The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Том 7 |
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... taken an advantage from the double meaning of the word fire , to make an infinite number of witticisms . Cowley observing the cold regard of his mistress's eyes , and at the same time their power of producing love in him , considers ...
... taken an advantage from the double meaning of the word fire , to make an infinite number of witticisms . Cowley observing the cold regard of his mistress's eyes , and at the same time their power of producing love in him , considers ...
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... taken the examples of it , had as much true wit as any author that ever writ ; and indeed all other talents of an extraordinary genius . It may be expected , since I am upon this subject , that I should take notice of Mr. Dryden's ...
... taken the examples of it , had as much true wit as any author that ever writ ; and indeed all other talents of an extraordinary genius . It may be expected , since I am upon this subject , that I should take notice of Mr. Dryden's ...
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... taken pains to shew , that it is impossible for any thought to be beautiful which is not just , and has not its founda- tion in the nature of things ; that the basis of all wit is truth ; and that no thought can be valuable , of which ...
... taken pains to shew , that it is impossible for any thought to be beautiful which is not just , and has not its founda- tion in the nature of things ; that the basis of all wit is truth ; and that no thought can be valuable , of which ...
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... taken notice of ; and a woman in the prime of her years is out of fashion and neglected . The boy I shall consider upon some other occasion , and at present stick to the girl : and I am the more inclined to this , because I have several ...
... taken notice of ; and a woman in the prime of her years is out of fashion and neglected . The boy I shall consider upon some other occasion , and at present stick to the girl : and I am the more inclined to this , because I have several ...
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... taken up chiefly with forms and general positions ; nay , if we come into a more contracted assembly of men and women , the talk generally runs upon the weather , fashions , news , and the like public topics . In pro- portion as ...
... taken up chiefly with forms and general positions ; nay , if we come into a more contracted assembly of men and women , the talk generally runs upon the weather , fashions , news , and the like public topics . In pro- portion as ...
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Страница 136 - Manlike, but different sex, so lovely fair, That what seem'd fair in all the World, seem'd now Mean, or in her summ'd up...
Страница 235 - ... than blemish his good qualities. As soon as the sermon is finished, nobody presumes to stir till Sir Roger is gone out of the church. The knight walks down from his seat in the chancel between a double row of his tenants, that stand bowing to him on each side, and every- now and then...
Страница 225 - The ideas of goblins and sprights have really no more to do with darkness than light : yet let but a foolish maid inculcate these often on the mind of a child, and raise them there together, possibly , he shall never be able to separate them again so long as he lives ; but darkness shall ever afterwards bring with it those frightful ideas, and they shall be so joined, that he can no more bear the one than the other...
Страница 232 - That cherubim, which now appears as a god to a human soul, knows very well that the period will come about in eternity, when the human soul shall be as perfect as he himself now is; nay, when she shall look down upon that degree of perfection as much as she now falls short of it.
Страница 216 - ... of his game. He hunts a pack of dogs better than any man in the country, and is very famous for finding out a hare. He is extremely well versed in all the little handicrafts of an idle man : he makes a May-fly to a miracle ; and furnishes the whole country with angle-rods.
Страница 280 - A MAN'S first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart; his next, to escape the censures of the world. If the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected; but otherwise there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind, than to see those approbations which it gives itself, seconded by the applauses of the public.
Страница 232 - ... as much as she now falls short of it. It is true, the higher nature still advances, and by that means preserves his distance...
Страница 211 - ... approved of my friend's insisting upon the qualifications of a good aspect and a clear voice; for I was so charmed with the gracefulness of his figure and delivery, as well as with the discourses he pronounced, that I think I never passed any time more to my satisfaction. A sermon repeated after this manner, is like the composition of a poet in the mouth of a graceful actor.
Страница 210 - I know his value, have settled upon him a good annuity for life. If he outlives me, he shall find that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years; and, though he does...
Страница 218 - Will Wimble's is the case of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rather see their children starve like gentlemen than thrive in a trade or profession that is beneath their quality.