The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and CriticalJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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Side 10
... pleased when they have taken him in the worst and most dis- advantageous light . There are many who find a plea- sure in contradicting the common reports of fame , and in spreading abroad the weaknesses of an ex- alted character . They ...
... pleased when they have taken him in the worst and most dis- advantageous light . There are many who find a plea- sure in contradicting the common reports of fame , and in spreading abroad the weaknesses of an ex- alted character . They ...
Side 11
... pleased , by some implicit kind of revenge , to see him taken down and humbled in his reputation , and in some measure reduced to our own rank , who had so far raised himself above us , in the reports and opinions of mankind . to expose ...
... pleased , by some implicit kind of revenge , to see him taken down and humbled in his reputation , and in some measure reduced to our own rank , who had so far raised himself above us , in the reports and opinions of mankind . to expose ...
Side 15
... pleased with the enjoyment of it . For though the presence of this imaginary good cannot make us happy , the absence of it may make us miserable : because in the enjoyment of an object we only find that share of pleasure which it is ...
... pleased with the enjoyment of it . For though the presence of this imaginary good cannot make us happy , the absence of it may make us miserable : because in the enjoyment of an object we only find that share of pleasure which it is ...
Side 36
... pleased and happy with a person of a contrary one , notwithstand- ing they are both perhaps equally virtuous and lauda- ble in their kind . Before marriage we cannot be too inquisitive and discerning in the faults of the person beloved ...
... pleased and happy with a person of a contrary one , notwithstand- ing they are both perhaps equally virtuous and lauda- ble in their kind . Before marriage we cannot be too inquisitive and discerning in the faults of the person beloved ...
Side 43
... pleased my father , and I omitted for no other reason , but that I thought what he proposed the effect of humour and old age , which I am now convinced had reason and good sense in it . I cannot now go into the parlour to him , and make ...
... pleased my father , and I omitted for no other reason , but that I thought what he proposed the effect of humour and old age , which I am now convinced had reason and good sense in it . I cannot now go into the parlour to him , and make ...
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acquaintance action admirer Æneid agreeable appear Aristotle beauty Beelzebub behaviour character circumstances Cottius creature critic desire dress DRYDEN endeavour Enville epic poem eyes fable fallen angels fame fault favour FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 18 female fortune genius give greatest happy head heart Homer honour hope humble servant humour Iliad infernal innocent JANUARY 24 Julius Cæsar kind lady language late learning letter look lover mankind manner marriage Milton mind mistress Moloch nature never obliged observed occasion Ovid Pandæmonium paper Paradise Lost particular pass passage passion person PETER MOTTEUX petitioners pin-money pleased pleasure poem poet pray present prince proper racter reader reason reflection ROSCOMMON sentiments shew sion speak SPECTATOR spirit tell Thammuz thing thought tion told town turn VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman words young
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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.