The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical and Critical, Volume 3Lionel Thomas Berguer T. and J. Allman, 1823 - English essays |
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... shew a hoard of matter for dissension in your breast ; but , if it is necessary , lay before him the thing as you under- stand it , candidly , without being ashamed of acknow- ledging an error , or proud of being in the right . If a ...
... shew a hoard of matter for dissension in your breast ; but , if it is necessary , lay before him the thing as you under- stand it , candidly , without being ashamed of acknow- ledging an error , or proud of being in the right . If a ...
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... shews itself in all conditions of life . For , not- withstanding the degeneracy and meanness that is crept into it , there are a thousand occasions in which it breaks through its original corruption , and shews what 12 N ° 87 . TATLER .
... shews itself in all conditions of life . For , not- withstanding the degeneracy and meanness that is crept into it , there are a thousand occasions in which it breaks through its original corruption , and shews what 12 N ° 87 . TATLER .
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... shews what it once was , and what it will be hereafter . I consider the soul of man as the ruin of a glorious pile of ... shew them in a proper light . A plebeian soul is still the ruin of this glorious edifice , though encumbered with ...
... shews what it once was , and what it will be hereafter . I consider the soul of man as the ruin of a glorious pile of ... shew them in a proper light . A plebeian soul is still the ruin of this glorious edifice , though encumbered with ...
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... shew the opinion he himself had of it , ascribed by him to his admired Socrates , whom he represents as discoursing with his friends , and giving the history of love in the following manner . 6 At the birth of Beauty , ' says he , there ...
... shew the opinion he himself had of it , ascribed by him to his admired Socrates , whom he represents as discoursing with his friends , and giving the history of love in the following manner . 6 At the birth of Beauty , ' says he , there ...
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... shews he is used to writing . Pray , Sir , read them over again . ' He begins again , title and all ; To Mævius , on his incomparable poems . ' The second reading was performed with much more vehemence and action than the former ; after ...
... shews he is used to writing . Pray , Sir , read them over again . ' He begins again , title and all ; To Mævius , on his incomparable poems . ' The second reading was performed with much more vehemence and action than the former ; after ...
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Page 145 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
Page 99 - O'er other creatures. Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best. All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded : wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows.
Page 178 - Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 163 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening" mild; then silent night With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
Page 164 - Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of Providence, fore-knowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free-will, fore-knowledge absolute, And found no end in wand'ring mazes lost Sir Richard Steele assisted in this paper.
Page 163 - But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers, Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night, With this her solemn bird ; nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Page 120 - Would have mourn'd longer, — married with my uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules: within a month, Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled eyes, She married. O most wicked speed, to post With such dexterity to incestuous sheets, It is not nor it cannot come to good; But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue!
Page 72 - As for me, I am the friend of the Gods and of good men, an agreeable companion to the artizan, an household guardian to the fathers of families, a patron and protector of servants, an associate in all true and generous friendships. The banquets of my votaries are never costly, but always delicious ; for none eat or drink at them who are not invited by hunger and thirst. Their slumbers are sound, and their wakings cheerful. My young men have the pleasure of hearing themselves praised by those who...
Page 78 - He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th' centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon.
Page 119 - That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think...