The British Essayists, Zväzok 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... word , Mr Spectator , with all deference and humility , we hope to behave ourselves in this undertaking in such a manner , that all Englishmen who have any skill in music may be furthered in it for their profit or diversion by what new ...
... word , Mr Spectator , with all deference and humility , we hope to behave ourselves in this undertaking in such a manner , that all Englishmen who have any skill in music may be furthered in it for their profit or diversion by what new ...
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... word ; for it sometimes implies no more than that faculty which is common to all men , but sometimes signifies right reason , and what all men should consent to . In this latter ac- ceptation of the phrase , it is no great wonder people ...
... word ; for it sometimes implies no more than that faculty which is common to all men , but sometimes signifies right reason , and what all men should consent to . In this latter ac- ceptation of the phrase , it is no great wonder people ...
Strana 38
... word of news , a reflection in politics , nor a stroke of party ; so , on the other , there are no fashionable touches of infidelity , no obscene ideas , no satires upon priesthood , marriage , and the like popular topics of ridicule ...
... word of news , a reflection in politics , nor a stroke of party ; so , on the other , there are no fashionable touches of infidelity , no obscene ideas , no satires upon priesthood , marriage , and the like popular topics of ridicule ...
Strana 62
... , especially when they turn chiefly upon words . For this reason I shall wave the discussion of that point which was started some years since , whether Milton's Paradise Lost may be called an heroic poem 62 N ° 267 . SPECTATOR .
... , especially when they turn chiefly upon words . For this reason I shall wave the discussion of that point which was started some years since , whether Milton's Paradise Lost may be called an heroic poem 62 N ° 267 . SPECTATOR .
Strana 83
... words to myself , laughed heartily , and cried , a very good jest , faith . " The ladies de- sired me to explain it to them ; but I begged their pardon for that , and told them , that if it had been proper for them to hear , they might ...
... words to myself , laughed heartily , and cried , a very good jest , faith . " The ladies de- sired me to explain it to them ; but I begged their pardon for that , and told them , that if it had been proper for them to hear , they might ...
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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...