The British Essayists: GuardianJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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2. oldal
... human na- ture , we may hope , when they become sensible of their mistake , they will , in consequence of that be- neficent principle they pretend to act upon , reform their practice for the future . The sages , whom I have in my eye ...
... human na- ture , we may hope , when they become sensible of their mistake , they will , in consequence of that be- neficent principle they pretend to act upon , reform their practice for the future . The sages , whom I have in my eye ...
14. oldal
... human life ) such as parents , daughters , lovers , and confi- dants of both sexes . I desire leave to observe , that the mistakes in this courtship ( which might otherwise probably have succeeded happily ) seem chiefly these four , viz ...
... human life ) such as parents , daughters , lovers , and confi- dants of both sexes . I desire leave to observe , that the mistakes in this courtship ( which might otherwise probably have succeeded happily ) seem chiefly these four , viz ...
23. oldal
... humanity , nay people elegant and skilful in observations upon it . It is possible he might have laid his hand on his breast , and with a winning insinuation in his countenance expressed to his neighbour , that he was a man who made his ...
... humanity , nay people elegant and skilful in observations upon it . It is possible he might have laid his hand on his breast , and with a winning insinuation in his countenance expressed to his neighbour , that he was a man who made his ...
30. oldal
... humanity of Mr. Crab * the librarian disentangled us . As I always held it necessary to read in public places , by way of ostentation , but could not pos- sibly travel with a library in my pockets , I took the following method to ...
... humanity of Mr. Crab * the librarian disentangled us . As I always held it necessary to read in public places , by way of ostentation , but could not pos- sibly travel with a library in my pockets , I took the following method to ...
33. oldal
... human nature itself , that few people take delight in seeing beasts caress or play together , but almost every one ... humanity , and improving their very diversion to a virtue . I fancy , too , some advantage might be taken of the ...
... human nature itself , that few people take delight in seeing beasts caress or play together , but almost every one ... humanity , and improving their very diversion to a virtue . I fancy , too , some advantage might be taken of the ...
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169. oldal - Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? »the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword.
169. oldal - He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
262. oldal - LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
157. oldal - Thou, even thou, art Lord alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all ; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
160. oldal - I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
171. oldal - Phoebus' fiery car : The youth rush eager to the sylvan war, Swarm o'er the lawns, the forest walks surround, Rouse the fleet hart, and cheer the opening hound. Th...
158. oldal - Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
262. oldal - And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour : so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
127. oldal - They have already laid down many mechanical rules for compositions of this sort, but at the same time they cut off almost all undertakers from the possibility of ever performing them ; for the first qualification they unanimously require in a poet, is a genius. I shall here endeavour (for the benefit of my countrymen) to make it manifest, that epic poems may be made without a genius, nay without learning or much reading.
172. oldal - Nay, to that perfection is he arrived, that he stoops as he walks. The figure of the man is odd enough : he is a lively little creature, with long arms and legs. A spider is no ill emblem of him. He has been taken at a distance for a small windmill.