The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volum 7 |
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... person . His words are as follow : And hence , perhaps , may be given some reason of that common observation , " That men who have a great deal of wit , and prompt memo- ries , have not always the clearest judgment , or deepest reason ...
... person . His words are as follow : And hence , perhaps , may be given some reason of that common observation , " That men who have a great deal of wit , and prompt memo- ries , have not always the clearest judgment , or deepest reason ...
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... person , that can resemble the tone , posture , or face of another . As true wit consists in the resemblance of ideas , and false wit in the resemblance of words , according to the foregoing instances ; there is another kind of wit ...
... person , that can resemble the tone , posture , or face of another . As true wit consists in the resemblance of ideas , and false wit in the resemblance of words , according to the foregoing instances ; there is another kind of wit ...
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... persons . It was disposed into three columns , the officers planting themselves in a line on the left hand of each column . The officers were all of them at least six feet high , and made three rows of very proper men ; but the common ...
... persons . It was disposed into three columns , the officers planting themselves in a line on the left hand of each column . The officers were all of them at least six feet high , and made three rows of very proper men ; but the common ...
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... person for another . To give oc- casion for these ludicrous mistakes , they were divided into pairs , every pair being covered from head to foot with the same kind of dress , though perhaps there was not the least resemblance in their ...
... person for another . To give oc- casion for these ludicrous mistakes , they were divided into pairs , every pair being covered from head to foot with the same kind of dress , though perhaps there was not the least resemblance in their ...
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... person upon her frontiers , with the several inferior deities , and the different bodies of forces which I had before seen in the temple , who were now drawn up in array , and prepared to give their foes a warm reception . As the march ...
... person upon her frontiers , with the several inferior deities , and the different bodies of forces which I had before seen in the temple , who were now drawn up in array , and prepared to give their foes a warm reception . As the march ...
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Side 136 - Manlike, but different sex, so lovely fair, That what seem'd fair in all the World, seem'd now Mean, or in her summ'd up...
Side 235 - ... than blemish his good qualities. As soon as the sermon is finished, nobody presumes to stir till Sir Roger is gone out of the church. The knight walks down from his seat in the chancel between a double row of his tenants, that stand bowing to him on each side, and every- now and then...
Side 225 - The ideas of goblins and sprights have really no more to do with darkness than light : yet let but a foolish maid inculcate these often on the mind of a child, and raise them there together, possibly , he shall never be able to separate them again so long as he lives ; but darkness shall ever afterwards bring with it those frightful ideas, and they shall be so joined, that he can no more bear the one than the other...
Side 232 - That cherubim, which now appears as a god to a human soul, knows very well that the period will come about in eternity, when the human soul shall be as perfect as he himself now is; nay, when she shall look down upon that degree of perfection as much as she now falls short of it.
Side 216 - ... of his game. He hunts a pack of dogs better than any man in the country, and is very famous for finding out a hare. He is extremely well versed in all the little handicrafts of an idle man : he makes a May-fly to a miracle ; and furnishes the whole country with angle-rods.
Side 280 - A MAN'S first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart; his next, to escape the censures of the world. If the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected; but otherwise there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind, than to see those approbations which it gives itself, seconded by the applauses of the public.
Side 232 - ... as much as she now falls short of it. It is true, the higher nature still advances, and by that means preserves his distance...
Side 211 - ... approved of my friend's insisting upon the qualifications of a good aspect and a clear voice; for I was so charmed with the gracefulness of his figure and delivery, as well as with the discourses he pronounced, that I think I never passed any time more to my satisfaction. A sermon repeated after this manner, is like the composition of a poet in the mouth of a graceful actor.
Side 210 - I know his value, have settled upon him a good annuity for life. If he outlives me, he shall find that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years; and, though he does...
Side 218 - Will Wimble's is the case of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rather see their children starve like gentlemen than thrive in a trade or profession that is beneath their quality.