerfulness, though it docs not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents us from falling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment ; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
Стр. 150 - ... delightfully lost and bewildered in a pleasing delusion, and we walk about like the enchanted hero of a romance, who sees beautiful castles, woods., and meadows, and at the same time hears the warbling of birds and the purling of streams ; but upon the finishing of some secret spell the fantastic scene breaks up, and the disconsolate knight finds himself on a barren heath or in a solitary desert.