The British Essayists;: SpectatorJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 |
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Pàgina 7
If it renders us perfect in one accomplishment , it generally leaves us defective in
another , and seems careful rather of preserving every person from being mean
and deficient in his qualifications , than of making any single one eminent or ...
If it renders us perfect in one accomplishment , it generally leaves us defective in
another , and seems careful rather of preserving every person from being mean
and deficient in his qualifications , than of making any single one eminent or ...
Pàgina 84
... knowledge of my female admirers , I shall be very hard put to it to bring myself
off handsomely . In the mean while , I give you this account , that you may take
care beareafter not to betray any of your wellwishers into the like inconveniences
.
... knowledge of my female admirers , I shall be very hard put to it to bring myself
off handsomely . In the mean while , I give you this account , that you may take
care beareafter not to betray any of your wellwishers into the like inconveniences
.
Pàgina 94
I mean the authors having chosen for their heroes , persons who were so nearly
related to the people for whom they wrote . Achilles was a Greek , and Æneas the
remote founder of Rome . By this means their countrymen ( whom they ...
I mean the authors having chosen for their heroes , persons who were so nearly
related to the people for whom they wrote . Achilles was a Greek , and Æneas the
remote founder of Rome . By this means their countrymen ( whom they ...
Pàgina 121
The first are such as are affected and unnatural ; the second such as are mean
and vulgar . As for the first kind of thoughts , we meet with little or nothing that is
like them in Virgil . He has none of those trifling points and puerilities that are so ...
The first are such as are affected and unnatural ; the second such as are mean
and vulgar . As for the first kind of thoughts , we meet with little or nothing that is
like them in Virgil . He has none of those trifling points and puerilities that are so ...
Pàgina 234
By this means she has gained an interest in some of his leading passions , and
made them accessary to his reformation . There is another particular of Emilia ' s
conduct which I cannot forbear mentioning : to some , perhaps , it may at first
sight ...
By this means she has gained an interest in some of his leading passions , and
made them accessary to his reformation . There is another particular of Emilia ' s
conduct which I cannot forbear mentioning : to some , perhaps , it may at first
sight ...
Què en diuen els usuaris - Escriviu una ressenya
No hem trobat cap ressenya als llocs habituals.
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Frases i termes més freqüents
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 236 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Pàgina 238 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Pàgina 238 - 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 242 - 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 275 - Heaven that He ere long Intended to create, and therein plant A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the Sons of Heaven. Thither, if but to pry, shall be perhaps Our first eruption — thither, or elsewhere; For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial Spirits in bondage, nor th' Abyss Long under darkness cover.
Pàgina 242 - A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air...
Pàgina 237 - 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 239 - To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. 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 237 - 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 242 - Awaiting what command their mighty chief Had to impose : he through the armed files Darts his experienced eye, and soon traverse The whole battalion views, their order due, * Their visages and stature as of gods ; Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and hardening in his strength Glories...