The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 21-22 |
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... discovered than to fill up the poem . " The first and the tenth pastorals , whatever be determined of the rest , are sufficient to place their author above the reach of rivalry . The complaint of 4 NO . 92 . ADVENTURER . Story of Mr and ...
... discovered than to fill up the poem . " The first and the tenth pastorals , whatever be determined of the rest , are sufficient to place their author above the reach of rivalry . The complaint of 4 NO . 92 . ADVENTURER . Story of Mr and ...
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... discovered in any other author . I shall , therefore , from time to time , examine his merit as a poet , without blind admiration , or wanton invective . As Shakspeare is sometimes blameable for the con- duct of his fables , which have ...
... discovered in any other author . I shall , therefore , from time to time , examine his merit as a poet , without blind admiration , or wanton invective . As Shakspeare is sometimes blameable for the con- duct of his fables , which have ...
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... discovered that ten thousand pounds did not bring the felicity which he expected ; a discovery which generally pro- duces the dissipation of sudden affluence by prodi- gality . Ned drank , and whored , and hired fiddlers , and bought ...
... discovered that ten thousand pounds did not bring the felicity which he expected ; a discovery which generally pro- duces the dissipation of sudden affluence by prodi- gality . Ned drank , and whored , and hired fiddlers , and bought ...
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... discovered , they can affect only the minuter parts , and are commonly of more curiosity than importance . It will now be natural to inquire by what arts are the writers of the present and future ages to attract the notice and favour of ...
... discovered , they can affect only the minuter parts , and are commonly of more curiosity than importance . It will now be natural to inquire by what arts are the writers of the present and future ages to attract the notice and favour of ...
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... discovered by Sir Isaac Newton , that the distinct and primogenial colours are only seven ; but every eye can witness , that from various mix- tures , in various proportions , infinite diversifications of tints may be produced . In like ...
... discovered by Sir Isaac Newton , that the distinct and primogenial colours are only seven ; but every eye can witness , that from various mix- tures , in various proportions , infinite diversifications of tints may be produced . In like ...
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Page 25 - You taught me language; and my profit on't Is, I know how to curse : The red plague rid you, For learning me your language ! Pro.
Page 7 - Be not afeard ; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears, and sometimes voices That, if I then had waked after long sleep, Will make me sleep again : and then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open and show riches Ready to drop upon me, that, when I waked, I cried to dream again.
Page 129 - Is man no more than this? Consider him well. Thou owest the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume. Ha! here's three on's are sophisticated; thou art the thing itself; unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art.
Page 26 - Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Page 168 - No, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more, Never, never, never, never, never!
Page 115 - If it be you that stir these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me not so much To bear it tamely; touch me with noble anger, And let not women's weapons, water-drops, Stain my man's cheeks! No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both That all the world shall...
Page 127 - Thou'dst meet the bear i' the mouth. When the mind's free The body's delicate; the tempest in my mind Doth from my senses take all feeling else Save what beats there. Filial ingratitude! Is it not as this mouth should tear this hand For lifting food to 't?
Page 167 - Mine enemy's dog, Though he had bit me, should have stood that night Against my fire ; and wast thou fain, poor father, To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlorn, In short and musty straw? Alack, alack!
Page 52 - In the midst of the street of it and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month ; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Page 7 - em That if you now beheld them, your affections Would become tender. Prospero. Dost thou think so, spirit? Ariel. Mine would, sir, were I human. Prospero. And mine shall. Hast thou, which art but air, a touch, a feeling Of their afflictions, and shall not myself, One of their kind, that relish all as sharply, Passion as they, be kindlier moved than thou art?