The British Essayists, כרך 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 16
עמוד 41
... learning , and to point out such beauties in their works as may have escaped the obser- vation of others . As the first place among our English poets is due to Milton ; and as I have drawn more quotations out of him than from any other ...
... learning , and to point out such beauties in their works as may have escaped the obser- vation of others . As the first place among our English poets is due to Milton ; and as I have drawn more quotations out of him than from any other ...
עמוד 81
... learning . This very one character of Sir Roger , as silly as it really is , has done more towards the disparagement of holy orders , and con- sequently of virtue itself , than all the wit of that author , or any other , could make up ...
... learning . This very one character of Sir Roger , as silly as it really is , has done more towards the disparagement of holy orders , and con- sequently of virtue itself , than all the wit of that author , or any other , could make up ...
עמוד 114
... learning by heart scraps of Greek , which she vents upon all occasions . She told me some days ago , that whereas I use some Latin inscriptions in my shop , she advised me with a great deal of concern to have them changed into Greek ...
... learning by heart scraps of Greek , which she vents upon all occasions . She told me some days ago , that whereas I use some Latin inscriptions in my shop , she advised me with a great deal of concern to have them changed into Greek ...
עמוד 154
... learning . The eye that cannot bear the light is not delicate , but sore . A good constitution appears in the sound- ness and vigour of the parts , not in the squeamish- ness of the stomach ; and a false delicacy is affec- tation , not ...
... learning . The eye that cannot bear the light is not delicate , but sore . A good constitution appears in the sound- ness and vigour of the parts , not in the squeamish- ness of the stomach ; and a false delicacy is affec- tation , not ...
עמוד 161
... learning and all the liberal arts will immediately lift up their heads and flourish . As a man must have no slavish fears and apprehen- sions hanging upon his mind , who will indulge the flights of fancy or speculation , and push his ...
... learning and all the liberal arts will immediately lift up their heads and flourish . As a man must have no slavish fears and apprehen- sions hanging upon his mind , who will indulge the flights of fancy or speculation , and push his ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical <span dir=ltr>Alexander Chalmers</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2016 |
The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical <span dir=ltr>Alexander Chalmers</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2016 |
The British Essayists;: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, <span dir=ltr>Alexander Chalmers</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2016 |
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
acquainted action admirer Æneas Æneid agreeable appear Aristotle beauty behaviour cerned character charms circumstances colours consider creature critics desire discourse dress DRYDEN endeavour entertainment Enville epic poem epic poetry eyes fable fame faults favour FEBRUARY 18 female fortune give greatest Greek happiness head heart holy orders Homer honour hoods hope humble servant humour Iliad infernal innocent Julius Cæsar kind lady language late letter lived look lover mankind manner marriage Milton mind misfortune Moloch nature never obliged observed occasion Ovid Pandæmonium paper Paradise Lost particular pass passion perfect person pin-money pleased pleasure poet pray present prince proper racters reader reason sentiments shew Sir Roger speak SPECTATOR spirit tell Thammuz thing thought tion told town turn VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman words young
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 238 - Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
עמוד 275 - Heaven that He ere long Intended to create, and therein plant A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the Sons of Heaven. Thither, if but to pry, shall be perhaps Our first eruption — thither, or elsewhere; For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial Spirits in bondage, nor th' Abyss Long under darkness cover.
עמוד 237 - In billows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever...
עמוד 242 - A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air...
עמוד 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!
עמוד 123 - For joy of offer'd peace : but I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
עמוד 237 - 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.
עמוד 151 - But first, whom shall we send In search of this new world ? whom shall we find Sufficient ? who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark, unbottom'd, infinite abyss, And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way...
עמוד 240 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
עמוד 238 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...