The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Томове 5–6 |
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... carrying him there , he was obliged to leave that kingdom abruptly , in consequence of " something be- tween " him and Queen Christina . This event is supposed to have affected his intellects , much in the manner as Sir Roger de ...
... carrying him there , he was obliged to leave that kingdom abruptly , in consequence of " something be- tween " him and Queen Christina . This event is supposed to have affected his intellects , much in the manner as Sir Roger de ...
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... carrying much weight . Steele , in delineating the cha- racter , might reasonably be unwilling to de- scribe her too closely : her residence at Flaxley Abbey was not far from the borders of Wor- cestershire , and the Knight , in making ...
... carrying much weight . Steele , in delineating the cha- racter , might reasonably be unwilling to de- scribe her too closely : her residence at Flaxley Abbey was not far from the borders of Wor- cestershire , and the Knight , in making ...
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... carry at this distance of time . It cannot , how- ever , be improper to suggest to the reader , who may wish to examine the evidence more closely , that Mrs. Boevey was left a widow at the age of twenty - two , in the year 1691 , and ...
... carry at this distance of time . It cannot , how- ever , be improper to suggest to the reader , who may wish to examine the evidence more closely , that Mrs. Boevey was left a widow at the age of twenty - two , in the year 1691 , and ...
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... carried fire and sword into the coun- tries of all that had opposed the cause of liberty , and struck a terror into the armies of France , had , in the midst of his high station , a behaviour as gentle as is usual in the first steps ...
... carried fire and sword into the coun- tries of all that had opposed the cause of liberty , and struck a terror into the armies of France , had , in the midst of his high station , a behaviour as gentle as is usual in the first steps ...
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... carried me into all the countries of Europe , in which there was any thing new or strange to be seen ; nay to such a degree was my curiosity raised , that , having read the controversies of some great men concerning the antiquities of ...
... carried me into all the countries of Europe , in which there was any thing new or strange to be seen ; nay to such a degree was my curiosity raised , that , having read the controversies of some great men concerning the antiquities of ...
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Страница xciv - ... town and country ; a great lover of mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company.
Страница xxix - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
Страница 159 - Worship th' immortal gods. I AM always very well pleased with a country Sundav, and think, if keeping holy the seventh day were only a human institution, it would be the best method that could have been thought of for the polishing and civilizing of mankind. It is certain the country people would soon degenerate into a kind of savages and barbarians, were there not such frequent returns of a stated time, in which the whole village meet together with their best faces, and in their cleanliest habits,...
Страница lxxxvii - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Страница 238 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...
Страница xcv - His notions of trade are noble and generous, and (as every rich man has usually some sly way of jesting which would make no great figure were he not a rich man) he calls the sea the British Common. He is acquainted with commerce in all its parts, and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms, for true power is to be got by arts and industry. He will often argue, that if this part of our trade were well cultivated, we should gain from one nation, — and if another,...
Страница 161 - This authority of the Knight, though exerted in that odd manner which accompanies him in all circumstances of life, has a very good effect upon the parish, who are not polite enough to see any thing ridiculous in his behaviour.
Страница xcii - However, this humour creates him no enemies, for he does nothing with sourness or obstinacy, and his being unconfined to modes and forms makes him but the readier and more capable to please and oblige all who know him.
Страница 160 - He has often told me, that at his coming to his estate, he found his parishioners very irregular: and that in order to make them kneel, and join in the responses, he gave every one of them a hassock and a Common Prayer Book ; and at the same time employed an itinerant...
Страница 160 - Sometimes he will be lengthening out a verse in the singing psalms, half a minute after the rest of the congregation have done with it ; sometimes when he is pleased with the matter of his devotion, he pronounces