The British Essayists;: TatlerJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 |
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... reason , Fly - blów ( who is received in all the fa- milies in town , through the degeneracy and iniquity of their manners ) is to be treated like a knave , though he is one of the weakest of fools : he has by rote , and at second hand ...
... reason , Fly - blów ( who is received in all the fa- milies in town , through the degeneracy and iniquity of their manners ) is to be treated like a knave , though he is one of the weakest of fools : he has by rote , and at second hand ...
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... reasons which I have gathered from philosophy and nature ; to which I can add other circumstances in vindication of the account of this learned body who publish this almanack . It is notorious to philosophers , that joy and grief can ...
... reasons which I have gathered from philosophy and nature ; to which I can add other circumstances in vindication of the account of this learned body who publish this almanack . It is notorious to philosophers , that joy and grief can ...
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... reason , that men of the most excellent sense and morals , in other points , associate their understandings with the very pretty fellows in that chimæra of a duel ? Sir Mark . a majority . There is no disputing against so great Mr. Sage ...
... reason , that men of the most excellent sense and morals , in other points , associate their understandings with the very pretty fellows in that chimæra of a duel ? Sir Mark . a majority . There is no disputing against so great Mr. Sage ...
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... reason of a late inquiry made at Guild- hall , whether a noble person has parts enough to deserve the enjoyment of the great estate of which he is possessed ? The city is apprehensive , that this precedent may go farther than was at ...
... reason of a late inquiry made at Guild- hall , whether a noble person has parts enough to deserve the enjoyment of the great estate of which he is possessed ? The city is apprehensive , that this precedent may go farther than was at ...
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... reason .. Upon this foun- dation my friend has set forth , that he is illegally master of his coffers , and has writ two epigrams to signify his own pretensions and sufficiency for spend- ing that estate . He has inserted in his plea ...
... reason .. Upon this foun- dation my friend has set forth , that he is illegally master of his coffers , and has writ two epigrams to signify his own pretensions and sufficiency for spend- ing that estate . He has inserted in his plea ...
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Page 74 - Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night...
Page 116 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear ; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come, when it will come.
Page 44 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
Page 201 - His person, it is to be confessed, is no small recommendation ; but he is to be highly commended for not losing that advantage, and adding to the propriety of speech, which might pass the criticism of Longinus, an action which would have been approved by Demosthenes.
Page 301 - ... turns and windings ; and though they were as active as any in their motions, they made but little progress in the ascent. These as my guide informed me, were men of subtle tempers, and puzzled politics, who would supply the place of real wisdom with cunning and artifice.
Page 304 - Alexander, who was very well acquainted with Homer, stood up at his entrance and placed him on his right hand. The virgin, who it seems was one of the nine sisters that attended on the goddess of Fame, smiled with an ineffable grace at their meeting, and retired. Julius Caesar was now coming forward ; and though most of the historians offered their service to introduce him, he left them at the door, and would have no conductor but himself.
Page 307 - I desired my guide, for variety, to lead me to the fabulous apartment, the roof of which was painted with gorgons, chimeras, and centaurs, with many other emblematical figures, which I wanted both time and skill to unriddle. The first table was almost full: at the upper end sat Hercules, leaning an arm upon his club...
Page 200 - Thus, as a certain insensibility in the countenance recommends a sentence of humour and jest, so it must be a very lively consciousness that gives grace to great sentiments. The jest is to be a thing unexpected ; therefore your...
Page 299 - ... reputation. The best and greatest actions have proceeded from the prospect of the one or the other of these ; but my design is to treat only of those who have chiefly proposed to themselves the latter, as the principal reward of their labours.
Page 300 - ... sweet and harmonious, that it filled the hearts of those who heard it with raptures, and gave such high and delightful sensations, as seemed to animate and raise human nature above itself.