THE OBSERVER, 4. kötetBachariah Jackson, 1791 |
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8. oldal
... thing to compare with her , but that counterpart of her image then in my hand ; he begged to leave it in my care till our meeting next morning ; perhaps , added he , the fight of it will give a pang of fenfibility to my poor difcarded ...
... thing to compare with her , but that counterpart of her image then in my hand ; he begged to leave it in my care till our meeting next morning ; perhaps , added he , the fight of it will give a pang of fenfibility to my poor difcarded ...
10. oldal
... thing to compare with her , but that counterpart of her image then in my hand ; he begged to leave it in my care till our meeting next morning ; perhaps , added he , the fight of it will give a pang of fenfibility to my poor difcarded ...
... thing to compare with her , but that counterpart of her image then in my hand ; he begged to leave it in my care till our meeting next morning ; perhaps , added he , the fight of it will give a pang of fenfibility to my poor difcarded ...
21. oldal
... things to be very careful that an exhibition fo ennobled by its actors , may be caft into such a stile and character , as may keep it clear from any pofli- ble comparison with spectacles , which it should not condefcend to imitate , and ...
... things to be very careful that an exhibition fo ennobled by its actors , may be caft into such a stile and character , as may keep it clear from any pofli- ble comparison with spectacles , which it should not condefcend to imitate , and ...
30. oldal
... thing ornamental , or take from them any thing unbecoming , I fhall gain my wish ; the rest I fhall leave to their milliners and mantua - makers . Now if I have any merit with them for not in . truding upon their toilets , let them fhew ...
... thing ornamental , or take from them any thing unbecoming , I fhall gain my wish ; the rest I fhall leave to their milliners and mantua - makers . Now if I have any merit with them for not in . truding upon their toilets , let them fhew ...
34. oldal
... thing , that runs on errands for its betters , and is content to be paid with a fmile for its good - will by thofe , who have too much good fenfe to show it any real respect When it is harmlefs , it would be hard to wound it out of ...
... thing , that runs on errands for its betters , and is content to be paid with a fmile for its good - will by thofe , who have too much good fenfe to show it any real respect When it is harmlefs , it would be hard to wound it out of ...
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The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays. the ... Richard Cumberland Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2018 |
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183. oldal - ... twas suffocating silent woe. Let us drop the curtain over this melancholy pause in our narration, and attend upon the mournful widower now landing upon English ground, and conveyed by his humane and generous preserver to the house of a noble earl, the father of our amiable captain, and a man by his virtues still more conspicuous than by his rank. Here amidst the gentle solicitudes of a benevolent family, in one of the most enchanting spots on earth, in a climate...
91. oldal - His scenes exhibit not much of humour, imagery, or passion : his personages are a kind of intellectual gladiators ; every sentence is to ward or strike ; the contest of smartness is never intermitted ; his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate coruscations.
136. oldal - As he lived in constant serenity of mind, so he died without pain of body ; for having called together a number of his friends to the reading of a play, which he had newly finished, and sitting, as was the custom in that serene climate, under the open canopy of Heaven, an unforeseen fall of rain broke up the company...
26. oldal - ... every body to be warmed by the contemplation of her figure or the reflection of her countenance ; at the...
174. oldal - He found every thing in confusion, a deck covered with the slain, and the whole crew in consternation at an event they were in no degree prepared for, not having received any intimation of a war. He found the officers in general, and the passengers without exception, under the most horrid impressions of the English, and expecting to be plundered, and perhaps butchered without mercy.
180. oldal - Spaniard's hand in his, and seating him on a couch beside him, ordered the centinel to keep the cabin private, and delivered himself as follows : ' Senor Don Manuel, I must now impart to you an anxiety which I labour under on your account ; I have strong reason to suspect you have enemies in your own country, who are upon the watch to arrest you on your landing: when I have told you this, I expect you will repose such trust in my honour, and the sincerity of my regard for you, as not to demand a...
245. oldal - Every hope being extinguished by the receipt of" this letter, the disconsolate Rachel became henceforth one of the most miserable of human beings : after venting a torrent of rage against her brother...
141. oldal - ... abovementioned most eloquently displays in his parallel between Christ and that Impostor ; the Deist will perhaps be much interested to support his favourite philosopher, and will care little for the prophet : the .modern Platonist, who is ingenious to erect a new system of natural religion out of the ruins of heathen idolatry, may be zealous to defend the founder of his faith, and his anger I must submit to incur ; but it is not quite so easy to bear the reproof of friends, from whom I have...
21. oldal - ... are a kind of balancing powers, which feem indeed to hold a neutrality in moral affairs, but, holding it with arms in their hands, cannot be fuppofed to remain impartial fpectators of the fray, and therefore muft be either with us, or againft us.
90. oldal - As for that diftinguifhing chara&eriftic, which the ingenious efTayift terms very properly the harmony of its cadence ; that I take to be incommunicable and immediately dependant upon the ear of him who. models it. This harmony of cadence is fo...