The British Essayists, Zväzok 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... method . I have first of all considered the reasons why Providence may have implanted in our mind such a principle of action . I have in the next place shewn from many consider- ations , first , that fame is a thing difficult to be ob ...
... method . I have first of all considered the reasons why Providence may have implanted in our mind such a principle of action . I have in the next place shewn from many consider- ations , first , that fame is a thing difficult to be ob ...
Strana 24
... method of judging is , that you consider music only valuable , as it is agreeable to , and heightens the purpose of poetry , we consent that it is not only the true way of re- lishing that pleasure , but also that without it a com ...
... method of judging is , that you consider music only valuable , as it is agreeable to , and heightens the purpose of poetry , we consent that it is not only the true way of re- lishing that pleasure , but also that without it a com ...
Strana 31
... method of think- ing , and mode of living , were formerly to him and his friends . But the mischief is , he looks upon the same kind of error which he himself was guilty of with an eye of scorn , and with that sort of ill - will which ...
... method of think- ing , and mode of living , were formerly to him and his friends . But the mischief is , he looks upon the same kind of error which he himself was guilty of with an eye of scorn , and with that sort of ill - will which ...
Strana 38
... methods . But notwithstanding I have re- jected every thing that savours of party , every thing that is loose and immoral , and every thing that might create uneasiness in the minds of particular persons , I find that the demand for my ...
... methods . But notwithstanding I have re- jected every thing that savours of party , every thing that is loose and immoral , and every thing that might create uneasiness in the minds of particular persons , I find that the demand for my ...
Strana 49
... method of enjoying a man's self , and turning out of the general tracks wherein you have crowds of rivals , there are those who pursue their own way out of a sourness and spirit of contradiction . These men do every thing which they are ...
... method of enjoying a man's self , and turning out of the general tracks wherein you have crowds of rivals , there are those who pursue their own way out of a sourness and spirit of contradiction . These men do every thing which they are ...
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acquainted action admirer Æneas Æneid agreeable appear Aristotle beauty behaviour cerned character charms circumstances colours consider creature critics desire discourse dress DRYDEN endeavour entertainment Enville epic poem epic poetry eyes fable fame faults favour FEBRUARY 18 female fortune give greatest Greek happiness head heart holy orders Homer honour hoods hope humble servant humour Iliad infernal innocent Julius Cæsar kind lady language late letter lived look lover mankind manner marriage Milton mind misfortune Moloch nature never obliged observed occasion Ovid Pandæmonium paper Paradise Lost particular pass 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...