The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volum 7 |
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Pàgina 6
... never was a greater propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the subject , than what that author has made use of in his Elements . I shall only appeal to my reader , if this definition agrees with any notion he has of wit . If it be a ...
... never was a greater propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the subject , than what that author has made use of in his Elements . I shall only appeal to my reader , if this definition agrees with any notion he has of wit . If it be a ...
Pàgina 21
... never trust her out of her sight , came to be so po- lite . 1 It cannot be denied , but that the negligence of every thing which engages the attention of the sober and valuable part of mankind , appears very well drawn in this piece ...
... never trust her out of her sight , came to be so po- lite . 1 It cannot be denied , but that the negligence of every thing which engages the attention of the sober and valuable part of mankind , appears very well drawn in this piece ...
Pàgina 22
... never mind her motions ; she never inquires into mine . We speak to one another civilly , hate one another heartily ; and because it is vulgar to lie and soak together , we have each of us our several settle- bed . ' That of soaking ...
... never mind her motions ; she never inquires into mine . We speak to one another civilly , hate one another heartily ; and because it is vulgar to lie and soak together , we have each of us our several settle- bed . ' That of soaking ...
Pàgina 26
... never having an husband , if she steps , looks , or moves awry . This gives the young lady wonderful workings of imagination , what is to pass between her and this husband , that she is every moment told of , and for whom she seems to ...
... never having an husband , if she steps , looks , or moves awry . This gives the young lady wonderful workings of imagination , what is to pass between her and this husband , that she is every moment told of , and for whom she seems to ...
Pàgina 28
... never been to any such place be- fore , I was very much pleased and surprised with that part of his entertainment which he called French Dancing . There were several young men and wo- men , whose limbs seemed to have no other motion but ...
... never been to any such place be- fore , I was very much pleased and surprised with that part of his entertainment which he called French Dancing . There were several young men and wo- men , whose limbs seemed to have no other motion but ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 136 - Manlike, but different sex, so lovely fair, That what seem'd fair in all the World, seem'd now Mean, or in her summ'd up...
Pàgina 235 - ... than blemish his good qualities. As soon as the sermon is finished, nobody presumes to stir till Sir Roger is gone out of the church. The knight walks down from his seat in the chancel between a double row of his tenants, that stand bowing to him on each side, and every- now and then...
Pàgina 225 - The ideas of goblins and sprights have really no more to do with darkness than light : yet let but a foolish maid inculcate these often on the mind of a child, and raise them there together, possibly , he shall never be able to separate them again so long as he lives ; but darkness shall ever afterwards bring with it those frightful ideas, and they shall be so joined, that he can no more bear the one than the other...
Pàgina 232 - That cherubim, which now appears as a god to a human soul, knows very well that the period will come about in eternity, when the human soul shall be as perfect as he himself now is; nay, when she shall look down upon that degree of perfection as much as she now falls short of it.
Pàgina 216 - ... of his game. He hunts a pack of dogs better than any man in the country, and is very famous for finding out a hare. He is extremely well versed in all the little handicrafts of an idle man : he makes a May-fly to a miracle ; and furnishes the whole country with angle-rods.
Pàgina 280 - A MAN'S first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart; his next, to escape the censures of the world. If the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected; but otherwise there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind, than to see those approbations which it gives itself, seconded by the applauses of the public.
Pàgina 232 - ... as much as she now falls short of it. It is true, the higher nature still advances, and by that means preserves his distance...
Pàgina 211 - ... approved of my friend's insisting upon the qualifications of a good aspect and a clear voice; for I was so charmed with the gracefulness of his figure and delivery, as well as with the discourses he pronounced, that I think I never passed any time more to my satisfaction. A sermon repeated after this manner, is like the composition of a poet in the mouth of a graceful actor.
Pàgina 210 - I know his value, have settled upon him a good annuity for life. If he outlives me, he shall find that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years; and, though he does...
Pàgina 218 - Will Wimble's is the case of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rather see their children starve like gentlemen than thrive in a trade or profession that is beneath their quality.