The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and CriticalJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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... excellent parents to answer for ; but when I am now and then alone , and look back upon my past life , from my earliest infancy to this time , there are many faults which I committed that did not ap- pear to me , even until I myself ...
... excellent parents to answer for ; but when I am now and then alone , and look back upon my past life , from my earliest infancy to this time , there are many faults which I committed that did not ap- pear to me , even until I myself ...
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... excellent faculty in mi- mickry my correspondents tell me he can assume my air , and give my taciturnity a slyness which diverts more than any thing I could say if I were present . Thus I am glad my silence is atoned for to the good ...
... excellent faculty in mi- mickry my correspondents tell me he can assume my air , and give my taciturnity a slyness which diverts more than any thing I could say if I were present . Thus I am glad my silence is atoned for to the good ...
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... excellent , and have the true spirit of co- medy ; though it were to be wished the author had added a circumstance which should make Leucippe's business more odious . It must not be thought a digression from my in- tended speculation ...
... excellent , and have the true spirit of co- medy ; though it were to be wished the author had added a circumstance which should make Leucippe's business more odious . It must not be thought a digression from my in- tended speculation ...
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... excellent rules for conduct in conversation with men of power ; but he speaks with an air of one who had no need of such an application for any thing which related to himself . It shews he understood what it was to be a skilful courtier ...
... excellent rules for conduct in conversation with men of power ; but he speaks with an air of one who had no need of such an application for any thing which related to himself . It shews he understood what it was to be a skilful courtier ...
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... excellent piece , has not perhaps read one of the strongest persuasives to a religious life that ever was written in any language . The consideration with which I shall close this es- say upon death , is one of the most ancient and most ...
... excellent piece , has not perhaps read one of the strongest persuasives to a religious life that ever was written in any language . The consideration with which I shall close this es- say upon death , is one of the most ancient and most ...
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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...
Page 242 - Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and hardening in his strength Glories...
Page 241 - Though without number still, amidst the hall Of that infernal court. But far within, And in their own dimensions like themselves, The great seraphic lords and cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat, A thousand demigods on golden seats, Frequent and full.
Page 148 - Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Page 276 - Typhoean rage more fell Rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the air In whirlwind; hell scarce holds the wild uproar.
Page 236 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Page 279 - With horse and chariots rank'd in loose array; So wide they stood, and like a furnace mouth Cast forth redounding smoke and ruddy flame.
Page 169 - Seth: 4 and the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: 5 and all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Page 240 - Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded; the love-tale Infected Sion's daughters with like heat; Whose wanton passions in the sacred porch Ezekiel saw, when, by the vision led, His eye surveyed the dark idolatries Of alienated Judah.
Page 35 - True love has ten thousand griefs, impatiences, and resentments, that render a man unamiable in the eyes of the person whose affection he solicits ; besides that it sinks his figure, gives him fears, apprehensions, and poorness of spirit, and often makes him appear ridiculous where he has a mind to recommend himself. Those marriages generally abound most with love and constancy, that are preceded by a long courtship.