The British Essayists: MirrorJames Ferguson J. Haddon, 1819 |
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... opinion . An ingenious author of this age * has lately de- monstrated , that it is possible to acquire a critical taste in any of the fine arts , without the smallest por- tion of natural genius ; and it must be acknowledged , that his ...
... opinion . An ingenious author of this age * has lately de- monstrated , that it is possible to acquire a critical taste in any of the fine arts , without the smallest por- tion of natural genius ; and it must be acknowledged , that his ...
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... opinion , that one of the most important lessons to be learned in life , is that of being able to trifle upon occasion . No character can pos- sibly be more contemptible than that of a talking , empty , giggling fool , who is incapable ...
... opinion , that one of the most important lessons to be learned in life , is that of being able to trifle upon occasion . No character can pos- sibly be more contemptible than that of a talking , empty , giggling fool , who is incapable ...
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... opinion , or to take He was decided measure . any too conscious of his own infirmities ; and that con- sciousness led him to think , that his failure was greater than it really was . In this situation his whole dependence was upon Emily ...
... opinion , or to take He was decided measure . any too conscious of his own infirmities ; and that con- sciousness led him to think , that his failure was greater than it really was . In this situation his whole dependence was upon Emily ...
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... opinion of my- self to take any other part than that of a hearer ; but I very soon discovered that I was the only per- son in the company who had an inclination to listen . Every one seemed impatient of his neighbour's speech , and ...
... opinion of my- self to take any other part than that of a hearer ; but I very soon discovered that I was the only per- son in the company who had an inclination to listen . Every one seemed impatient of his neighbour's speech , and ...
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... opinion , without betraying it ; or , what in effect is much the same , supposing that we have betrayed it . Whether she really perceived any alteration in my opinion of her , I cannot positively say ; but I thought her behaviour looked ...
... opinion , without betraying it ; or , what in effect is much the same , supposing that we have betrayed it . Whether she really perceived any alteration in my opinion of her , I cannot positively say ; but I thought her behaviour looked ...
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Página 180 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Página 180 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
Página 266 - And will he not come again? And will he not come again? No, no, he is dead; Go to thy death-bed, He never will come again. His beard was as white as snow All flaxen was his poll, He is gone, he is gone, And we cast away moan: God ha
Página 322 - Tears were the only answer she could give. Sir Edward's servants appeared with a carriage ready for his departure. He took from his pocket two pictures ; one he had drawn of Louisa, he fastened round his neck, and kissing it with rapture, hid it in his bosom. The other he held out in a hesitating manner.
Página 134 - And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
Página 79 - ... as a philosopher than as one who intended to be a practitioner in the art ; he was, nevertheless, preparing to take his degree, when the death of his father left him, at the age of twenty, possessed of a handsome fortune. " Antonio continued his studies for some time with his usual assiduity ; but, finding his income more than sufficient for his wants, he gave up all thoughts of engaging in practice. His house became the rendezvous of his former school-companions, many of them the sons of the...
Página 261 - Observers,' placed in a situation in which even the amiable qualities of his mind serve but to aggravate his distress, and to perplex his conduct.
Página 177 - Were I a father, I should take a particular care to preserve my children from these little horrors of imagination, which they are apt to contract when they are young, and are not able to shake off when they are in years.
Página 101 - We were, in a calm evening, diverting ourselves, on the top of a -cliff, with the prospect of the sea; and trifling away the time in such little fondnesses as are most ridiculous to people in business, and most agreeable to those in love. In the midst of these our innocent endearments, she snatched a paper of verses out of my hand, and ran away with them. I was following her; when on a sudden the ground, though at a considerable distance from the verge of the precipice, sunk under her, and threw...
Página 259 - ... criticism cannot justify, though the situation of the poet, and the time in which he wrote, may easily excuse. But we are to look for the superiority of Shakspeare in the astonishing and almost supernatural powers of his invention, his absolute command over the passions, and his wonderful knowledge of Nature. Of the structure of his stories, or the probability of his incidents, he is frequently careless ; these he took at random from the legendary tale or the extravagant romance ; but his intimate...