The British Essayists;: SpectatorJ. 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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... agreeable to his taste ; he is almost the end of my devotions ; half my prayers are for his happiness- I love to talk of him , and never hear him named but with pleasure and emotion . I am your friend , No 254 . 3 SPECTATOR .
... agreeable to his taste ; he is almost the end of my devotions ; half my prayers are for his happiness- I love to talk of him , and never hear him named but with pleasure and emotion . I am your friend , No 254 . 3 SPECTATOR .
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Alexander Chalmers. with pleasure and emotion . I am your friend , and wish you happiness , but am sorry to see by the air of your letter , that there are a set of women who are got into the common - place raillery of every thing that is ...
Alexander Chalmers. with pleasure and emotion . I am your friend , and wish you happiness , but am sorry to see by the air of your letter , that there are a set of women who are got into the common - place raillery of every thing that is ...
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... pleasure in crossing our -inclinations , and disappointing us in what our hearts are most set upon . When , therefore , they have dis- covered the passionate desire of fame in the ambi- tious man , ( as no temper of mind is more apt to ...
... pleasure in crossing our -inclinations , and disappointing us in what our hearts are most set upon . When , therefore , they have dis- covered the passionate desire of fame in the ambi- tious man , ( as no temper of mind is more apt to ...
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... pleasure , but it is such a pleasure as makes a man restless and uneasy under it ; and which does not so much satisfy the present thirst , as it excites fresh desires , and sets the soul on new enterprises . For how few ambitious men ...
... pleasure , but it is such a pleasure as makes a man restless and uneasy under it ; and which does not so much satisfy the present thirst , as it excites fresh desires , and sets the soul on new enterprises . For how few ambitious men ...
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... pleasure which it is capable of giving us , but in the loss of it we do not propor- tion our grief to the real value it bears , but to the value our fancies and imaginations set upon it . So inconsiderable is the satisfaction that fame ...
... pleasure which it is capable of giving us , but in the loss of it we do not propor- tion our grief to the real value it bears , but to the value our fancies and imaginations set upon it . So inconsiderable is the satisfaction that fame ...
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Strona 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...
Strona 242 - 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...
Strona 238 - 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.
Strona 242 - A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night.
Strona 276 - Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death, which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good, Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned, or fear conceived, Gorgons and hydras, and chimeras dire.
Strona 179 - Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
Strona 184 - So spake the cherub; and his grave rebuke, Severe in youthful beauty, added grace Invincible: abash'd the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is, and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely; saw, and pined His loss: but chiefly to find here observed His lustre visibly impair'd; yet seem'd Undaunted. If I must contend...
Strona 242 - 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...
Strona 240 - ... rises. Something like this we saw actually come to pass; for the water was stained to a surprising redness; and as we observed in travelling, had discoloured the sea a great way into a reddish hue; occasioned doubtless by a sort of minium, or red earth, washed into the river by the violence of the rain, and not by any stain from Adonis's blood.
Strona 238 - Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood Under amazement of their hideous change. He call'd so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded.