The British Essayists: The worldT. and J. Allman, 1823 |
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... soon as the hero was dead ! or how happily might the languid , pale , and putrid flames of a whole fifth act be extinguished by the establishment of such an office . In applying it to epic poetry , I could not but felicitate the author ...
... soon as the hero was dead ! or how happily might the languid , pale , and putrid flames of a whole fifth act be extinguished by the establishment of such an office . In applying it to epic poetry , I could not but felicitate the author ...
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... soon as he found his help - mate had trans- fused into me a necessary portion of patience and long - suffering , he recommended me to my fortune , giving me , generous man ! a coat and wig , which formerly himself , and before him the ...
... soon as he found his help - mate had trans- fused into me a necessary portion of patience and long - suffering , he recommended me to my fortune , giving me , generous man ! a coat and wig , which formerly himself , and before him the ...
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... soon discovered that it was no real misfortune ; for experience convinced me , that ab- solute silence was of greater estimation than the best - timed syllable of interruption . It is to this experience that I shall refer you , after ...
... soon discovered that it was no real misfortune ; for experience convinced me , that ab- solute silence was of greater estimation than the best - timed syllable of interruption . It is to this experience that I shall refer you , after ...
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... soon in practice . Let every artificer that has contributed to raise the house you have the honour to dine in , make his ap- pearance when the company is going away . Let the mason , the painter , the joiner , the glazier , the up ...
... soon in practice . Let every artificer that has contributed to raise the house you have the honour to dine in , make his ap- pearance when the company is going away . Let the mason , the painter , the joiner , the glazier , the up ...
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... soon grew obsolete , and lost its effect . In what manner our metropolis may be reduced without injury to the proprietors of houses and ground - rents , I do not pretend to determine ; but it seems absolutely necessary that a stop ...
... soon grew obsolete , and lost its effect . In what manner our metropolis may be reduced without injury to the proprietors of houses and ground - rents , I do not pretend to determine ; but it seems absolutely necessary that a stop ...
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Стр. 53 - ... and better breakfasted than he whose morning appetite would have gladly fed on green figs between Bethany and Jerusalem, his religion walks abroad at eight, and leaves his kind entertainer in the shop trading all day without his religion.
Стр. 97 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry, her clothing is silk and purple.
Стр. 2 - To advise the ignorant, relieve the needy, comfort the afflicted, are duties that fall in our way almost every day of our lives. A man has frequent opportunities of mitigating the fierceness of a party; of doing justice to the character of a...
Стр. 229 - It must be owned, that our language is, at present, in a state of anarchy, and hitherto, perhaps, it may not have been the worse for it. During our free and open trade, many words and expressions have been imported, adopted, and naturalized from other languages, which have greatly enriched our own. Let it still preserve what...
Стр. 219 - The handcuffs and fetters in which the hero commonly appears at the end of the second, or the beginning of the third...
Стр. 82 - They are both of them women in years, and alike in birth, fortune, education, and accomplishments. They were originally alike in temper too ; but by different management are grown the reverse of each other. Arachne has accustomed herself to look only on the dark side of every object. If a new...
Стр. 35 - And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Стр. 20 - Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and everduring dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Стр. 52 - What does he therefore, but resolves to give over toiling, and to find himself out some factor, to whose care and credit he may commit the whole managing of his religious affairs; some divine of note and estimation that must be.
Стр. 158 - Roger's; it is usual in all other places, that servants fly from the parts of the house through which their master is passing; on the contrary, here they industriously place themselves in his way; and it is on both sides, as it were, understood as a visit, when the servants appear without calling.