The British Essayists, Zväzok 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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Strana 9
... opinion of mankind ill - founded : for certainly it denotes no great bravery of mind , to be worked up to any noble action by so selfish a motive , and to do that out of a desire of fame , which we could not be prompted to by a ...
... opinion of mankind ill - founded : for certainly it denotes no great bravery of mind , to be worked up to any noble action by so selfish a motive , and to do that out of a desire of fame , which we could not be prompted to by a ...
Strana 13
... opinion that is con- ceived of him , though they might raise the reputa- tion of another , they are a diminution to his . One would think there should be something won- derfully pleasing in the possession of fame , that , not ...
... opinion that is con- ceived of him , though they might raise the reputa- tion of another , they are a diminution to his . One would think there should be something won- derfully pleasing in the possession of fame , that , not ...
Strana 14
... opinion of us as we have of ourselves ? But if the ambitious man can be so much grieved even with praise itself , how will he be able to bear up under scandal and defamation ? for the same temper of mind which makes him desire fame , 14 ...
... opinion of us as we have of ourselves ? But if the ambitious man can be so much grieved even with praise itself , how will he be able to bear up under scandal and defamation ? for the same temper of mind which makes him desire fame , 14 ...
Strana 21
... opinion , with relation to such recreations , I have heretofore given with all the frankness imaginable ; what concerns those arts at present the reader shall have from my correspondents . The first of the letters with which I acquit ...
... opinion , with relation to such recreations , I have heretofore given with all the frankness imaginable ; what concerns those arts at present the reader shall have from my correspondents . The first of the letters with which I acquit ...
Strana 24
... opinion of the matter , that when Mr. Clayton had finished his stu- dies in Italy , and brought over the opera of Arsinoe , that Mr. Haym and Mr. Dieupart , who had the ho- nour to be well known and received among the no- bility and ...
... opinion of the matter , that when Mr. Clayton had finished his stu- dies in Italy , and brought over the opera of Arsinoe , that Mr. Haym and Mr. Dieupart , who had the ho- nour to be well known and received among the no- bility and ...
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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...