The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and CriticalJ. Haddon, 1819 - English essays |
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... shew your- selves to no other purpose , than to gain a conquest over some man of worth , in order to bestow your charms and fortune on him . There is no indecency in the confession ; the design is modest and honour- able , and all your ...
... shew your- selves to no other purpose , than to gain a conquest over some man of worth , in order to bestow your charms and fortune on him . There is no indecency in the confession ; the design is modest and honour- able , and all your ...
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... shew itself ) they become sparing and reserved in their commendations , they envy him the satisfaction of an applause , and look on their praises rather as a kindness done to his person , than as a tribute paid to his merit . Others who ...
... shew itself ) they become sparing and reserved in their commendations , they envy him the satisfaction of an applause , and look on their praises rather as a kindness done to his person , than as a tribute paid to his merit . Others who ...
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... shews greater art and turn to ridicule a man whose charac- ter seems so improper a subject for it , or that we are pleased , by some implicit kind of revenge , to see him taken down and humbled in his reputation , and in some measure ...
... shews greater art and turn to ridicule a man whose charac- ter seems so improper a subject for it , or that we are pleased , by some implicit kind of revenge , to see him taken down and humbled in his reputation , and in some measure ...
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... shew , that it hinders us from obtaining an end which we have abilities to acquire , and which is accompanied with fulness of satisfaction . I need not tell my reader , that I mean by this end , that hap- piness which is reserved for us ...
... shew , that it hinders us from obtaining an end which we have abilities to acquire , and which is accompanied with fulness of satisfaction . I need not tell my reader , that I mean by this end , that hap- piness which is reserved for us ...
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... shew the strength of those principles from whence they proceed . They are not adequate ex- pressions of our virtues , and can only shew us what habits are in the soul , without discovering the degree and perfection of such habits . They ...
... shew the strength of those principles from whence they proceed . They are not adequate ex- pressions of our virtues , and can only shew us what habits are in the soul , without discovering the degree and perfection of such habits . They ...
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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.