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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40. oldal
... pass away life as they ought , all parts of it are equally pleasant ; only the memory of good and worthy actions is a feast which must give a quicker relish to the soul than ever it could possibly taste in the highest enjoyments or ...
... pass away life as they ought , all parts of it are equally pleasant ; only the memory of good and worthy actions is a feast which must give a quicker relish to the soul than ever it could possibly taste in the highest enjoyments or ...
43. oldal
... passes in courtship , provided his passion be sincere , and the party beloved kind with discretion . Love , desire , hope , all the pleasing emotions of the soul rise in the pursuit . It is easier for an artful man who is not No. 261 ...
... passes in courtship , provided his passion be sincere , and the party beloved kind with discretion . Love , desire , hope , all the pleasing emotions of the soul rise in the pursuit . It is easier for an artful man who is not No. 261 ...
46. oldal
... passes on this state of life . It is , indeed , only happy in those who can look down with scorn and neglect on the impieties of the times , and tread the paths of life together in a constant uniform course of virtue . C. No. 262 ...
... passes on this state of life . It is , indeed , only happy in those who can look down with scorn and neglect on the impieties of the times , and tread the paths of life together in a constant uniform course of virtue . C. No. 262 ...
50. oldal
... pass sages in an author which do not equally strike the best judges . It will be sufficient for me , if I discover many beauties or imperfections which others have not attended to , and I should be very glad to see any of our eminent ...
... pass sages in an author which do not equally strike the best judges . It will be sufficient for me , if I discover many beauties or imperfections which others have not attended to , and I should be very glad to see any of our eminent ...
51. oldal
... pass unobserved by common eyes . I thank Heaven I have no outrageous offence against my own excellent parents to answer for ; but when I am now and then alone , and look back upon my past life , from my earliest infancy to this time ...
... pass unobserved by common eyes . I thank Heaven I have no outrageous offence against my own excellent parents to answer for ; but when I am now and then alone , and look back upon my past life , from my earliest infancy to this time ...
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The British Essayists, with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical ..., 37. kötet Alexander Chalmers Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2017 |
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246. oldal - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine, Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
246. oldal - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
248. oldal - Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth: at last Words, interwove with sighs, found out their way.
251. oldal - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple...
133. oldal - For joy of offer'd peace: but I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
250. oldal - Though without number still, amidst the hall Of that infernal court. But far within, And in their own dimensions like themselves, The great seraphic lords and cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat, A thousand demigods on golden seats, Frequent and full.
218. oldal - Milton's sentiments and ideas were so wonderfully sublime, that it would have been impossible for him to have represented them in their full strength and beauty, without having recourse to these foreign assistances. Our language sunk under him, and was unequal to that greatness of soul which furnished him with such glorious conceptions.
284. oldal - Man, about this time To be created like to us, though less In power and excellence, but favour'd more Of him who rules above ; so was his will Pronounced among the gods, and by an oath, That shook Heaven's whole circumference, confirm'd.
247. oldal - His sentiments are every way answerable to his character, and suitable to a created being of the most exalted and most depraved nature. Such is that in which he takes possession of his place of torments : -Hail horrors ! hail Infernal world ! and thou profoundest hell Receive thy new possessor, one who brings A mind not to be chang"d by place or time. And afterwards : , Here at least We shall be free ! th...
247. oldal - What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? here at least We shall be free ; th...