The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The RamblerE. Sargeant, and M. & W. Ward; and Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston., 1811 - English essays |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 27
Page 24
... scarcely be assigned why they should be hated ; and who , if their good qualities and actions some- times force a commendation , have their panegyrick always concluded with confessions of disgust ; " He is a good man , but I cannot like ...
... scarcely be assigned why they should be hated ; and who , if their good qualities and actions some- times force a commendation , have their panegyrick always concluded with confessions of disgust ; " He is a good man , but I cannot like ...
Page 32
... scarcely any individual entering the world , who , by prudent parsimony , may not reasonably promise himself a cheerful competence in the de- cline of life . The prospect of penury in age is so gloomy and terrifying , that every man who ...
... scarcely any individual entering the world , who , by prudent parsimony , may not reasonably promise himself a cheerful competence in the de- cline of life . The prospect of penury in age is so gloomy and terrifying , that every man who ...
Page 39
... scarcely been perceived by any real ef- fects beyond their own palaces . When , therefore , the desire of wealth is taking hold of the heart , let us look round and see how it operates upon those whose industry or fortune has obtained ...
... scarcely been perceived by any real ef- fects beyond their own palaces . When , therefore , the desire of wealth is taking hold of the heart , let us look round and see how it operates upon those whose industry or fortune has obtained ...
Page 52
... scarcely worthy of human converse , when I hap- pen to talk of the fortune of a bankrupt , or pro- pose the healths of the dead , when I warn them of mischiefs already incurred , or wish for mea- sures that have been lately taken . They ...
... scarcely worthy of human converse , when I hap- pen to talk of the fortune of a bankrupt , or pro- pose the healths of the dead , when I warn them of mischiefs already incurred , or wish for mea- sures that have been lately taken . They ...
Page 98
... scarcely retire without heaviness of heart , from a view of the last scenes of the tra- gedy of life , in which he finds those who in the former parts of the drama were distinguished by opposition of 98 No. 69 . RAMBLER . The Necessity ...
... scarcely retire without heaviness of heart , from a view of the last scenes of the tra- gedy of life , in which he finds those who in the former parts of the drama were distinguished by opposition of 98 No. 69 . RAMBLER . The Necessity ...
Common terms and phrases
acquaintance amusements attention babita beauty censure common considered contempt conversation critick curiosity danger delight Demochares desire dili diligence domestick DRYDEN duty endeavour envy equally eral esteem excellence expect eyes FALSEHOOD favour fear flattery folly fortune frequently friendship Gabba gaiety give gratifications happiness heart hexameter honour hope hopes and fears hour human imagination incited inclined innu inquiry invisible means justly kind knowledge labour ladies learning lence less lives look mankind ment Milton mind misery nature necessary neglect ness never numbers observed once opinion OVID pain passed passions perhaps perpetual pleased pleasure portunity praise precepts publick quired RAMBLER reason regard rest rience SALLUST SATURDAY scarcely secret machinations seldom shew sions sometimes soon sophism sound stancy suffer syllables tenderness thing thou thought thousand tion truth TUESDAY vanity verse virtue wisdom wish
Popular passages
Page 248 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Page 80 - ... us, and disease and Anxiety obstruct our way. We then look back upon our lives with horror, with sorrow, with repentance; and wish, but too often vainly wish, that we had not forsaken the ways of virtue. Happy are they, my son, who shall learn from thy example not to despair, but shall remember, that though the day is past, and their strength is wasted, there yet remains one effort to be made: that reformation is never hopeless, nor sincere endeavours ever unassisted; that the wanderer may at...
Page 239 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar: When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th...
Page 80 - Here the heart softens and vigilance subsides ; we are then willing to inquire whether another advance cannot be made, and whether we may not, at least, turn our eyes upon the gardens of pleasure. We approach them with scruple...
Page 47 - ... faithful narrative would not be useful. For not only every man has, in the mighty mass of the world, great numbers in the same condition with himself to whom his mistakes and miscarriages, escapes and expedients, would be of immediate and apparent use; but there is such an uniformity in the state of man, considered apart from adventitious and separable decorations and disguises, that there is scarce any possibility of good or ill but is common to human kind.
Page 210 - 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.
Page 224 - Shoots far into the bosom of dim Night A glimmering dawn. Here Nature first begins Her farthest verge, and Chaos to retire...
Page 47 - We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and seduced by pleasure.
Page 223 - Reserved him to more wrath; for now the thought Both of lost happiness and lasting pain Torments him; round he throws his baleful eyes, That witnessed huge affliction and dismay, Mixed with obdurate pride and steadfast hate. At once, as far as Angels...
Page 199 - But thou hast promis'd from us two a race To fill the earth, who shall with us extol Thy goodness infinite, both when we wake, And when we seek, as now, thy gift of sleep.