The British Essayists;: TatlerJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 |
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Strana ix
... writing nonsense : STEELE - Family of Green- STEELE hats : SWIFT - Continental Intelligence STEELE 60. A Rake reclaimed by his Father's liberality -Women to be gained by nonsense . Mars Triumphant - Advertisement 61. Men of Fire ...
... writing nonsense : STEELE - Family of Green- STEELE hats : SWIFT - Continental Intelligence STEELE 60. A Rake reclaimed by his Father's liberality -Women to be gained by nonsense . Mars Triumphant - Advertisement 61. Men of Fire ...
Strana 25
... writing to you my thoughts of that state , which our whole sex either is , or desires to be in . You will easily guess I mean matrimony , which I hear so much decried , that it was with no small labour I maintained my ground against two ...
... writing to you my thoughts of that state , which our whole sex either is , or desires to be in . You will easily guess I mean matrimony , which I hear so much decried , that it was with no small labour I maintained my ground against two ...
Strana 39
... WRITE from hence at present to complain , that wit and merit are so little encouraged by people of rank and quality , that the wits of the age are obliged to run within Temple - bar for patronage . There is a deplorable instance of this ...
... WRITE from hence at present to complain , that wit and merit are so little encouraged by people of rank and quality , that the wits of the age are obliged to run within Temple - bar for patronage . There is a deplorable instance of this ...
Strana 41
... write a system of philosophy in a more lively method , both as to the matter and language , than has been hitherto attempted . He read to us the plan upon which he intends to pro- ceed . I thought his account , by way of fable of the ...
... write a system of philosophy in a more lively method , both as to the matter and language , than has been hitherto attempted . He read to us the plan upon which he intends to pro- ceed . I thought his account , by way of fable of the ...
Strana 43
... writing on that subject , assumed the argu- ment ; and though he ran through many instances of sublimity from the ancient writers , said , ' he had hardly known an occasion wherein the true greatness of soul , which animates a general ...
... writing on that subject , assumed the argu- ment ; and though he ran through many instances of sublimity from the ancient writers , said , ' he had hardly known an occasion wherein the true greatness of soul , which animates a general ...
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Strana 74 - Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night...
Strana 116 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear ; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come, when it will come.
Strana 44 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
Strana 201 - His person, it is to be confessed, is no small recommendation ; but he is to be highly commended for not losing that advantage, and adding to the propriety of speech, which might pass the criticism of Longinus, an action which would have been approved by Demosthenes.
Strana 301 - ... turns and windings ; and though they were as active as any in their motions, they made but little progress in the ascent. These as my guide informed me, were men of subtle tempers, and puzzled politics, who would supply the place of real wisdom with cunning and artifice.
Strana 304 - Alexander, who was very well acquainted with Homer, stood up at his entrance and placed him on his right hand. The virgin, who it seems was one of the nine sisters that attended on the goddess of Fame, smiled with an ineffable grace at their meeting, and retired. Julius Caesar was now coming forward ; and though most of the historians offered their service to introduce him, he left them at the door, and would have no conductor but himself.
Strana 307 - I desired my guide, for variety, to lead me to the fabulous apartment, the roof of which was painted with gorgons, chimeras, and centaurs, with many other emblematical figures, which I wanted both time and skill to unriddle. The first table was almost full: at the upper end sat Hercules, leaning an arm upon his club...
Strana 200 - Thus, as a certain insensibility in the countenance recommends a sentence of humour and jest, so it must be a very lively consciousness that gives grace to great sentiments. The jest is to be a thing unexpected ; therefore your...
Strana 299 - ... reputation. The best and greatest actions have proceeded from the prospect of the one or the other of these ; but my design is to treat only of those who have chiefly proposed to themselves the latter, as the principal reward of their labours.
Strana 300 - ... sweet and harmonious, that it filled the hearts of those who heard it with raptures, and gave such high and delightful sensations, as seemed to animate and raise human nature above itself.