The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, כרכים 9-10 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 32
עמוד 30
... VIRG . ECL . i . 28 . Freedom , which came at length , though slow to come . DRYDEN . 66 MR . SPECTATOR , " IF you ever read a letter which is sent with the more pleasure for the reality of its complaints , this may have reason to hope ...
... VIRG . ECL . i . 28 . Freedom , which came at length , though slow to come . DRYDEN . 66 MR . SPECTATOR , " IF you ever read a letter which is sent with the more pleasure for the reality of its complaints , this may have reason to hope ...
עמוד 40
... VIRG . ECL . viii . 63 . With different talents form'd , we variously excel . " MR . SPECTATOR , " A CERTAIN vice , which you have lately attack- ed , has not yet been considered by you as grow- ing so deep in the heart of man , that ...
... VIRG . ECL . viii . 63 . With different talents form'd , we variously excel . " MR . SPECTATOR , " A CERTAIN vice , which you have lately attack- ed , has not yet been considered by you as grow- ing so deep in the heart of man , that ...
עמוד 68
... VIRG THE journal with which I presented my reader on Tuesday last has brought me in several let- ters , with accounts of many private lives cast into that form . I have the Rake's Journal , ' the Sot's * This motto , not to be found in ...
... VIRG THE journal with which I presented my reader on Tuesday last has brought me in several let- ters , with accounts of many private lives cast into that form . I have the Rake's Journal , ' the Sot's * This motto , not to be found in ...
עמוד 87
... VIRG . ÆN . vii . 43 . A larger scene of action is display'd . DRYDEN . We were told in the foregoing book , how the evil spirit practised upon Eve as she lay asleep , in order to inspire her with thoughts of vanity , pride , and ...
... VIRG . ÆN . vii . 43 . A larger scene of action is display'd . DRYDEN . We were told in the foregoing book , how the evil spirit practised upon Eve as she lay asleep , in order to inspire her with thoughts of vanity , pride , and ...
עמוד 121
... VIRG . ÆN . vi . 172 . He calls embattled deities to arms . WE are now entering upon the sixth book of Para- dise Lost , in which the poet describes the battle of angels having raised his reader's expectation , and prepared him for it ...
... VIRG . ÆN . vi . 172 . He calls embattled deities to arms . WE are now entering upon the sixth book of Para- dise Lost , in which the poet describes the battle of angels having raised his reader's expectation , and prepared him for it ...
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
acquaintance Æneas Æneid affected agreeable angels Ann Boleyn appear beautiful behaviour behold called Callisthenes character cheerfulness colours consider creature Cynthio dauphin of France death delight desire discourse endeavour entertainment eyes fancy father Fidelio gentleman give grace Gratian hand happy hear heart heaven Homer honour humble servant humour ideas Iliad imagination innocence Jupiter kind lady letter live look MADAM mankind manner Margaret Clark matter Menippus mind Mohocks nature neral never night observed occasion OVID paper Paradise Lost particular passed passion Paul Lorrain person pleased pleasure Plutarch poem poet present racter reader reason received reflections secret sight Sir Roger soul speak SPECTATOR spirit take notice tell thee thing thou thought tion told town tural ture VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman words writ writing yard land young
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 231 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread ; My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord, art with me still ; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious lonely wilds I stray.
עמוד 177 - O'er other creatures : yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems, And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best...
עמוד 338 - The swain in barren deserts with surprise Sees lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise ; And starts, amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murmuring in his ear.
עמוד 339 - See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day.
עמוד 175 - Man-like, but different sex ; so lovely fair, That what seem'd fair in all the world, seem'd now Mean, or in her summ'd up...
עמוד 265 - So many grateful altars I would rear Of grassy turf, and pile up every stone Of lustre from the brook, in memory, Or monument to ages ; and thereon Offer sweet-smelling gums, and fruits, and flowers. In yonder nether world where shall I seek His bright appearances, or footstep trace?
עמוד 160 - And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless way ; And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
עמוד 247 - And strait conjunction with this sex: for either He never shall find out fit mate, but such As some misfortune brings him, or mistake; Or whom he wishes most shall seldom gain Through her perverseness, but shall see her...
עמוד 337 - And bid new music charm th' unfolding ear: The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding roe. No sigh, no murmur, the wide world shall hear. From every face he wipes off every tear. In adamantine chains shall Death be bound. And Hell's grim tyrant feel th
עמוד 334 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.