The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The RamblerE. Sargeant, and M. & W. Ward; and Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston., 1811 |
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Strana 16
... happiness are always exhausted by the present day ; and a great part of our existence serves no other purpose than that of enabling us to enjoy the rest . Of the few moments which are left in our dis- posal , it may reasonably be ...
... happiness are always exhausted by the present day ; and a great part of our existence serves no other purpose than that of enabling us to enjoy the rest . Of the few moments which are left in our dis- posal , it may reasonably be ...
Strana 22
... happiness and the increase of their es- tate . The abilities of my father and mother were not perceptibly unequal , and education had given nei- ther much advantage over the other . They had both kept good company , rattled in chariots ...
... happiness and the increase of their es- tate . The abilities of my father and mother were not perceptibly unequal , and education had given nei- ther much advantage over the other . They had both kept good company , rattled in chariots ...
Strana 31
... happiness in this world is endangered , without feeling the pungency of re- morse . He who is fully convinced that he suffers by his own failure , can never forbear to trace back his miscarriage to its first cause , to image to him ...
... happiness in this world is endangered , without feeling the pungency of re- morse . He who is fully convinced that he suffers by his own failure , can never forbear to trace back his miscarriage to its first cause , to image to him ...
Strana 36
... happiness expected from possessing it , the passions , even in this tempestuous state , might be somewhat moderated by frequent inculcation of the mischief of temerity , and the hazard of losing that which we endeavour to seize before ...
... happiness expected from possessing it , the passions , even in this tempestuous state , might be somewhat moderated by frequent inculcation of the mischief of temerity , and the hazard of losing that which we endeavour to seize before ...
Strana 38
... happiness indulged by the Supreme Benefactor ; but the advantages of either may be lost by too much eagerness to ob- tain them . A thousand beauties in their first blossom , by an imprudent exposure to the open world , have suddenly ...
... happiness indulged by the Supreme Benefactor ; but the advantages of either may be lost by too much eagerness to ob- tain them . A thousand beauties in their first blossom , by an imprudent exposure to the open world , have suddenly ...
Časté výrazy a frázy
Ajax alac amusement Arim Aristotle attention Aureng-Zebe beauty calamity celebrated censure common considered contempt cowardice curiosity Dagon danger daugh delight desire dignity discovered dread easily elegance eminence endeavour envy equal excellence expected eyes fame favour fear felicity fill folly force fortune frequently gain genius gratify happiness heart honour hope hour human idle ignorance Iliad imagination inclination indulgence inquiry JUNE 25 justly knowledge labour ladies learning lence less lest Long con mankind medicated gloves ment mind minth miscarriage misery nature necessary negligence nerally ness never observed once opinion OVID passions perhaps perpetual pleasure portunity praise produce prudence publick raise RAMBLER reason regard reproach Samson SATURDAY scarcely seldom sentiments shew sion solicited sometimes soon suffer sufficient superaddition surely tain thing thou thought tion TUESDAY Virgil virtue wars of Troy writers
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Strana 190 - Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Strana 182 - Be of good courage, I begin to feel Some rousing motions in me, which dispose To something extraordinary my thoughts.
Strana 189 - Nor the other light of life continue long, But yield to double darkness nigh at hand : So much I feel my genial spirits droop, My hopes all flat, nature within me seems In all her functions weary of herself ; My race of glory run, and race of shame, And I shall shortly be with them that rest.
Strana 102 - To imitate the fictions and sentiments of Spenser can incur no reproach, for allegory is perhaps one of the most pleasing vehicles of instruction. But I am very far from extending the same respect to his diction or his stanza. His style was in his own time allowed to be vicious, so darkened with old words and peculiarities of phrase, and so remote from common use, that Jonson boldly pronounces him
Strana 188 - No strength of man or fiercest wild beast could withstand ; Who tore the lion...
Strana 50 - For, who can congratulate himself upon a life passed 'without some act more mischievous to the peace or prosperity of others, than the theft of...
Strana 189 - Out, out, hyaena! these are thy wonted arts, And arts of every woman false like thee...
Strana 271 - The wits of these happy days have discovered a way to fame, which the dull caution of our laborious ancestors durst never attempt; they cut the knots of sophistry which it was formerly the business of years to untie, solve difficulties by sudden irradiations of intelligence, and comprehend long processes of argument by immediate intuition.
Strana 163 - Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell.
Strana 186 - Depress'd and overthrown as seem'd, Like that self-begotten bird In the Arabian woods embost, That no second knows, nor third, And lay erewhile a holocaust.