The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and CriticalJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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... reason may be , because any little slip is more conspicuous and observable in his conduct than in another's , as it is not of a piece with the rest of his character ; or because it is im- possible for a man at the same time to be ...
... reason may be , because any little slip is more conspicuous and observable in his conduct than in another's , as it is not of a piece with the rest of his character ; or because it is im- possible for a man at the same time to be ...
Side 16
... reasons why Providence may have im- planted in our mind such a principle of action . I have in the next place shewn from many considera- tions , first , that fame is a thing difficult to be ob- tained , and easily lost ; secondly , that ...
... reasons why Providence may have im- planted in our mind such a principle of action . I have in the next place shewn from many considera- tions , first , that fame is a thing difficult to be ob- tained , and easily lost ; secondly , that ...
Side 18
... reason why men cannot form a right judgment of us is , because the same actions may be aimed at different ends , and arise from quite con- trary principles . Actions are of so mixt a nature , and so full of circumstances , that as men ...
... reason why men cannot form a right judgment of us is , because the same actions may be aimed at different ends , and arise from quite con- trary principles . Actions are of so mixt a nature , and so full of circumstances , that as men ...
Side 26
... reason , and what all men should consent to . In this latter ac- ceptation of the phrase , it is no great wonder people err so much against it , since it is not every one who is possessed of it , and there are fewer , who against common ...
... reason , and what all men should consent to . In this latter ac- ceptation of the phrase , it is no great wonder people err so much against it , since it is not every one who is possessed of it , and there are fewer , who against common ...
Side 37
... reason , and indeed all the sweets of life . Nothing is a greater mark of a degenerate and vicious age , than the common ridicule which passes on this state of life . It is , indeed , only happy in those who can look down with scorn and ...
... reason , and indeed all the sweets of life . Nothing is a greater mark of a degenerate and vicious age , than the common ridicule which passes on this state of life . It is , indeed , only happy in those who can look down with scorn and ...
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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.