The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volums 7-8 |
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Pàgina 2
... observation of others , are certainly of foreign ex- traction . As for my part , I am as much surprised when I see a talkative Englishman , as I should be to see the Indian pine growing on one of our quickset- hedges . Where these ...
... observation of others , are certainly of foreign ex- traction . As for my part , I am as much surprised when I see a talkative Englishman , as I should be to see the Indian pine growing on one of our quickset- hedges . Where these ...
Pàgina 3
... observing me to be a man pretty well made for secrets , gets by me , and with a whisper tells me things which all the town knows . It is no very hard matter to guess at the source of this impertinence , which is nothing else but a ...
... observing me to be a man pretty well made for secrets , gets by me , and with a whisper tells me things which all the town knows . It is no very hard matter to guess at the source of this impertinence , which is nothing else but a ...
Pàgina 8
... observe the motives of your heart : and Florio can see when he is disregarded only upon account of fortune , which makes you to him a mercenary creature ; and you are still the same thing to Stre- phon , in taking him for his wealth ...
... observe the motives of your heart : and Florio can see when he is disregarded only upon account of fortune , which makes you to him a mercenary creature ; and you are still the same thing to Stre- phon , in taking him for his wealth ...
Pàgina 14
... observe the old fellow was very un- easy at the affront , and at his being obliged to re- peat his commands several times to no purpose ; till at last one of the lads presented him with some stale tea in a broken dish , accompanied with ...
... observe the old fellow was very un- easy at the affront , and at his being obliged to re- peat his commands several times to no purpose ; till at last one of the lads presented him with some stale tea in a broken dish , accompanied with ...
Pàgina 20
... observe them- selves escape very narrowly , and they do not know why they should not again . Besides which general way of foose thinking , they usually spend the other part of their time in pleasures upon which their minds are so ...
... observe them- selves escape very narrowly , and they do not know why they should not again . Besides which general way of foose thinking , they usually spend the other part of their time in pleasures upon which their minds are so ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
acquaintance actions admired Æneid agreeable Alcibiades ambition appear Aristotle beauty behaviour character CHARLES DIEUPART consider conversation creature DECEMBER 25 desire discourse endeavour entertainment esteem eye of Providence fame father favour gentleman give happiness head heart honour hope Hudibras human humble servant humour husband Iliad imagination judgement kind lady leap letter live look lover Lover's Leap mankind manner marriage matter mean merit mind nature nerally never obliged observe occasion October 30 opinion ourselves OVID paper Paradise Lost particular pass passion perfection person pleased pleasure poem poet pray present proper racters reader reason received renegado ridicule Sappho secret sense Socrates soul SPECTATOR speculation spirit tell temper Theodosius thing thought tion town turn VIRG Virgil virtue virtuous whole wife woman women word write young
Passatges populars
Pàgina 97 - 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. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Pàgina 65 - ... seas that ran among them. I could see persons dressed in glorious habits with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage...
Pàgina 204 - For joy of offer'd peace : But I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
Pàgina 65 - These are the mansions of good men after death, who, according to the degree and kinds of virtue in which they excelled, are distributed among these several islands, which abound with pleasures of different kinds and degrees, suitable to the relishes and perfections of those who are settled in them ; every island is a paradise accommodated to its respective inhabitants. Are not these...
Pàgina 80 - In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome...
Pàgina 148 - If I did despise the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me; What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
Pàgina 355 - Their rising all at once was as the sound Of thunder heard remote. Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone, and as a God Extol him equal to the Highest in Heaven.
Pàgina 317 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Pàgina 319 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day, While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Pàgina 66 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me ; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating : but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy...