The British Essayists, Volume 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... nature , slow in its re- solves , and languishing in its executions . The use therefore of the passions is to stir it up , and to put it upon action , to awaken the understanding , to en- force the will , and to make the whole man more ...
... nature , slow in its re- solves , and languishing in its executions . The use therefore of the passions is to stir it up , and to put it upon action , to awaken the understanding , to en- force the will , and to make the whole man more ...
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... natural inclinations , in a glorious and laudable course of action . For we may farther observe , that men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition ; and that on the contrary , mean and narrow minds are the least actuated ...
... natural inclinations , in a glorious and laudable course of action . For we may farther observe , that men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition ; and that on the contrary , mean and narrow minds are the least actuated ...
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... nature , and accomplished by their own industry , how few are there whose virtues are not obscured by the ignorance ... natural perverseness of temper , grow wary in their praises of one who sets too great a value on them , lest they Sal ...
... nature , and accomplished by their own industry , how few are there whose virtues are not obscured by the ignorance ... natural perverseness of temper , grow wary in their praises of one who sets too great a value on them , lest they Sal ...
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... natural weakness of an ambitious man , which exposes him to the secret scorn and derision of those he converses with , and ruins the character he is so industrious to advance by it . For though his actions are never so glorious , they ...
... natural weakness of an ambitious man , which exposes him to the secret scorn and derision of those he converses with , and ruins the character he is so industrious to advance by it . For though his actions are never so glorious , they ...
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... nature , or of wari- ness , as not to gratify or soothe the vanity of the am- bitious man ; and since this very thirst after fame na- turally betrays him into such indecencies as are a les- sening to his reputation , and is itself ...
... nature , or of wari- ness , as not to gratify or soothe the vanity of the am- bitious man ; and since this very thirst after fame na- turally betrays him into such indecencies as are a les- sening to his reputation , and is itself ...
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Page 238 - Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Page 275 - Heaven that He ere long Intended to create, and therein plant A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the Sons of Heaven. Thither, if but to pry, shall be perhaps Our first eruption — thither, or elsewhere; For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial Spirits in bondage, nor th' Abyss Long under darkness cover.
Page 237 - In billows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever...
Page 242 - A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air...
Page 238 - Hail, horrors! hail, Infernal world! And thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor! one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time!
Page 123 - For joy of offer'd peace : but I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
Page 237 - Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood Under amazement of their hideous change. He call'd so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded.
Page 151 - But first, whom shall we send In search of this new world ? whom shall we find Sufficient ? who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark, unbottom'd, infinite abyss, And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way...
Page 240 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Page 238 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...