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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... Head - dress - Will Honeycomb's Notions of it AD 266. Miseries of Prostitution - Arts of Procu- resses ..... ST 267. Criticism on Paradise Lost AD HEY 268. Letters on pulling the Nose On Choice in Marriage - from a heedless Gazer - on ...
... Head - dress - Will Honeycomb's Notions of it AD 266. Miseries of Prostitution - Arts of Procu- resses ..... ST 267. Criticism on Paradise Lost AD HEY 268. Letters on pulling the Nose On Choice in Marriage - from a heedless Gazer - on ...
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... Head ............. ADDISON . 274. On Seducers - Procuresses - Letter from one STEELE . 276. Letters on Delicacy in the Censure of Vices --from an affected Lady - a Kept Mis- tress - a Quaker 277. Remarks and Letters on French Fashions ...
... Head ............. ADDISON . 274. On Seducers - Procuresses - Letter from one STEELE . 276. Letters on Delicacy in the Censure of Vices --from an affected Lady - a Kept Mis- tress - a Quaker 277. Remarks and Letters on French Fashions ...
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... head to imitate those antiquated creatures so far as to come into public in the habit , as well as air , of a Roman matron . You make already the entertainment at Mrs. Modish's tea - table : she says , she always thought you a dis ...
... head to imitate those antiquated creatures so far as to come into public in the habit , as well as air , of a Roman matron . You make already the entertainment at Mrs. Modish's tea - table : she says , she always thought you a dis ...
Pàgina 42
... holidays ; when I lay down and was blinded , she pulled off her shoe , and hit me with the heel such a rap , as almost broke my head to pieces . Pray , sir , was this love or spite ? ' T. No. 261. SATURDAY , DECEMCER 29 , 1711 . Γάμα.
... holidays ; when I lay down and was blinded , she pulled off her shoe , and hit me with the heel such a rap , as almost broke my head to pieces . Pray , sir , was this love or spite ? ' T. No. 261. SATURDAY , DECEMCER 29 , 1711 . Γάμα.
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... head of a character , I examine every syllable and letter of it , that it may not bear any resemblance to one that is real . I know very well the value which every man sets upon his reputa- tion , and how painful it is to be exposed to ...
... head of a character , I examine every syllable and letter of it , that it may not bear any resemblance to one that is real . I know very well the value which every man sets upon his reputa- tion , and how painful it is to be exposed to ...
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Pàgina 246 - 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...
Pàgina 246 - 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.
Pàgina 248 - 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.
Pàgina 251 - 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...
Pàgina 133 - 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 250 - 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.
Pàgina 218 - 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.
Pàgina 284 - 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.
Pàgina 247 - 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...
Pàgina 247 - 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...