The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Zväzky 35–36 |
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Strana 13
... turn to their collective industry . It is much too wide a position which some are so fond of maintaining , that commerce , luxury , or war , is favourable to the growth of genius . The dispassionate observer , and the sound politician ...
... turn to their collective industry . It is much too wide a position which some are so fond of maintaining , that commerce , luxury , or war , is favourable to the growth of genius . The dispassionate observer , and the sound politician ...
Strana 15
... turn all their eyes to the National Bank , as the great centre of their hopes and fears ; a pedlar principle of profit and loss has absorbed all greater cares , and dignity is departed from the public mind . The state of science and ...
... turn all their eyes to the National Bank , as the great centre of their hopes and fears ; a pedlar principle of profit and loss has absorbed all greater cares , and dignity is departed from the public mind . The state of science and ...
Strana 25
... turn of character I do also attribute the great age to which most of my ancestors have arrived . I never shall forget one of my great- grandfather's letters on the death of his youngest brother , who was cut off at the age of seventy ...
... turn of character I do also attribute the great age to which most of my ancestors have arrived . I never shall forget one of my great- grandfather's letters on the death of his youngest brother , who was cut off at the age of seventy ...
Strana 26
... turn of thought and morality peculiar to our race will perish with me , I wish to persuade the public to make the most of me while they have me , and to follow the example of the philosopher Thales , who , foreseeing a future dearth of ...
... turn of thought and morality peculiar to our race will perish with me , I wish to persuade the public to make the most of me while they have me , and to follow the example of the philosopher Thales , who , foreseeing a future dearth of ...
Strana 30
... turn- ed out amidst the gay herbage of a green meadow . I happened to sit up , the night before last , rather later than usual ; and , as my mother had retired to her pillow , I seated myself in a great chair , oppo site a brisk fire ...
... turn- ed out amidst the gay herbage of a green meadow . I happened to sit up , the night before last , rather later than usual ; and , as my mother had retired to her pillow , I seated myself in a great chair , oppo site a brisk fire ...
Časté výrazy a frázy
admiration advantage Æneid Allworth Amelia analogy ancient ANTHONY TRUEMAN Antoninus Pius attention biography bosom cabinet of curiosities called character Cicero colour consider constitution contemplation countenance course curricles delight dreams effeminacy Eugenio Evangelus excellent fancy Farthingale fashionable favour feel female force genius gentleman ginal give habits hand happiness heart honour hope human humour Inane Inania kind labours lady letter ligion lives look ment merate mind moral mother nature neighbour never object obliged observe occasion paper particular passion Patrick O'Bryan person phaëtons philosopher pleasure Plutarch political present pride produced promise proofs racter readers reason religion remark rules seemed sensible SIMON OLIVE-BRANCH society solemn son of Noah soon sorrow sort soul spirit tain taste Telesilla thing thought tion truth turn twelve brothers virtue vulgar walk whole XXXV young youth καὶ
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Strana 229 - Him there they found Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve, Assaying by his devilish art to reach The organs of her fancy', and with them forge Illusions, as he list, phantasms and dreams...
Strana 227 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face ; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Strana 177 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Strana 74 - Our political system is placed in a just correspondence and symmetry with the order of the world, and with the mode of existence decreed to a permanent body composed of transitory parts...
Strana 227 - Deep Frauds before, and open Force behind; The Furies' iron beds; and Strife, that shakes Her hissing tresses and unfolds her snakes. Full in the midst of this infernal road, An elm displays her dusky arms abroad: The God of Sleep there hides his heavy head, And empty dreams on ev'ry leaf are spread.
Strana 230 - Time out o' mind the fairies' coachmakers. And in this state she gallops night by night Through lovers...
Strana 28 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth, and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade; And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday...
Strana 229 - Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices, to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
Strana 175 - ... how can'st thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of heaven, Oh how can'st thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven...
Strana 175 - O, how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, » And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, O, how canst thou renounce^ and hope to be forgiven ! These charms shall work thy soul's eternal health, And love, and gentleness, and joy,...