The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Том 7 |
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... greatest extremities of love , concludes the torrid zone to be habitable . When his mistress has read his letter written in juice of lemon , by holding it to the fire , he desires her to read it over a second time by love's flame . When ...
... greatest extremities of love , concludes the torrid zone to be habitable . When his mistress has read his letter written in juice of lemon , by holding it to the fire , he desires her to read it over a second time by love's flame . When ...
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... greatest wit that ever set pen to paper . It is certain there never was a greater propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the subject , than what that author has made use of in his Elements . I shall only appeal to my reader , if ...
... greatest wit that ever set pen to paper . It is certain there never was a greater propriety of words and thoughts adapted to the subject , than what that author has made use of in his Elements . I shall only appeal to my reader , if ...
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... greatest appearance in the field , and cried the Foudest , the best on it is , they are but a sort of French huguenots , or Dutch boors , brought over in herds , but not naturalized ; who have not lands of two pounds per annum in ...
... greatest appearance in the field , and cried the Foudest , the best on it is , they are but a sort of French huguenots , or Dutch boors , brought over in herds , but not naturalized ; who have not lands of two pounds per annum in ...
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... greatest consequence , and if these are low and mean , the re- putation of the play is very unjust . I will take for granted , that a fine gentleman should be honest in his actions , and refined in his language . Instead of this , our ...
... greatest consequence , and if these are low and mean , the re- putation of the play is very unjust . I will take for granted , that a fine gentleman should be honest in his actions , and refined in his language . Instead of this , our ...
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... greatest men in all ages ; that Homer calls Merion a fine dancer ; and says , that the graceful mien and great agility which he had acquired by that exercise , distin guished him above the rest in the armies both of Greeks and Trojans ...
... greatest men in all ages ; that Homer calls Merion a fine dancer ; and says , that the graceful mien and great agility which he had acquired by that exercise , distin guished him above the rest in the armies both of Greeks and Trojans ...
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Стр. 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...
Стр. 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...
Стр. 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...
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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...
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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...
Стр. 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.