The British Essayists;: TatlerJ. 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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... writing nonsense : STEELE - Family of Green- hats : SWIFT - Continental Intelligence STEELE 60. A Rake reclaimed by his Father's liberality -Women to be gained by nonsense Mars Triumphant - Advertisement 61. Men of Fire described - Use ...
... writing nonsense : STEELE - Family of Green- hats : SWIFT - Continental Intelligence STEELE 60. A Rake reclaimed by his Father's liberality -Women to be gained by nonsense Mars Triumphant - Advertisement 61. Men of Fire described - Use ...
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... writing to you my thoughts of that state , which our whole sex either is , or desires to be in . You will easily guess I mean ma.rimony , which I hear so much decried , that it was with no small labour I maintained my ground against two ...
... writing to you my thoughts of that state , which our whole sex either is , or desires to be in . You will easily guess I mean ma.rimony , which I hear so much decried , that it was with no small labour I maintained my ground against two ...
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... WRITE from hence , at present to complain , that wit and merit are so little encouraged by people of rank and quality , that the wits of the age are obliged to run within Temple - bar for patronage . There is a deplorable instance of ...
... WRITE from hence , at present to complain , that wit and merit are so little encouraged by people of rank and quality , that the wits of the age are obliged to run within Temple - bar for patronage . There is a deplorable instance of ...
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... write a system of philosophy in a more lively method , both as to the matter and language , than has been hitherto attempted . He read to us the plan upon which he intends to pro- ceed . I thought his account , by way of fable of the ...
... write a system of philosophy in a more lively method , both as to the matter and language , than has been hitherto attempted . He read to us the plan upon which he intends to pro- ceed . I thought his account , by way of fable of the ...
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... writing on that subject , assumed the argu- ment ; and though he ran through many instances of sublimity from the ancient writers , said , he had hardly known an occasion wherein the true greatness of soul , which animates a general in ...
... writing on that subject , assumed the argu- ment ; and though he ran through many instances of sublimity from the ancient writers , said , he had hardly known an occasion wherein the true greatness of soul , which animates a general in ...
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Página 116 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear ; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come, when it will come.
Página 292 - Hail wedded Love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range; by thee, Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother first were known.
Página 44 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
Página 202 - ... judgment will come, when we least think of it! and so forth He knows, to be vehement is the only way to come at his audience. Daniel, when he sees my friend Greenhat come in, can give a good hint, and cry out, This is only for the saints! the regenerated...
Página 302 - ... us seemed to vanish. Most of the company, who had swords in their hands, marched on with great spirit, and an air of defiance, up the road that was commanded by Death ; while others, who had thought and contemplation in their looks, went forward, in a more composed manner, up the road possessed by Envy. The way above these apparitions grew...
Página 299 - Here patriots live, who, for their country's good, In fighting fields, were prodigal of blood: Priests of unblemish'd lives here make abode, And poets worthy their inspiring god; And searching wits, of more mechanic parts, Who grac'd their age with new-invented arts: Those who to worth their bounty did extend, And those who knew that bounty to commend.
Página 307 - I desired my guide, for variety, to lead me to the fabulous apartment, the roof of which was painted with gorgons, chimeras, and centaurs, with many other emblematical figures, which I wanted both time and skill to unriddle. The first table was almost full: at the upper end sat Hercules, leaning an arm upon his club...
Página 200 - ... as a certain insensibility in the countenance recommends a sentence of humour and jest, so it must be a very lively consciousness that gives grace to great sentiments. The jest is to be a thing unexpected ; therefore your undesigning manner is a beauty in expressions of mirth ; but when you are to talk on a set subject, the more you are moved yourself, the more you will move others. " There is," said he, "a remarkable example of that kind.
Página 202 - Would every one of our clergymen be thus careful to recommend truth and virtue in their proper figures, and show so much concern for them as to give them all the additional force they were able, it is not possible that nonsense should have so many hearers as you find it has in dissenting congregations, for no reason in the world but because it is spoken extempore; for ordinary minds are wholly governed by their eyes and ears; and there is no way to come at their hearts but by power over their imaginations....
Página 301 - ... generous ardour with which I seemed transported ; but at the same time advised me to cover my face with a mask all the while I was to labour on the ascent.