The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumen24 |
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... learned : the rest of the world have almost always agreed , to shut scholars up together in col- leges and cloisters ; surely not without hope , that they would look for that happiness in concord , which they were debarred from finding ...
... learned : the rest of the world have almost always agreed , to shut scholars up together in col- leges and cloisters ; surely not without hope , that they would look for that happiness in concord , which they were debarred from finding ...
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... learned writer merits the attention and diligent pe- rusal of the true scholar . What I principally ad- mire in Bossu , is the regularity of his plan , and the exactness of his method ; which add utility as well as beauty to his work ...
... learned writer merits the attention and diligent pe- rusal of the true scholar . What I principally ad- mire in Bossu , is the regularity of his plan , and the exactness of his method ; which add utility as well as beauty to his work ...
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... learned , or their reception among the great ; they are always bribed by the present pleasure of seeing themselves superior to those that surround them , and receiving the homage of silent attention and envious admiration . But vanity ...
... learned , or their reception among the great ; they are always bribed by the present pleasure of seeing themselves superior to those that surround them , and receiving the homage of silent attention and envious admiration . But vanity ...
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... learned to neglect his shop ; and having drawn his money out of the funds , to avoid the necessity of teazing men of honour for trifling debts , he has been forced at last to retire hither , till his friends can procure him a post at ...
... learned to neglect his shop ; and having drawn his money out of the funds , to avoid the necessity of teazing men of honour for trifling debts , he has been forced at last to retire hither , till his friends can procure him a post at ...
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... learned too much to be deceived . By the success of a lie put into the mouth of a chair- man , I was prevented from reading a letter which at last would have undeceived me ; and by persist- ing in dissimulation , the Captain has made ...
... learned too much to be deceived . By the success of a lie put into the mouth of a chair- man , I was prevented from reading a letter which at last would have undeceived me ; and by persist- ing in dissimulation , the Captain has made ...
Términos y frases comunes
absurd acquainted ADVENTURER Agrestis Amana Amelia Amphinomus Anticlea appear Aristotle Bagshot beauty behold believe Boileau Caliph Captain character conceal conduct consider contempt countenance death desire dignity discovered distress dreadful effect equally Eugenio Euripides Eutyches evil excellence expence expressed eyes falsehood father favour folly fortune Freeman genius gentleman gratify guilt hand happiness heard heart Homer honour hope human Iliad imagination immediately kind labour Lady Forrest less Longinus looked mankind Mantua marriage ment mind misery morning nature neral ness never Nouraddin object Odyssey opinion Osmin OVID passion perceived perhaps person pleasure poet POPE present principles produced Prosopopoeia punish Quintilian racter reason received rusal SATURDAY says scarce sensibility sentiments servant shew Sir James Socrates soon Sophocles suffered tain tears tenderness thou thought Tibullus tion tosus truth TUESDAY Ulysses vanity Ventosus vice VIRG virtue wife wish wretched writers XXIV
Pasajes populares
Página 95 - Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Página 132 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Página 91 - When he gave to the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment. When he appointed the foundations of the earth., then I was by him, as one brought up with him, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him, rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sons of men.
Página 53 - And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him for they saw that his grief was very great.
Página 130 - VITAL spark of heavenly flame! Quit, O quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, O, the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life! Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit, come away!
Página 52 - Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit? or whither shall I go then from thy presence ? If I climb up into heaven, thou art there ; if I go down to hell, thou art there also.
Página 92 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding. . ' Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest ? Or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Página 44 - Tasso, Mazzoni, and others, teaches what the laws are of a true epic poem, what of a dramatic, what of a lyric, what decorum is, which is the grand masterpiece to observe.
Página 52 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Página 55 - Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.