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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Strana 102
It is to this aftectation the world owes its whole race of coxcombs . Nature in her
whole drama never drew such a part ; she has sometimes made a fool , but a
coxcomb is always of a man ' s own making , by applying his talents otherwise
than ...
It is to this aftectation the world owes its whole race of coxcombs . Nature in her
whole drama never drew such a part ; she has sometimes made a fool , but a
coxcomb is always of a man ' s own making , by applying his talents otherwise
than ...
Strana 107
It is to this affectation the world owes its whole race of coxconds . Nature in her
whole drama never drew such a part ; she has sometimes made a fool , but a
coxcomb is always of a man ' s own making , by applying his talents otherwise
than ...
It is to this affectation the world owes its whole race of coxconds . Nature in her
whole drama never drew such a part ; she has sometimes made a fool , but a
coxcomb is always of a man ' s own making , by applying his talents otherwise
than ...
Strana 107
For this reason , when any public affair is upon the anvil , I love to hear the
reflexions that arise upon it in the several districts and parishes of London and
Westminster , and to ramble up and down a whole day together , in order to make
myself ...
For this reason , when any public affair is upon the anvil , I love to hear the
reflexions that arise upon it in the several districts and parishes of London and
Westminster , and to ramble up and down a whole day together , in order to make
myself ...
Strana 107
It is to this affectation the world owes its whole race of coxcombe Nature in her
whole drama never drew such a part ; she has sometimes made a fool , but a
coxcomb is always of a man ' s owu making , by applying his talents otherwise
than ...
It is to this affectation the world owes its whole race of coxcombe Nature in her
whole drama never drew such a part ; she has sometimes made a fool , but a
coxcomb is always of a man ' s owu making , by applying his talents otherwise
than ...
Strana 319
A westerly wind keeps the whole town in suspense , and puts a stop to
conversation . This general curiosity has been raised and inflamed by our late
wars , and , if rightly directed , might be of good use to a person who has such a
thirst ...
A westerly wind keeps the whole town in suspense , and puts a stop to
conversation . This general curiosity has been raised and inflamed by our late
wars , and , if rightly directed , might be of good use to a person who has such a
thirst ...
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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 |
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