The British Essayists: The SpectatorJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and Son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and Son, W. J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, J. Sewell, R. Faulder, G. and W. Nicol, T. Payne, G. and J. Robinson, W. Lowndes, G. Wilkie, J. Mathews, P. McQueen, Ogilvy and Son, J. Scatcherd, J. Walker, Vernor and Hood, R. Lea, Darton and Harvey, J. Nunn, Lackington and Company, D. Walker, Clarke and Son, G. Kearsley, C. Law, J. White, Longman and Rees, Cadell, Jun. and Davies, J. Barker, T. Kay, Wynne and Company, Pote and Company, Carpenter and Company, W. Miller, Murray and Highley, S. Bagster, T. Hurst, T. Boosey, R. Pheney, W. Baynes, J. Harding, R. H. Evans, J. Mawman; and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1802 |
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It is certain , say these goodest ' creatures very well , that virtue does not consist
in constrained behaviour and wry faces : that must be allowed ; but there is a
decency in the aspect and manner of ladies , contracted from a habit of virtue ,
and ...
It is certain , say these goodest ' creatures very well , that virtue does not consist
in constrained behaviour and wry faces : that must be allowed ; but there is a
decency in the aspect and manner of ladies , contracted from a habit of virtue ,
and ...
Strana 62
But , to wave the enumeration of the sundry ways of applying by presents , bribes
, management of people ' s passions and affections , in such a manner as it shall
appear that the virtue of the best man is by one method or other corruptible , let ...
But , to wave the enumeration of the sundry ways of applying by presents , bribes
, management of people ' s passions and affections , in such a manner as it shall
appear that the virtue of the best man is by one method or other corruptible , let ...
Strana 93
I have an unfeigned love of virtue , and am resolved to preserve my innocence .
The only way I can think of to avoid the fatal consequences of the discovery of
this matter , is to fly away for ever , which I must do to avoid my husband ' s fatal ...
I have an unfeigned love of virtue , and am resolved to preserve my innocence .
The only way I can think of to avoid the fatal consequences of the discovery of
this matter , is to fly away for ever , which I must do to avoid my husband ' s fatal ...
Strana 97
I have an unfeigned love of virtue , and am resolved to preserve my innocence .
The only way I can think of to avoid the fatal consequences of the discovery of
this matter , is to fly away for ever , which I must do to avoid my husband ' s fatal ...
I have an unfeigned love of virtue , and am resolved to preserve my innocence .
The only way I can think of to avoid the fatal consequences of the discovery of
this matter , is to fly away for ever , which I must do to avoid my husband ' s fatal ...
Strana 296
The last ( se which I shall make of this remarkable property in human nature , of
being delighted with those actions to which it is accustomed , is to show how
absolutely necessary it is for us to gain habits of virtue in this life , if we would
enjoy ...
The last ( se which I shall make of this remarkable property in human nature , of
being delighted with those actions to which it is accustomed , is to show how
absolutely necessary it is for us to gain habits of virtue in this life , if we would
enjoy ...
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able acquaintance actions affect agreeable appear arise attend beauty better body cause character cheerfulness consider conversation custom death delight desire dress English enter excellent fancy father fortune give given greatest hand happy hear heart honour hope hour human ideas imagination kind lady late letter live look manner matter means meet mentioned mind nature never objects observed occasion once particular pass passion perfection person plays pleased pleasure poet present produce proper raise reader reason received regard respect rise secret seems sense servant short side sight soul speak Spectator spirit stage taken taste thing thought tion took town truth turn virtue whole woman women writing young
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Strana 201 - care : His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend. ir. ' When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain pant; To fertile
Strana 201 - and dewy meads My weary, wand'ring steps he leads; . Where peaceful rivers, soft, and slow, Amid the verdant landscape flow. III. « Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My stedfast heart shall fear no ill,
Strana 107 - inquiring into the particular causes and occasions of it. A man of a polite imagination is let into a great many pleasures that the vulgar are not capable of receiving. He can converse with a picture, and find an agreeable companion in a statue. He meets with a secret refreshment in a description, and
Strana vii - always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. The latter I consider as an act, the former as an habit of the mind. Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often raised into the greatest transports of mirth who are subject to the greatest depressions of melancholy. On the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not
Strana 107 - more delicate and diffusive kind of touch, that spreads itself over an infinite multitude of bodies, comprehends the largest figures, and brings into our reach some of the most remote parts of the universe. It is this sense which furnishes the imagination with, its ideas; so that by ' the pleasures of the imagination,' or ' fancy,
Strana 201 - Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin and confusion hurl'd, He, unconcern'd, would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world. ANON. MAN, considered in himself, is a very helpless and a very wretched being. He is subject every moment to the greatest calamities and misfortunes. He is beset with dangers on
Strana 8 - as, that one Englishman could beat three Frenchmen; that we could never be in danger of popery so long as we took care of our fleet; that the Thames was the noblest river in Europe; that London bridge was a greater piece of work than any of the seven wonders of the world ; with many other honest
Strana 131 - He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows ; Shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god : High heav'n with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook.
Strana 198 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought, and curse not the rich in thy bed-chamber ; for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings
Strana 8 - You must know," says sir Roger, ' I never make use of any body to row me, that has not lost either a leg or an arm. I would rather bate him a few strokes of his oar than not employ an honest man that has been wounded in the queen's service. If I was a lord
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| Názov | The British Essayists: The Spectator The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical – Zväzok 12, Alexander Chalmers |
| Autor | Alexander Chalmers |
| Vydavateľ | J. Johnson, J. Nichols and Son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and Son, W. J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, J. Sewell, R. Faulder, G. and W. Nicol, T. Payne, G. and J. Robinson, W. Lowndes, G. Wilkie, J. Mathews, P. McQueen, Ogilvy and Son, J. Scatcherd, J. Walker, Vernor and Hood, R. Lea, Darton and Harvey, J. Nunn, Lackington and Company, D. Walker, Clarke and Son, G. Kearsley, C. Law, J. White, Longman and Rees, Cadell, Jun. and Davies, J. Barker, T. Kay, Wynne and Company, Pote and Company, Carpenter and Company, W. Miller, Murray and Highley, S. Bagster, T. Hurst, T. Boosey, R. Pheney, W. Baynes, J. Harding, R. H. Evans, J. Mawman; and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1802 |
| Zdroj originálu: | Newyorská verejná knižnica |
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