The British Essayists: The worldT. and J. Allman, 1823 |
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... thing of one as handsome as herself : but , on the contrary , that it is always the delight of both to lessen the beauty and to detract from the reputations of each other . Admitting the accusation to be true , how easy is it to see ...
... thing of one as handsome as herself : but , on the contrary , that it is always the delight of both to lessen the beauty and to detract from the reputations of each other . Admitting the accusation to be true , how easy is it to see ...
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... thing excellent in na- ture or art has a certain fixed point of perfection , proper to itself , which it cannot transgress without losing much of its beauty , or acquiring some ble- mish . " The period which time puts to all mortal things ...
... thing excellent in na- ture or art has a certain fixed point of perfection , proper to itself , which it cannot transgress without losing much of its beauty , or acquiring some ble- mish . " The period which time puts to all mortal things ...
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... thing excellent in na- ture or art has a certain fixed point of perfection , proper to itself , which it cannot transgress without losing much of its beauty , or acquiring some ble- mish . ' The period which time puts to all mortal things ...
... thing excellent in na- ture or art has a certain fixed point of perfection , proper to itself , which it cannot transgress without losing much of its beauty , or acquiring some ble- mish . ' The period which time puts to all mortal things ...
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... thing went amiss in the family , and often scolded at for the husband , whose office grew into a sinecure : insomuch , that if I had not known the sincerity and uprightness of his heart , I should have suspected him of bringing me into ...
... thing went amiss in the family , and often scolded at for the husband , whose office grew into a sinecure : insomuch , that if I had not known the sincerity and uprightness of his heart , I should have suspected him of bringing me into ...
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Lionel Thomas Berguer. N® 56 . deceived me in any thing but where he deceived him- self , I heard him also with pleasure . ' These were therefore my halcyon days , on which I always reflect with regret and tears . How differ- ent were ...
Lionel Thomas Berguer. N® 56 . deceived me in any thing but where he deceived him- self , I heard him also with pleasure . ' These were therefore my halcyon days , on which I always reflect with regret and tears . How differ- ent were ...
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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.
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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...
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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.