The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and CriticalJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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Side vi
... Matters ..... 270. Reflexions on the Characters in the Scornful Lady ..... 271. Letters from Tom Trippit - com- plaining of a Greek Quotation- soliciting a Peep at Sir Roger from a Showman ... 272. Letters from Cleanthes on a mis ...
... Matters ..... 270. Reflexions on the Characters in the Scornful Lady ..... 271. Letters from Tom Trippit - com- plaining of a Greek Quotation- soliciting a Peep at Sir Roger from a Showman ... 272. Letters from Cleanthes on a mis ...
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... matter in one of your this week's papers , and desire when my house opens you will accept the liberty of it for the trouble you have received from , 6 SIR , • Your humble servant , • RALPH CROTCHET . ' ' P. S. I have assurances that the ...
... matter in one of your this week's papers , and desire when my house opens you will accept the liberty of it for the trouble you have received from , 6 SIR , • Your humble servant , • RALPH CROTCHET . ' ' P. S. I have assurances that the ...
Side 24
... matter , that when Mr. Clayton had finished his studies in Italy , and brought over the opera of Arsinoe , that Mr. Haym and Mr. Dieupart , who had the honour to be well known and received among the nobility and gentry , were zealously ...
... matter , that when Mr. Clayton had finished his studies in Italy , and brought over the opera of Arsinoe , that Mr. Haym and Mr. Dieupart , who had the honour to be well known and received among the nobility and gentry , were zealously ...
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... matter unworthy of your paper , which generally contains something of public use ; give us leave to say , that favouring our design is no less than reviving an art , which runs to ruin by the utmost barbarism under an affectation of ...
... matter unworthy of your paper , which generally contains something of public use ; give us leave to say , that favouring our design is no less than reviving an art , which runs to ruin by the utmost barbarism under an affectation of ...
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... ing it might have afforded matter to many ludicrous speculations . Among those advantages which the public may reap from this paper , it is not the least , that it draws men's minds off from the bitterness of E 2 N ° 262 . .39 SPECTATOR .
... ing it might have afforded matter to many ludicrous speculations . Among those advantages which the public may reap from this paper , it is not the least , that it draws men's minds off from the bitterness of E 2 N ° 262 . .39 SPECTATOR .
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Side 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...
Side 242 - Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and hardening in his strength Glories...
Side 241 - 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.
Side 148 - Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Side 276 - Typhoean rage more fell Rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the air In whirlwind; hell scarce holds the wild uproar.
Side 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...
Side 279 - With horse and chariots rank'd in loose array; So wide they stood, and like a furnace mouth Cast forth redounding smoke and ruddy flame.
Side 169 - Seth: 4 and the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: 5 and all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Side 240 - Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded; the love-tale Infected Sion's daughters with like heat; Whose wanton passions in the sacred porch Ezekiel saw, when, by the vision led, His eye surveyed the dark idolatries Of alienated Judah.
Side 35 - 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 fears, apprehensions, and poorness of spirit, and often makes him appear ridiculous where he has a mind to recommend himself. Those marriages generally abound most with love and constancy, that are preceded by a long courtship.