Harrison's British Classicks, Zväzok 1Harrison and Company, 1785 |
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Strana 7
... should happen that an author is capable of excelling , yet his merit may pafs without notice , huddled in the variety of things , and thrown into the general mifcellany of life . He that endeavours after fame by writing , foli- cits the ...
... should happen that an author is capable of excelling , yet his merit may pafs without notice , huddled in the variety of things , and thrown into the general mifcellany of life . He that endeavours after fame by writing , foli- cits the ...
Strana 11
... should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not an- gelical , nor above probability , for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate , but the highest and pureft that humanity can reach , which , exercifed in ...
... should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not an- gelical , nor above probability , for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate , but the highest and pureft that humanity can reach , which , exercifed in ...
Strana 20
... should start back as from a pitfal covered with flowers . He that fancies he should be- nefit the publick more in a great ftation than the man that fills it , will in time imagine it an a & t of virtue to fupplant him ; and , as ...
... should start back as from a pitfal covered with flowers . He that fancies he should be- nefit the publick more in a great ftation than the man that fills it , will in time imagine it an a & t of virtue to fupplant him ; and , as ...
Strana 26
... should provoke them to a greater . Thefe temptations cannot but be owned to have fome force . It is fo little pleafing to any man to fee himself wholly overlooked in the mafs of things , that he may be allowed to try a few expe- dients ...
... should provoke them to a greater . Thefe temptations cannot but be owned to have fome force . It is fo little pleafing to any man to fee himself wholly overlooked in the mafs of things , that he may be allowed to try a few expe- dients ...
Strana 30
... should 6 CC 66 you , by fuppofing me a thief , infult one from whom you have received no " injury ? " - " Infult ! " fays the lady ; cc are you come here to be a fervant , you " faucy baggage , and talk of infulting ? " What will this ...
... should 6 CC 66 you , by fuppofing me a thief , infult one from whom you have received no " injury ? " - " Infult ! " fays the lady ; cc are you come here to be a fervant , you " faucy baggage , and talk of infulting ? " What will this ...
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Strana 317 - Be of good courage, I begin to feel Some rousing motions in me which dispose To something extraordinary my thoughts. I with this messenger will go along, Nothing to do, be sure, that may dishonour Our law, or stain my vow of Nazarite.
Strana 317 - With horrible convulsion to and fro He tugg'd, he shook, till down they came and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains...
Strana 415 - Nothing which reason condemns can be suitable to the dignity of the human mind. To be driven by external motives from the path which our own heart approves, to give way to...
Strana 450 - It is the great privilege of poverty to be happy unenvied, to be healthful without physic, and secure without a guard ; to obtain from the bounty of nature what the great and wealthy are compelled to procure by the help of artists and attendants, of flatterers and spies.
Strana 159 - Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man. He that grows old without religious hopes, as he declines into imbecility, and feels pains and sorrows...
Strana 20 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Strana 318 - I not been thus exiled from light, As in the land of darkness, yet in light, To live a life half dead, a living death, And buried; but, O yet more miserable!
Strana 355 - Is it not certain that the tragic and comic affections have been moved alternately, with equal force, and that no plays have oftener filled the eye with tears, and the breast with palpitation, than those which are variegated with interludes of mirth ? I do not however think it safe to judge of works of genius, merely by the event.
Strana 463 - I shall never envy the honours which wit and learning obtain in any other cause, if I can be numbered among the writers who have given ardour to virtue, and confidence to truth.
Strana 233 - As I was looking upon the various fate of the multitude about me, I was suddenly alarmed with an admonition from, some unknown power, " Gaze not idly upon others when thou thyself art sinking.