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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... sense of guilt . A man who lives in a state of vice and impenitence can have no title to that evenness and tranquillity of mind which is the health of the soul and the na- tural effect of virtue and innocence . Cheerful- ness in an ill ...
... sense of guilt . A man who lives in a state of vice and impenitence can have no title to that evenness and tranquillity of mind which is the health of the soul and the na- tural effect of virtue and innocence . Cheerful- ness in an ill ...
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... sense , good - nature , and discretion , so that every man enjoys himself in his company ; and though Acasto contributes nothing to the en- tertainment , he never was at a place where he was not welcome a second time . Without the ...
... sense , good - nature , and discretion , so that every man enjoys himself in his company ; and though Acasto contributes nothing to the en- tertainment , he never was at a place where he was not welcome a second time . Without the ...
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... senses have to do with ; that we , finding imper- fection , dissatisfaction , and want of complete hap- piness , in all the enjoyments which the creatures can afford us , might be led to seek it in the enjoy- ment of Him with whom ...
... senses have to do with ; that we , finding imper- fection , dissatisfaction , and want of complete hap- piness , in all the enjoyments which the creatures can afford us , might be led to seek it in the enjoy- ment of Him with whom ...
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... sense of the British na- tion ) , that whether we rammed an atheist whole into a great gun , or pulverized our infidels , as they do in Poland , we should not have many charges . I should however premise , while our ammuni- tion lasted ...
... sense of the British na- tion ) , that whether we rammed an atheist whole into a great gun , or pulverized our infidels , as they do in Poland , we should not have many charges . I should however premise , while our ammuni- tion lasted ...
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... sense of mankind , is doing them too great an honour , giving them a figure in the eye of the world , and making people fancy that they have more in them than they really have . As for those persons who have any scheme of religious ...
... sense of mankind , is doing them too great an honour , giving them a figure in the eye of the world , and making people fancy that they have more in them than they really have . As for those persons who have any scheme of religious ...
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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.