The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The SpectatorE. Sargeant, and M. & W. Ward; and Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston., 1810 |
מתוך הספר
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עמוד 9
... received by the generality of the world , I am troubled at none more than at a certain levity of thought , which many young women of quality have entertained , to the hazard of their charac- ters , and certain misfortune of their lives ...
... received by the generality of the world , I am troubled at none more than at a certain levity of thought , which many young women of quality have entertained , to the hazard of their charac- ters , and certain misfortune of their lives ...
עמוד 28
... received every grace it is capable of , and appears in its full beauty and per- fection . Thus we see , that none but the Supreme Being can esteem us according to our proper merits , since all others must judge of us from 28 No.257 ...
... received every grace it is capable of , and appears in its full beauty and per- fection . Thus we see , that none but the Supreme Being can esteem us according to our proper merits , since all others must judge of us from 28 No.257 ...
עמוד 32
... one of your this week's papers , and desire when my house opens you will accept the liberty of it for the trouble you have received from , SIR , Your humble servant , RALPH CROTCHET . ' P. S. I have assurances that the trunk -
... one of your this week's papers , and desire when my house opens you will accept the liberty of it for the trouble you have received from , SIR , Your humble servant , RALPH CROTCHET . ' P. S. I have assurances that the trunk -
עמוד 33
... received among the nobility and gentry , were zealously inclined to assist by their solicitations , in introducing so elegant an entertainment as the Italian music grafted upon English poetry . For this end Mr. Dieupart and Mr. Haym ...
... received among the nobility and gentry , were zealously inclined to assist by their solicitations , in introducing so elegant an entertainment as the Italian music grafted upon English poetry . For this end Mr. Dieupart and Mr. Haym ...
עמוד 43
... received at that time from the good old man abovemention- ed , have produced the following essay upon love and marriage . The pleasantest part of a man's life is gene- rally that which passes in courtship , provided his passion be ...
... received at that time from the good old man abovemention- ed , have produced the following essay upon love and marriage . The pleasantest part of a man's life is gene- rally that which passes in courtship , provided his passion be ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
above-mentioned acquainted action Adam and Eve admirer Æneid agreeable appear Aristotle beauty behaviour character CHARLES DIEUPART circumstances consider consul represented Cottius critics desire discourse dress endeavour entertainment Enville epic poem fable fame father faults favour fortune give greatest happy head heart Homer honour hope humble servant humour husband Iliad innocent Julius Cæsar kind lady language late learning letter lived look lover mankind manner marriage ment Milton mind mistress nature never obliged observed occasion Ovid paper Paradise Lost particular pass passage passion person PETER MOTTEUX pin-money pleased pleasure poet pray present prince proper racters reader reason sentiments shew speak SPECTATOR spirit sublime Suetonius tell Thammuz thing thou thoughts tion told town ture turn utmost VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman words young
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 246 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine, Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
עמוד 246 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
עמוד 248 - Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth: at last Words, interwove with sighs, found out their way.
עמוד 251 - 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...
עמוד 133 - 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 250 - Though without number still, amidst the hall Of that infernal court. But far within, And in their own dimensions like themselves, The great seraphic lords and cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat, A thousand demigods on golden seats, Frequent and full.
עמוד 218 - Milton's sentiments and ideas were so wonderfully sublime, that it would have been impossible for him to have represented them in their full strength and beauty, without having recourse to these foreign assistances. Our language sunk under him, and was unequal to that greatness of soul which furnished him with such glorious conceptions.
עמוד 284 - Man, about this time To be created like to us, though less In power and excellence, but favour'd more Of him who rules above ; so was his will Pronounced among the gods, and by an oath, That shook Heaven's whole circumference, confirm'd.
עמוד 247 - His sentiments are every way answerable to his character, and suitable to a created being of the most exalted and most depraved nature. Such is that in which he takes possession of his place of torments : -Hail horrors ! hail Infernal world ! and thou profoundest hell Receive thy new possessor, one who brings A mind not to be chang"d by place or time. And afterwards : , Here at least We shall be free ! th...
עמוד 247 - What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? here at least We shall be free ; th...