The British Essayists, Zväzok 33Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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Strana
... Drugget's retirement 17. Expedients of Idlers .. 18. Drugget vindicated . 19. Whirler's character . 20. Louisbourg's history 21. Linger's history of listlessness 22. Imprisonment of debtors 23. Uncertainty of friendship 24. Man does not ...
... Drugget's retirement 17. Expedients of Idlers .. 18. Drugget vindicated . 19. Whirler's character . 20. Louisbourg's history 21. Linger's history of listlessness 22. Imprisonment of debtors 23. Uncertainty of friendship 24. Man does not ...
Strana v
... Drugget in No. 16 , Jack Whirler in No. 19 , Dick Linger in No. 21 , Mrs. Plenty in No. 35 , the City Wit in No. 47 , Will Mar- vel in No. 49 , Sophron in No. 57 , Dick Minim in Nos . 60 and 61 , Dick Shifter in No. 71 , the Club in No ...
... Drugget in No. 16 , Jack Whirler in No. 19 , Dick Linger in No. 21 , Mrs. Plenty in No. 35 , the City Wit in No. 47 , Will Mar- vel in No. 49 , Sophron in No. 57 , Dick Minim in Nos . 60 and 61 , Dick Shifter in No. 71 , the Club in No ...
Strana 16
... ; but a parrot , after all , is a poor little creature , and has neither sword nor shoulder - knot , can neither dance nor play at cards . Since the soldiers must obey the call of their duty 16 N5 , IDLER . Drugget's retirement JOHNSON.
... ; but a parrot , after all , is a poor little creature , and has neither sword nor shoulder - knot , can neither dance nor play at cards . Since the soldiers must obey the call of their duty 16 N5 , IDLER . Drugget's retirement JOHNSON.
Strana 18
... once a time when wreaths of bays or oak were considered as recompenses equal to the most wearisome labours and terrific dangers , and when the miseries of long marches and stormy seas were 18 N ° 6 . IDLER . Drugget vindicated.
... once a time when wreaths of bays or oak were considered as recompenses equal to the most wearisome labours and terrific dangers , and when the miseries of long marches and stormy seas were 18 N ° 6 . IDLER . Drugget vindicated.
Strana 47
... Drugget , at his country lodgings . Ned began trade with a very small fortune ; he took a small house in an obscure street , and for some years dealt only in remnants . Knowing that light gains make a heavy purse , he was content with ...
... Drugget , at his country lodgings . Ned began trade with a very small fortune ; he took a small house in an obscure street , and for some years dealt only in remnants . Knowing that light gains make a heavy purse , he was content with ...
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acquaintance admired amusement art of memory authors Bassora beauty censure common commonly considered curiosity custom delight desire Dick dili diligence discovered dreaded Drugget easily easy elegance eminent endeavour English equal evil expected eyes favour folly fortune frequently friends genius give gout happiness hear honour hope hour Hudibras idleness Idler imagination innu inquired Islington king of Norway knowledge labour lady lament Lapland learned less live look Louisbourg mankind marriage memory ment mind misery morning nation nature ness never observed once opinion pain passed perhaps pleased pleasure poetry praise produce racter rapture readers reason resolved retired rich rience SATURDAY scrupulosity seldom sometimes soon suffered sugar-baker suppose sure syllabubs talk tell Themistocles thing THOMAS WARTON thought tion told truth uncon useless virtue vulture weary wife wish wonder writers XXXIII
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Strana 199 - He has read all our poets with particular attention to this delicacy of versification, and wonders at the supineness with which their works have been hitherto perused, so that no man has found the sound of a drum in this distich : " When pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick...
Strana 242 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Strana 228 - He that thinks with more extent than another, will want words of larger meaning.
Strana 47 - ... of mutilation, or with the excision or laceration of the vital parts ; to examine whether burning irons are felt more acutely by the bone or tendon ; and whether the more lasting agonies are produced by poison forced into the mouth, or injected into the veins.
Strana 6 - ... performed. He that waits for an opportunity to do much at once, may breathe out his life in idle wishes, and regret, in the last hour, his useless intentions, and barren zeal.
Strana i - But in this number of his Idler his spirits seem to run riot; for in the wantonness of his disquisition he forgets, for a moment, even the reverence for that which he held in high respect; and describes " the attendant on a Court" as one " whose business is to watch the looks of a being, weak and foolish as himself.
Strana 128 - The trade of advertising is now so near to perfection, that it is not easy to propose any improvement.
Strana 310 - There are few things not purely evil, of which we can say, without some emotion of uneasiness, this is the last. Those who never could agree together, shed tears when mutual discontent has determined them to final separation; of a place which has been frequently visited, though without pleasure, the last look is taken with heaviness of heart...
Strana 257 - The Italian, attends only to the invariable, the great and general ideas which are fixed and inherent in universal nature ; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say, of nature modified by accident. The attention to these petty peculiarities is the very cause of this naturalness so much admired in the Dutch pictures, which, if we suppose it to be a beauty, is certainly...