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Page 35
... observe some parts more than others , they take different hints , and put
contrary interpretations on them ; so that the same actions may represent a man
as hypocritical and designing to one , which make him appear a saint or hero to
another ...
... observe some parts more than others , they take different hints , and put
contrary interpretations on them ; so that the same actions may represent a man
as hypocritical and designing to one , which make him appear a saint or hero to
another ...
Page 51
... than consult ocr proper interests : and , as I have elsewhere observed , it is one
of the most unaccountable passions of human nature , that we are at greater
pains to appear easy and happy to others , than really to make ourselves so .
... than consult ocr proper interests : and , as I have elsewhere observed , it is one
of the most unaccountable passions of human nature , that we are at greater
pains to appear easy and happy to others , than really to make ourselves so .
Page 58
... resignation to decay is too difficult a task in the father ; and deference , amidst
the impulse of gay desires , appears unreasonable to the son . ... blesings on the
son , and the son endeavouring to appear the worthy offspring of such a father .
... resignation to decay is too difficult a task in the father ; and deference , amidst
the impulse of gay desires , appears unreasonable to the son . ... blesings on the
son , and the son endeavouring to appear the worthy offspring of such a father .
Page 68
The peacock , in all his pride , does not display half the colours that appear in the
garments of a British lady , when she is dressed either for a ball or a birth - day .
But to return to our female heads . The ladies 63 THE SPECTATOR .
The peacock , in all his pride , does not display half the colours that appear in the
garments of a British lady , when she is dressed either for a ball or a birth - day .
But to return to our female heads . The ladies 63 THE SPECTATOR .
Page 70
Nay , if I may believe my friend Will Honeycomb , there is a certain old coquette of
his acquaintance who intends to appear very suddenly in a rainbow hood , like
the Iris in Dryden's Virgil , not questioning but that among such a variety of ...
Nay , if I may believe my friend Will Honeycomb , there is a certain old coquette of
his acquaintance who intends to appear very suddenly in a rainbow hood , like
the Iris in Dryden's Virgil , not questioning but that among such a variety of ...
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Page 16 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 240 - 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 335 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Page 243 - 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 240 - 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 244 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple...
Page 244 - Had to impose : he through the armed files Darts his experienced eye, and soon traverse The whole battalion views, their order due, Their visages and stature as of gods ; Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and, hardening in his strength, Glories...
Page 242 - 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 132 - 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 242 - That this stream, at certain seasons of the year, especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour; which the heathens looked upon as proceeding from a kind of sympathy in the river for the death of Adonis, who was killed by a wild boar in the mountains, out of which this stream rises.
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| Title | Select British Classics, Volume 14 Select British Classics |
| Publisher | J. Conrad, 1803 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 3 Nov 2006 |
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