Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical: Illustrative of the Rambler, Adventurer, & Idler, and of the Various Periodical Papers Which, in Imitation of the Writings of Steele and Addison, Have Been Published Between the Close of the Eighth Volume of the Spectator, and the Commencement of the Year 1809, כרך 1J. Seeley, 1809 - 499 עמודים |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 26
עמוד 2
... attempt at reforming the morals and the manners of the age . The facility , however , with which this mode of writing might be rendered a vehicle for slan- der , for rancorous politics and virulent satire , soon tempted many to deviate ...
... attempt at reforming the morals and the manners of the age . The facility , however , with which this mode of writing might be rendered a vehicle for slan- der , for rancorous politics and virulent satire , soon tempted many to deviate ...
עמוד 8
... attempt through the inter- ference of the law . * " Whereas an advertisement was yesterday delivered out by the author of the late Female Tatler , insinuating , according to his custom , that he is Isaac Bickerstaff , Esq . This is to ...
... attempt through the inter- ference of the law . * " Whereas an advertisement was yesterday delivered out by the author of the late Female Tatler , insinuating , according to his custom , that he is Isaac Bickerstaff , Esq . This is to ...
עמוד 28
... attempt to transplant the graces of the Tatler , the difficulty appeared tenfold enhanced when the Spectator became the object of rivalry ; and though its imitators have been infinitely more numerous and respectable than were those of ...
... attempt to transplant the graces of the Tatler , the difficulty appeared tenfold enhanced when the Spectator became the object of rivalry ; and though its imitators have been infinitely more numerous and respectable than were those of ...
עמוד 29
... attempt to con- tinue the Spectator , both in title and form ; it was therefore termed 1. SPECTATOR , VOLUME NINTH AND LAST . This work , which we formerly had occasion to mention and condemn , was published twice a week , commencing on ...
... attempt to con- tinue the Spectator , both in title and form ; it was therefore termed 1. SPECTATOR , VOLUME NINTH AND LAST . This work , which we formerly had occasion to mention and condemn , was published twice a week , commencing on ...
עמוד 31
... , superior to any preceding attempt of the kind , and has laid a firm foundation , by pointing out the proper path of illustration , for the valuable commentaries of Johnson and of Steevens . Theo- bald survived PERIODICAL PAPERS . 31.
... , superior to any preceding attempt of the kind , and has laid a firm foundation , by pointing out the proper path of illustration , for the valuable commentaries of Johnson and of Steevens . Theo- bald survived PERIODICAL PAPERS . 31.
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Aaron Hill Addison admirable appeared beauty biographical booksellers Boswell Boswell's catalogue Cato's Letters celebrated character Cicero collection commenced composition correct critical death defects degree diction Dictionary Dunciad edition elegant English English Language entituled essays excellence favour genius Gentleman's Magazine given honour humour Idler imagination imitation Isaac Bickerstaff Johnson Journal justly labour language Latin learning letter Lichfield likewise literary literature Lives London Lord Lord Chesterfield manner ment merit Milton mind moral nature never observes occasion occasionally octavo opinion original passage passion periodical papers perspicuous poem poetical poetry poets political Pope possess powers praise Preface printed production published racter Rambler Rasselas reader remarks Samuel Johnson satire satire of Juvenal says sentiments Shakspeare shew Sir John Hawkins soon specimens Spectator spirit Steele style taste Tatler thought tion translation volume writer written
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עמוד 331 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, " My Lord, " Your Lordship's most humble " Most obedient servant,
עמוד 134 - For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat. Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat.
עמוד 398 - Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging.
עמוד 301 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
עמוד 367 - DISORDERS of intellect,' answered Imlac, ' happen much more often than superficial observers will easily believe. Perhaps, if we speak with rigorous exactness, no human mind is in its right state. There is no man whose imagination does not sometimes predominate over his reason, who can regulate his attention wholly by his will, and whose ideas will come and go at his command.
עמוד 332 - This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords.
עמוד 301 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
עמוד 193 - Almighty GOD, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labour is ineffectual, and without whose grace all wisdom is folly : grant, I beseech Thee, that in this undertaking thy Holy Spirit may not be withheld from me, but that I may promote thy glory, and the salvation of myself and others : grant this, O Lord, for the sake of thy son, JESUS CHRIST. Amen.
עמוד 330 - I am a solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to...
עמוד 248 - I have laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations. Something, perhaps, I have added to the elegance of its construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence.