A manual of essays, selected from various authors, Zväzok 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1809 |
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Strana 15
... shew that the best empire is self - government , and to subdue our passions , the noblest of conquests . To these observations it may be objected that the true spirit of heroism acts by a sort of inspi- ration , wanting neither the ...
... shew that the best empire is self - government , and to subdue our passions , the noblest of conquests . To these observations it may be objected that the true spirit of heroism acts by a sort of inspi- ration , wanting neither the ...
Strana 43
... ! How many can depict the rising brow , The nose , the mouth , and ev'ry feature shew ; Can in their colours imitate the skin , And by the force of fire can fix them in ! Yet when ' tis done , unpleasing to the sight POLITE PHILOSOPHY . 43.
... ! How many can depict the rising brow , The nose , the mouth , and ev'ry feature shew ; Can in their colours imitate the skin , And by the force of fire can fix them in ! Yet when ' tis done , unpleasing to the sight POLITE PHILOSOPHY . 43.
Strana 46
... both mistake the true design : Fools oft are tawdry , when they would be fine . An equal mixture , both of use and shew , From giddy fops , points out th ' accomplish'd bean . ESSAY 58 . EGOTISM . ( Polite Philosopher . ) 46 ESSAY 57 .
... both mistake the true design : Fools oft are tawdry , when they would be fine . An equal mixture , both of use and shew , From giddy fops , points out th ' accomplish'd bean . ESSAY 58 . EGOTISM . ( Polite Philosopher . ) 46 ESSAY 57 .
Strana 63
... shew their authors : Achilles is hot , impetuous , revengeful , Impiger iracundus , inexorabilis , acer . Eneas patient , considerate , careful of his peo- ple , and merciful to his enemies , ever submissive HOMER AND VIRGIL . 63.
... shew their authors : Achilles is hot , impetuous , revengeful , Impiger iracundus , inexorabilis , acer . Eneas patient , considerate , careful of his peo- ple , and merciful to his enemies , ever submissive HOMER AND VIRGIL . 63.
Strana 104
... it is . The next thing therefore proposed is to shew its various kinds . Now some imagine these kinds differ in name only . But without endeavouring to refute so absurd an opinion , especially as these dif- ferent 104 ESSAY 70 .
... it is . The next thing therefore proposed is to shew its various kinds . Now some imagine these kinds differ in name only . But without endeavouring to refute so absurd an opinion , especially as these dif- ferent 104 ESSAY 70 .
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Strana 224 - Our present race of ephemerae will in a course of minutes become corrupt, like those of other and older bushes, and consequently as wretched : and in philosophy how small our progress ! Alas ! art is long, and life is short ! My friends would comfort me with the idea of a name, they say, I shall leave behind me ; and they tell me I have lived long enough to nature and to glory. But what will fame be to an ephemera who no longer exists ? and what will become of all history in the eighteenth hour,...
Strana 131 - Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad, In naked majesty seem'd lords of all : And worthy seem'd ; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure (Severe, but in true filial freedom placed), Whence true authority in men...
Strana 103 - The other Shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either — black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart: what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Strana 104 - I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Strana 104 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up : it stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof : an image was before mine eyes ; there was silence, and I heard a voice...
Strana 55 - Words, indeed, like glaring colours, are the first beauties that arise and strike the sight; but, if the draught...
Strana 189 - I might have bought with the rest of the money; and laughed at me so much for my folly, that I cried with vexation; and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure.
Strana 190 - When I saw another fond of popularity, constantly employing himself in political bustles, neglecting his own affairs, and ruining them by that neglect, He pays, indeed, said I, too much for his whistle.
Strana 71 - Sickness is a sort of early old age ; it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state, and inspires us with the thoughts of a future, better than a thousand volumes of philosophers and divines. It gives so warning a concussion to those props of our vanity, our strength and youth, that we think of fortifying ourselves within, when there is so little dependence upon our outworks.
Strana 223 - the opinion of learned philosophers of our race, who lived and flourished long before my time, that this vast world, the Moulin Joly, could not itself subsist more than eighteen hours ; and I think there was some foundation for that opinion; since, by the apparent motion of the great luminary that gives life to all nature, and which in my time has evidently...