The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The RamblerE. Sargeant, and M. & W. Ward; and Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston., 1811 |
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10. oldal
... pleasure in listening to the conversation of learned men , espe- cially when they discourse of things which I do not understand ; and have , therefore , been of late par- ticularly delighted with many disputes about the alteration of ...
... pleasure in listening to the conversation of learned men , espe- cially when they discourse of things which I do not understand ; and have , therefore , been of late par- ticularly delighted with many disputes about the alteration of ...
11. oldal
... pleasure is promised me , I always think of the time as little as I can . I have since listened very attentively to every one that talked upon this subject , of whom the greater part seem not to understand it better than myself ; for ...
... pleasure is promised me , I always think of the time as little as I can . I have since listened very attentively to every one that talked upon this subject , of whom the greater part seem not to understand it better than myself ; for ...
13. oldal
... pleasure , till , by a natural train of sentiment , I began to re- flect on the fate of the mothers . For to what shel- ter can they fly ? Only to the arms of their be- trayer , which , perhaps , are now no longer open to receive them ...
... pleasure , till , by a natural train of sentiment , I began to re- flect on the fate of the mothers . For to what shel- ter can they fly ? Only to the arms of their be- trayer , which , perhaps , are now no longer open to receive them ...
18. oldal
Alexander Chalmers. course of their conduct , to dismiss business , and exclude pleasure , and to devote their days and nights to a particular attention . But all common degrees of excellence are attainable at a lower price ; he that ...
Alexander Chalmers. course of their conduct , to dismiss business , and exclude pleasure , and to devote their days and nights to a particular attention . But all common degrees of excellence are attainable at a lower price ; he that ...
19. oldal
... pleasures , and surfeit- ed with intemperance of application . He that will not suffer himself to be discouraged by fancied im- possibilities , may sometimes find his abilities in- vigorated by the necessity of exerting them inshort ...
... pleasures , and surfeit- ed with intemperance of application . He that will not suffer himself to be discouraged by fancied im- possibilities , may sometimes find his abilities in- vigorated by the necessity of exerting them inshort ...
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Ajax alac amusement Arim Aristotle attention Aureng-Zebe beauty calamity celebrated censure common considered contempt cowardice curiosity Dagon danger daugh delight desire dignity discovered dread easily elegance eminence endeavour envy equal excellence expected eyes fame favour fear felicity fill folly force fortune frequently gain genius gratify happiness heart honour hope hour human idle ignorance Iliad imagination inclination indulgence inquiry JUNE 25 justly knowledge labour ladies learning lence less lest Long con mankind medicated gloves ment mind minth miscarriage misery nature necessary negligence nerally ness never observed once opinion OVID passions perhaps perpetual pleasure portunity praise produce prudence publick raise RAMBLER reason regard reproach Samson SATURDAY scarcely seldom sentiments shew sion solicited sometimes soon suffer sufficient superaddition surely tain thing thou thought tion TUESDAY Virgil virtue wars of Troy writers
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190. oldal - Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
182. oldal - Be of good courage, I begin to feel Some rousing motions in me, which dispose To something extraordinary my thoughts.
189. oldal - Nor the other light of life continue long, But yield to double darkness nigh at hand : So much I feel my genial spirits droop, My hopes all flat, nature within me seems In all her functions weary of herself ; My race of glory run, and race of shame, And I shall shortly be with them that rest.
102. oldal - To imitate the fictions and sentiments of Spenser can incur no reproach, for allegory is perhaps one of the most pleasing vehicles of instruction. But I am very far from extending the same respect to his diction or his stanza. His style was in his own time allowed to be vicious, so darkened with old words and peculiarities of phrase, and so remote from common use, that Jonson boldly pronounces him
188. oldal - No strength of man or fiercest wild beast could withstand ; Who tore the lion...
50. oldal - For, who can congratulate himself upon a life passed 'without some act more mischievous to the peace or prosperity of others, than the theft of...
189. oldal - Out, out, hyaena! these are thy wonted arts, And arts of every woman false like thee...
271. oldal - The wits of these happy days have discovered a way to fame, which the dull caution of our laborious ancestors durst never attempt; they cut the knots of sophistry which it was formerly the business of years to untie, solve difficulties by sudden irradiations of intelligence, and comprehend long processes of argument by immediate intuition.
163. oldal - Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell.
186. oldal - Depress'd and overthrown as seem'd, Like that self-begotten bird In the Arabian woods embost, That no second knows, nor third, And lay erewhile a holocaust.