The British Essayists;: SpectatorJ. 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 1
... thought , which many young women of quality have enter- tained , to the hazard of their characters , and the certain misfortune of their lives . The first of the following letters may best represent the faults I would now point at , and ...
... thought , which many young women of quality have enter- tained , to the hazard of their characters , and the certain misfortune of their lives . The first of the following letters may best represent the faults I would now point at , and ...
Strana 3
... thought you a discreet person , and qualified to manage a family with admirable pru dence ; she dies to see what demure and serious airs wedlock has given you , but she says , she shall never forgive your choice of so gallant a man as ...
... thought you a discreet person , and qualified to manage a family with admirable pru dence ; she dies to see what demure and serious airs wedlock has given you , but she says , she shall never forgive your choice of so gallant a man as ...
Strana 4
... thoughts . These things , dear ma- dam , will be lasting satisfactions , when the fine ladies , and the coxcombs , by whom they form themselves ... thought on any other way . My mind has ever since been so wholly 4 N ° 254 . SPECTATOR .
... thoughts . These things , dear ma- dam , will be lasting satisfactions , when the fine ladies , and the coxcombs , by whom they form themselves ... thought on any other way . My mind has ever since been so wholly 4 N ° 254 . SPECTATOR .
Strana 6
... thought to look out for any good which does not more immediately relate to his interest or convenience ; or that Providence , in the very frame of his soul , would not subject him to such a passion as would be useless to the world , and ...
... thought to look out for any good which does not more immediately relate to his interest or convenience ; or that Providence , in the very frame of his soul , would not subject him to such a passion as would be useless to the world , and ...
Strana 13
... thought . It is still reaching after an empty ima- ginary good , that has not in it the power to abate or satisfy it . Most other things we long for , can allay the cravings of their proper sense , and for a while set the appetite at ...
... thought . It is still reaching after an empty ima- ginary good , that has not in it the power to abate or satisfy it . Most other things we long for , can allay the cravings of their proper sense , and for a while set the appetite at ...
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Strana 236 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Strana 242 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple...
Strana 238 - Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new possessor; one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time.
Strana 242 - A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night.
Strana 276 - Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death, which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good, Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned, or fear conceived, Gorgons and hydras, and chimeras dire.
Strana 179 - Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
Strana 184 - So spake the cherub; and his grave rebuke, Severe in youthful beauty, added grace Invincible: abash'd the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is, and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely; saw, and pined His loss: but chiefly to find here observed His lustre visibly impair'd; yet seem'd Undaunted. If I must contend...
Strana 242 - Had to impose : he through the armed files Darts his experienced eye, and soon traverse The whole battalion views, their order due, Their visages and stature as of gods ; Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and, hardening in his strength, Glories...
Strana 240 - ... rises. Something like this we saw actually come to pass; for the water was stained to a surprising redness; and as we observed in travelling, had discoloured the sea a great way into a reddish hue; occasioned doubtless by a sort of minium, or red earth, washed into the river by the violence of the rain, and not by any stain from Adonis's blood.
Strana 238 - Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood Under amazement of their hideous change. He call'd so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded.