The British Essayists: TatlerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... virtue , knowledge , or services to their country , placed in wrong lights , and by misrepresentation made the subject of buffoonery . Such a nice ab- horrence is not indeed to be found among the vulgar ; but methinks it is wonderful ...
... virtue , knowledge , or services to their country , placed in wrong lights , and by misrepresentation made the subject of buffoonery . Such a nice ab- horrence is not indeed to be found among the vulgar ; but methinks it is wonderful ...
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... virtue and vice into con- stitution . In short , they endeavour to make no dis- tinction between man and man , or between the spe- cies of men , and that of brutes . As an instance of this kind of authors , among many others , let any ...
... virtue and vice into con- stitution . In short , they endeavour to make no dis- tinction between man and man , or between the spe- cies of men , and that of brutes . As an instance of this kind of authors , among many others , let any ...
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... virtues and vices , poesy corrects it , and presents events and fortunes according to desert , and according to the law of Providence : because true history , through the frequent satiety and similitude of things , works a distaste and ...
... virtues and vices , poesy corrects it , and presents events and fortunes according to desert , and according to the law of Providence : because true history , through the frequent satiety and similitude of things , works a distaste and ...
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... virtue than the present . It is indeed a melancholy reflection to consider that the British nation , which is now at a greater height of glory for its councils and conquests than it ever was before , should distinguish itself by a cer ...
... virtue than the present . It is indeed a melancholy reflection to consider that the British nation , which is now at a greater height of glory for its councils and conquests than it ever was before , should distinguish itself by a cer ...
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... virtue , if one considers him in his solitude , as in taking in the system of the universe , observing the mutual dependence and harmony , by which the whole frame of it hangs together , beating down his passions , or swelling his ...
... virtue , if one considers him in his solitude , as in taking in the system of the universe , observing the mutual dependence and harmony , by which the whole frame of it hangs together , beating down his passions , or swelling his ...
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41 psl. - But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance, after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
41 psl. - With thee conversing I forget all time, All seasons and their change, all please alike : Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
viii psl. - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...
viii psl. - Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth ! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman! A little month, or ere those shoes were old With which she follow'd my poor father's body...
56 psl. - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
vii psl. - So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
42 psl. - Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
24 psl. - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
192 psl. - Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills; To most, he mingles both : the wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd, is cursed indeed; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of earth and heaven.
360 psl. - Papa could not hear me, and would play with me no more, for they were going to put him under ground, whence he could never come to us again.