Select British Classics, Volum 14J. Conrad, 1803 |
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Pàgina 29
... greatest actions of a celebrated person labour under this dis- advantage , that however surprising and extraordi- nary they may be , they are no more than what are expected from him ; but on the contrary , if they fall any thing below ...
... greatest actions of a celebrated person labour under this dis- advantage , that however surprising and extraordi- nary they may be , they are no more than what are expected from him ; but on the contrary , if they fall any thing below ...
Pàgina 33
... greatest folly to seek the praise or approbation of any being besides the Supreme , and that for these two reasons ; because no other being can make a right judgment of us , and esteem us according to our merits ; and because we can ...
... greatest folly to seek the praise or approbation of any being besides the Supreme , and that for these two reasons ; because no other being can make a right judgment of us , and esteem us according to our merits ; and because we can ...
Pàgina 44
... greatest congregations of the church of England about town : after the service was over , he declared he was very well satis- fied with the little ceremony which was used towards God Almighty ; but at the same time he feared he should ...
... greatest congregations of the church of England about town : after the service was over , he declared he was very well satis- fied with the little ceremony which was used towards God Almighty ; but at the same time he feared he should ...
Pàgina 49
... an artful man who is not in love , to persuade his mistress he has a passion for her , and to succeed in his pursuits , than for one who VOL . IV . E loves with the greatest violence . True love has ten THE SPECTATOR . 49.
... an artful man who is not in love , to persuade his mistress he has a passion for her , and to succeed in his pursuits , than for one who VOL . IV . E loves with the greatest violence . True love has ten THE SPECTATOR . 49.
Pàgina 50
loves with the greatest violence . True love has ten thousand griefs , impatiences , and resentments , that render a man unamiable in the eyes of the person whose affection he solicits ; besides , that it sinks his figure , gives him ...
loves with the greatest violence . True love has ten thousand griefs , impatiences , and resentments , that render a man unamiable in the eyes of the person whose affection he solicits ; besides , that it sinks his figure , gives him ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 16 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. 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 240 - 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 335 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Pàgina 243 - 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 240 - Hail, horrors! hail, Infernal World! and thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor — one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time.
Pàgina 244 - 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 244 - 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...
Pàgina 242 - 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 132 - 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 242 - That this stream, at certain seasons of the year, especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour; which the heathens looked upon as proceeding from a kind of sympathy in the river for the death of Adonis, who was killed by a wild boar in the mountains, out of which this stream rises.