The British Essayists: RamblerT. and J. Allman, 1823 |
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Pàgina 185
... and remonstrances of my aunts and uncles , but at last was persuaded to visit Anthea , an heiress , whose land lies contiguous to mine , and whose birth and beauty are without objection . Our friends de- clared N ° 34 . 185 RAMBLER .
... and remonstrances of my aunts and uncles , but at last was persuaded to visit Anthea , an heiress , whose land lies contiguous to mine , and whose birth and beauty are without objection . Our friends de- clared N ° 34 . 185 RAMBLER .
Pàgina 186
... Anthea had a wonderful facility of evading ques- tions which I seldom repeated , and of barring ap- proaches which I had no great eagerness to press . Thus the time passed away in visits and civili- ties , without any ardent professions ...
... Anthea had a wonderful facility of evading ques- tions which I seldom repeated , and of barring ap- proaches which I had no great eagerness to press . Thus the time passed away in visits and civili- ties , without any ardent professions ...
Pàgina 187
... Anthea found out that this pace would only keep us longer on the stones , and desired that I would order him to make more speed . He whipped his horses , the coach jolted again , and Anthea very complai- santly told us how much she ...
... Anthea found out that this pace would only keep us longer on the stones , and desired that I would order him to make more speed . He whipped his horses , the coach jolted again , and Anthea very complai- santly told us how much she ...
Pàgina 188
... Anthea the choice of a great number of dishes , which the place , being well provided for entertainment , happened to afford . She made some objection to every thing that was offered ; one thing she hated at that time of the year ...
... Anthea the choice of a great number of dishes , which the place , being well provided for entertainment , happened to afford . She made some objection to every thing that was offered ; one thing she hated at that time of the year ...
Pàgina 189
... Anthea declared that she could not imagine what pleasure we expected from the sight of a few green trees , and a little gravel , and two or three pits of clear water ; that for her part she hated walking till the cool of the evening ...
... Anthea declared that she could not imagine what pleasure we expected from the sight of a few green trees , and a little gravel , and two or three pits of clear water ; that for her part she hated walking till the cool of the evening ...
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acquaintance amusements Anthea appearance beauty calamities censure common consider contempt danger desire easily eminent endeavour envy equally error evils excellence fame favour fear folly force fortune frequently friends gain genius give happen happiness haps heart hindered honour hope human imagination incited indulge Jovianus Pontanus JUNE 14 Jupiter kind knowledge labour ladies learning lected less lest live long con mankind marriage means Melanthia ment mind miscarriages misery moral nature neglect nerally ness never numbers objects observed Old Bond Street once opinion ourselves pain passed passions pastoral Penthesilea perhaps pleased pleasure portunity praise precepts produced Prudentius racter RAMBLER reason received regard reproach reputation riches rience ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY SATURDAY seldom sentiments shew shewn Soho Square soon sophism sorrow suffer thing thou thought tion told TUESDAY vanity virtue wish write young youth
Passatges populars
Pàgina 168 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar.
Pàgina 17 - But if the power of example is so great, as to take possession of the memory by a kind of violence, and produce effects almost without the intervention of the will, care ought to be taken, that, when the choice is unrestrained, the best examples only should be exhibited ; and that which is likely to operate so strongly, should not be mischievous or uncertain in its effects.
Pàgina 30 - Obidah paused for a time, and began to consider whether it were longer safe to forsake the known and common track ; but remembering that the heat was now in its greatest violence, and that the plain was dusty and uneven, he resolved to pursue the new path, which he supposed only to make a few meanders, in compliance with the varieties of the ground, and to end at last in the common road. Having thus calmed his solicitude, he renewed his pace, though he suspected he was not gaining ground.
Pàgina 145 - 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.
Pàgina 15 - THE works of fiction, with which the present generation seems more particularly delighted, are such as exhibit life in its true state, diversified only by accidents that daily happen in the world, and influenced by passions and qualities which are really to be found in conversing with mankind.
Pàgina 136 - But thou hast promis'd from us two a race To fill the earth, who shall with us extol Thy goodness infinite, both when we wake, And when we seek, as now, thy gift of sleep.
Pàgina 145 - Italian, the most mellifluous of all modern poetry, seems fully convinced of the unfitness of our language for smooth versification, and is therefore pleased with an opportunity of calling in a softer word to his assistance : for this reason, and I believe for this only, he sometimes indulges himself in a long series of proper names, and introduces them where they add little but music to his poem : — The richer seat Of Atabalipa, and yet unspoil'd Guiana, whose great city Gerion's sons Call El...
Pàgina 41 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Pàgina 154 - His mirror, with full face borrowing her light From him, for other light she needed none In that...
Pàgina 155 - gan war, and fowl with fowl, And fish with fish ; to graze the herb all leaving Devour'd each other ; nor stood much in awe Of man, but fled him, or, with countenance grim, Glared on him passing. These were from without The growing miseries, which Adam saw Already in part, though hid in gloomiest shade, To sorrow...