The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, כרכים 9-10 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 76
עמוד 12
... speak but this once ; ' as if there was no difference between Abra- ham's interceding for Sodom , for which he had no warrant , as we can find , and our asking those things which we are required to pray for ; they would therefore have ...
... speak but this once ; ' as if there was no difference between Abra- ham's interceding for Sodom , for which he had no warrant , as we can find , and our asking those things which we are required to pray for ; they would therefore have ...
עמוד 57
... speak or do ; and , if the reader will give me leave to use the expres- sion , that their thoughts are always ' paradisaical . ' We are in the next place to consider the machines of the fourth book . Satan being now within pros- pect of ...
... speak or do ; and , if the reader will give me leave to use the expres- sion , that their thoughts are always ' paradisaical . ' We are in the next place to consider the machines of the fourth book . Satan being now within pros- pect of ...
עמוד 84
... speak , I'll give him time to recover himself , and ask him how he does . " 66 DEAR SIR , " I beg you to print this without delay , and by the first opportunity give us the natural causes of longing in women ; or put me out of fear that ...
... speak , I'll give him time to recover himself , and ask him how he does . " 66 DEAR SIR , " I beg you to print this without delay , and by the first opportunity give us the natural causes of longing in women ; or put me out of fear that ...
עמוד 91
... speaking of Vulcan , Homer says , that he had made twenty tripods running on golden wheels , which , upon occasion , might go of themselves to the assembly of the gods , and , when there was no more use for them , return again after the ...
... speaking of Vulcan , Homer says , that he had made twenty tripods running on golden wheels , which , upon occasion , might go of themselves to the assembly of the gods , and , when there was no more use for them , return again after the ...
עמוד 135
... speak obscurely , or reason preposterous- ly , into which absurdities , prejudice , pride , or in- terest , will sometimes throw the wisest , I count it no crime to rectify their reasonings , unless conscience must truckle to ceremony ...
... speak obscurely , or reason preposterous- ly , into which absurdities , prejudice , pride , or in- terest , will sometimes throw the wisest , I count it no crime to rectify their reasonings , unless conscience must truckle to ceremony ...
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.