The British Essayists, Zväzok 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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Strana 12
... circumstances of his behaviour and conversation ; or because , as we have before observed , the same temper of mind which inclines us to a desire of fame , naturally betrays us into such slips and unwa- rinesses , as are not incident to ...
... circumstances of his behaviour and conversation ; or because , as we have before observed , the same temper of mind which inclines us to a desire of fame , naturally betrays us into such slips and unwa- rinesses , as are not incident to ...
Strana 14
... circumstance in Cæsar's character which gives me a greater idea of him , than a saying which Cicero tells us he frequently made use of in private conversation , ' That he was satisfied with his share of life and fame . ' ' Se satis vel ...
... circumstance in Cæsar's character which gives me a greater idea of him , than a saying which Cicero tells us he frequently made use of in private conversation , ' That he was satisfied with his share of life and fame . ' ' Se satis vel ...
Strana 18
... circumstances , that as men pry into them more or less , or observe some parts more than others , they take different hints , and put con- trary interpretations on them ; so that the same ac- tions may represent a man as hypocritical ...
... circumstances , that as men pry into them more or less , or observe some parts more than others , they take different hints , and put con- trary interpretations on them ; so that the same ac- tions may represent a man as hypocritical ...
Strana 31
... circumstances which are heaped up in my memory ; fine gowns , country dances , ends of tunes , interrupted conversations , and midnight quar- rels , are what must necessarily compose my soli- loquy . I beg of you to print this , that ...
... circumstances which are heaped up in my memory ; fine gowns , country dances , ends of tunes , interrupted conversations , and midnight quar- rels , are what must necessarily compose my soli- loquy . I beg of you to print this , that ...
Strana 39
... circumstances as may prevent all such ill - natured applications . If I write any thing on a black man , I run over in my mind all the eminent persons in the nation who are of that complexion : when I place an imaginary name at the head ...
... circumstances as may prevent all such ill - natured applications . If I write any thing on a black man , I run over in my mind all the eminent persons in the nation who are of that complexion : when I place an imaginary name at the head ...
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acquainted action admirer Æneas Æneid agreeable appear Aristotle beauty behaviour cerned character CHARLES DIEUPART circumstances consider creature critics desire discourse dress endeavoured entertainment Enville epic poem epic poetry excellent eyes fable fame faults favour FEBRUARY 12 fortune give greatest Greek happiness head heart holy orders Homer honour hope humble servant humour Iliad infernal innocent Julius Cæsar kind ladies language late letter lived look lover mankind manner marriage Milton mind misfortune mistress nature never obliged observed occasion OVID Pandæmonium paper Paradise Lost particular pass passage passion perfect person pin-money pleased pleasure poet pray present prince proper racters reader reason sentiments shew Sir Roger speak SPECTATOR spirit tell Thammuz thing thought tion told town turn VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman words young
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Strana 238 - 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.
Strana 275 - Heaven that He ere long Intended to create, and therein plant A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the Sons of Heaven. Thither, if but to pry, shall be perhaps Our first eruption — thither, or elsewhere; For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial Spirits in bondage, nor th' Abyss Long under darkness cover.
Strana 237 - In billows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever...
Strana 242 - A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air...
Strana 238 - 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!
Strana 123 - For joy of offer'd peace : but I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
Strana 237 - Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood Under amazement of their hideous change. He call'd so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded.
Strana 151 - But first, whom shall we send In search of this new world ? whom shall we find Sufficient ? who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark, unbottom'd, infinite abyss, And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way...
Strana 240 - 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...
Strana 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...