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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... mentioning even such authors as I could not name with honour . This I must confess to have been a piece of very great self - denial : for as the pub- lic relishes nothing better than the ridicule which turns upon a writer of any ...
... mentioning even such authors as I could not name with honour . This I must confess to have been a piece of very great self - denial : for as the pub- lic relishes nothing better than the ridicule which turns upon a writer of any ...
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... mentioning it . These gentlemen are honoured in all their neighbourhood , and the same effect which the court has on the manners of a kingdom , their characters have on all who live within the influence of them . " My son and I are not ...
... mentioning it . These gentlemen are honoured in all their neighbourhood , and the same effect which the court has on the manners of a kingdom , their characters have on all who live within the influence of them . " My son and I are not ...
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... mention of me in one of your papers , I believe I should not fail in my addresses . The scholars stand in rows , as they did to be sure in your time , at her pew door ; and she has all the devotion paid to her by a crowd of youths who ...
... mention of me in one of your papers , I believe I should not fail in my addresses . The scholars stand in rows , as they did to be sure in your time , at her pew door ; and she has all the devotion paid to her by a crowd of youths who ...
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... mention me more . All our hopes are placed in having these circumstances fairly repre- sented in the Spectator , which Betty says she dare not but bring up as soon as it is brought in ; and has promised when you have broke the ice to ...
... mention me more . All our hopes are placed in having these circumstances fairly repre- sented in the Spectator , which Betty says she dare not but bring up as soon as it is brought in ; and has promised when you have broke the ice to ...
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... mention the offspring of other deities , who have likewise a place in his poem , and the venerable Trojan prince , who was the father of so many kings and heroes . There is in these several cha- racters of Homer , a certain dignity as ...
... mention the offspring of other deities , who have likewise a place in his poem , and the venerable Trojan prince , who was the father of so many kings and heroes . There is in these several cha- racters of Homer , a certain dignity as ...
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Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 242 - A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night.
Página 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.
Página 179 - Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.