The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and CriticalJ. Haddon, 1819 - English essays |
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... nature , slow in its re- solves , and languishing in its executions . The use therefore of the passions is to stir it up , and to put it upon action , to awaken the understanding , to en- force the will , and to make the whole man more ...
... nature , slow in its re- solves , and languishing in its executions . The use therefore of the passions is to stir it up , and to put it upon action , to awaken the understanding , to en- force the will , and to make the whole man more ...
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... natural inclinations , in a glorious and lauda- ble course of action . For we may farther observe , that men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition ; and that , on the contrary , mean and narrow minds are the least ...
... natural inclinations , in a glorious and lauda- ble course of action . For we may farther observe , that men of the greatest abilities are most fired with ambition ; and that , on the contrary , mean and narrow minds are the least ...
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... nature , or of wariness , as not to gratify or soothe the vanity of the ambitious man ; and since this yery thirst after fame naturally betrays him into such indecencies as are a lessening to his reputation , and is itself looked upon ...
... nature , or of wariness , as not to gratify or soothe the vanity of the ambitious man ; and since this yery thirst after fame naturally betrays him into such indecencies as are a lessening to his reputation , and is itself looked upon ...
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... nature casts a shade on all the other beauties , and darkens the whole character . How difficult therefore is it to preserve a great name , when he that has acquired it is so obnoxious to such little weaknesses and infirmities as are no ...
... nature casts a shade on all the other beauties , and darkens the whole character . How difficult therefore is it to preserve a great name , when he that has acquired it is so obnoxious to such little weaknesses and infirmities as are no ...
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... the appetite at rest : but fame is a good so wholly foreign to our natures , that we have no faculty in the soul adapted to it , nor any organ in the body to VOL . X. C relish it : an object of desire , placed out No 256 . 13 SPECTATOR .
... the appetite at rest : but fame is a good so wholly foreign to our natures , that we have no faculty in the soul adapted to it , nor any organ in the body to VOL . X. C relish it : an object of desire , placed out No 256 . 13 SPECTATOR .
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Page 238 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Page 242 - Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and hardening in his strength Glories...
Page 241 - 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.
Page 148 - Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Page 276 - Typhoean rage more fell Rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the air In whirlwind; hell scarce holds the wild uproar.
Page 236 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Page 279 - With horse and chariots rank'd in loose array; So wide they stood, and like a furnace mouth Cast forth redounding smoke and ruddy flame.
Page 169 - Seth: 4 and the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: 5 and all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Page 240 - Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded; the love-tale Infected Sion's daughters with like heat; Whose wanton passions in the sacred porch Ezekiel saw, when, by the vision led, His eye surveyed the dark idolatries Of alienated Judah.
Page 35 - True love has ten thousand griefs, impatiences, and resentments, that render a man unamiable in the eyes of the person whose affection he solicits ; besides that it sinks his figure, gives him fears, apprehensions, and poorness of spirit, and often makes him appear ridiculous where he has a mind to recommend himself. Those marriages generally abound most with love and constancy, that are preceded by a long courtship.