The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Том 7 |
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... took their pastime in the meadows . The birds had many of them golden beaks , and human voices . The flowers perfumed the air with smells of incense , ambergrease , and pul- villios ; and were so interwoven with one another , that they ...
... took their pastime in the meadows . The birds had many of them golden beaks , and human voices . The flowers perfumed the air with smells of incense , ambergrease , and pul- villios ; and were so interwoven with one another , that they ...
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... took their posts promiscuously among the private men whom they commanded . In the body of the temple , and before the very face of the deity , methought I saw the phantom of Tryphiodorus , the lipogrammatist , engaged in a ball with ...
... took their posts promiscuously among the private men whom they commanded . In the body of the temple , and before the very face of the deity , methought I saw the phantom of Tryphiodorus , the lipogrammatist , engaged in a ball with ...
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... took a full survey of the persons of Wit and Truth ; for indeed it was impossible to look upon the first , without seeing the other at the same time . There was behind them a strong compact body of figures . The genius of Heroic Poetry ...
... took a full survey of the persons of Wit and Truth ; for indeed it was impossible to look upon the first , without seeing the other at the same time . There was behind them a strong compact body of figures . The genius of Heroic Poetry ...
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... took a quiver of arrows from his shoulder , in order to make me a present of it ; but as I was reaching out my hand to receive it of him , I knocked it against a chair , and by that means awaked . C. N ° 64. MONDAY , MAY 14 , 1711 . Hic ...
... took a quiver of arrows from his shoulder , in order to make me a present of it ; but as I was reaching out my hand to receive it of him , I knocked it against a chair , and by that means awaked . C. N ° 64. MONDAY , MAY 14 , 1711 . Hic ...
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... took a particular delight in hearing the songs and fables that are come from father to son , and are most in vogue among the common people of the countries through which I passed ; for it is impossible that any thing should be ...
... took a particular delight in hearing the songs and fables that are come from father to son , and are most in vogue among the common people of the countries through which I passed ; for it is impossible that any thing should be ...
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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.