The British Essayists: The AdventurerJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and Son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and Son, W. J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, J. Sewell, R. Faulder, G. and W. Nicol, T. Payne, G. and J. Robinson, W. Lowndes, G. Wilkie, J. Mathews, P. McQueen, Ogilvy and Son, J. Scatcherd, J. Walker, Vernor and Hood, R. Lea, Darton and Harvey, J. Nunn, Lackington and Company, D. Walker, Clarke and Son, G. Kearsley, C. Law, J. White, Longman and Rees, Cadell, Jun. and Davies, J. Barker, T. Kay, Wynne and Company, Pote and Company, Carpenter and Company, W. Miller, Murray and Highley, S. Bagster, T. Hurst, T. Boosey, R. Pheney, W. Baynes, J. Harding, R. H. Evans, J. Mawman; and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1802 - English essays |
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... thee ! BOETH . NOTHING has offended me more , than the manner in which subjects of eternal moment are often treat- ed . To dispute on moral and theological topics is become a fashion ; and it is usual with persons , of whom it is no ...
... thee ! BOETH . NOTHING has offended me more , than the manner in which subjects of eternal moment are often treat- ed . To dispute on moral and theological topics is become a fashion ; and it is usual with persons , of whom it is no ...
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... thee has survived my power ! If thou art offended with what I am , re- member what I have been , and forgive me , ' Pity is here forcibly excited ; and injurious resentment may be repressed , when an instance not equally strong recalls ...
... thee has survived my power ! If thou art offended with what I am , re- member what I have been , and forgive me , ' Pity is here forcibly excited ; and injurious resentment may be repressed , when an instance not equally strong recalls ...
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... thee the boundaries of good and evil ; that , without weighing remote consequences , thou may'st know the nature and tendency of every action . Be attentive , there- fore , to the silent admonition ; and when the circle of gold shall by ...
... thee the boundaries of good and evil ; that , without weighing remote consequences , thou may'st know the nature and tendency of every action . Be attentive , there- fore , to the silent admonition ; and when the circle of gold shall by ...
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... the genius Syndarac again stood before me . Amurath , ' said he , ' thou hast offended against thy brother of the dust ; a being who , like thee , has received from the ALMIGHTY a capacity of pleasure and pain N ° 20 . 127 ADVENTURER .
... the genius Syndarac again stood before me . Amurath , ' said he , ' thou hast offended against thy brother of the dust ; a being who , like thee , has received from the ALMIGHTY a capacity of pleasure and pain N ° 20 . 127 ADVENTURER .
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... thee : but my power yet spares thee , because it is directed by the laws of sovereign goodness , and be- cause thou mayest yet be reclaimed by admonition . But yield not to the impulse of quick resentment , nor indulge in cruelty the ...
... thee : but my power yet spares thee , because it is directed by the laws of sovereign goodness , and be- cause thou mayest yet be reclaimed by admonition . But yield not to the impulse of quick resentment , nor indulge in cruelty the ...
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admitted ADVENTURER Æsop Alibeg Amurath appear astonishment bagnio BATHURST beauty became caresses Cockchafer contempt curiosity death Deianira delight desire disappointed discovered diseases distress dreadful effect endeavoured English mastiffs enjoyment entered entertainment equal evil expected expence eyes fable father fear felicity folly genius gentleman gratify greater happiness hast HAWKESWORTH honour hope husband imagination immediately indulged JANUARY 30 JOHN HAWKESWORTH JOHNSON JOSEPH WARTON kind labour lady less lover mankind marriage Melissa ment mind misery moral morning nature never night object pain pantomime paper passions perceived perpetual person Phidyle pleasure present produced punishment racter reason received regarded regret religion render restrained Saint Bartholomew's Hospital SATURDAY scarce scenes Selima Seraglio servants Sir JOHN HAWKINS soon suffered Syndarac thee thou thought tion told TUESDAY venison vice VIRG virtue wife wish wretched write XXIII young
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Page 204 - The sisters' vows, the hours that we have spent, When we have chid the hasty-footed time For parting us — O, is all forgot? All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence?
Page 62 - Happy the man - and happy he alone He who can call today his own, He who, secure within, can say 'Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today...
Page 235 - I perceived that it was in motion ; it increased in size as it drew near, and at length I discovered it to be an eagle. I still kept my eye fixed steadfastly upon it, and saw it alight at a small distance, where I now descried a fox whose two fore-legs appeared to be broken. Before this fox the eagle laid part of a kid, which she had brought in her talons, and then disappeared. " When I awaked, I laid my forehead upon the ground, and blessed the Prophet for the instruction of the morning.
Page 233 - ... force : but yet I know not whether my danger is a reality or a dream. I am as thou art, a reptile of the earth : my life is a moment, and eternity, in which days, and years, and ages, are nothing, eternity is before me, for which I also should prepare...
Page 230 - I'll join the widow's plaintive song, And save the lover in my verse. The...
Page 184 - And binding each to each for life. — FRANCIS. THOUGH I devote this lucubration to the Ladies, yet there are some parts of it which, I hope, will not be wholly useless to the Gentlemen: and, perhaps, both may expect to be addressed upon a subject, which, to both, is of equal importance...
Page 197 - He looked round with a smile of complacency ; perceiving that though it was mean it was neat, and though I was poor I appeared to be content. As his habit was that of a pilgrim, I hastened to receive him with such hospitality as was in my power ; and my cheerfulness was rather increased than restrained by his presence.
Page xviii - ... an author ; but the greater part, who arraigned his impious sentiments and indecent narratives, probably rendered his sufferings as a man more acute. Against their charges he stood defenceless ; and no defence indeed could be attempted with a reasonable expectation of success. But what, we are told, completed his chagrin, was the notice frequently given in an infamous magazine published at that time, that " All the amorous passages and descriptions in Dr. Hawk th's Collection of Voyages (should...
Page 80 - ... procured, and read with great eagerness ; and though I was not at last a sound Deist, yet I perceived with some pleasure that my stock of polemic knowledge was greatly increased ; so that, instead of being an auditor, I commenced a speaker at the club ; and though to stand up and babble to a crowd in an alehouse, till silence is commanded by the stroke of a hammer, is as low an ambition as can taint the human mind, yet I was much elevated by my new distinction, and pleased with the deference...
Page 97 - ... and we condemn, as fit objects are successively held up to the mind: the affections are, as It were, drawn out into the field : they learn their exercise in a mock fight, and are trained for the service of virtue.