The British Essayists: GuardianJames Ferguson J. Haddon, 1819 - English essays |
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... consider the characters of beauty which are com- monly admired in countenances , and we shall find them to be sweetness , mildness , majesty , dignity , vi- vacity , humility , tenderness , good - nature ; that is , cer- tain airs ...
... consider the characters of beauty which are com- monly admired in countenances , and we shall find them to be sweetness , mildness , majesty , dignity , vi- vacity , humility , tenderness , good - nature ; that is , cer- tain airs ...
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... consider servants to be of the same species with their mistresses ; and that go- ing to church is fit only for fools and old women . But though I do not recommend the above , or the like practices on their own account , and in so far ...
... consider servants to be of the same species with their mistresses ; and that go- ing to church is fit only for fools and old women . But though I do not recommend the above , or the like practices on their own account , and in so far ...
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... consider , that when- ever she says or does a good - humoured thing , she adds a new beauty to her countenance : that by giv- ing some attention to the affairs of her family , and now and then living regularly , and abstaining from the ...
... consider , that when- ever she says or does a good - humoured thing , she adds a new beauty to her countenance : that by giv- ing some attention to the affairs of her family , and now and then living regularly , and abstaining from the ...
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... consider , that the dish we bring to this entertainment , however pleasing to our own taste , may prove but moderately palatable to those we mean to treat with it ; and that , to every man , as well as ourselves , ( except a few very ...
... consider , that the dish we bring to this entertainment , however pleasing to our own taste , may prove but moderately palatable to those we mean to treat with it ; and that , to every man , as well as ourselves , ( except a few very ...
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... considering the poverty of my friend , and his unaffected manner of offering it , I supposed his present of little intrinsic value . Yet , looking at it , and wishing to seem as sensible of its worth as possible , This , ' said I , be a ...
... considering the poverty of my friend , and his unaffected manner of offering it , I supposed his present of little intrinsic value . Yet , looking at it , and wishing to seem as sensible of its worth as possible , This , ' said I , be a ...
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Page 122 - Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide...
Page 251 - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Page 276 - And, he gave it for his opinion, that, whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Page 123 - And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
Page 193 - And a few friends, and many books, both true, Both wise, and both delightful too ! And since love ne'er will from me flee, A mistress moderately fair, And good as...
Page 68 - O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers, whence are thy beams O sun, thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale sinks in the western wave; but thou thyself movest alone. Who can be a companion of thy course?
Page 218 - ... and when she perceived a stranger, whom the old woman now introduced to her, a blush at first, and then the gentle ceremonial of native politeness, which the affliction of the time tempered but did not extinguish, crossed it for a moment, and changed its expression.
Page 220 - ... but you are not yet re-established enough to talk much ; you must take care of your health, and neither study nor preach for some time. I have been thinking over a scheme that struck me to-day when you mentioned your intended departure. I never was in Switzerland ; I have a great mind to accompany your daughter and you into that country. I will help to take care of you by the road ; for, as I was your first physician, I hold myself responsible for your cure.
Page 221 - ... he seemed to enjoy every pleasure and amusement of ordinary life, and to be interested in the most common topics of discourse : when his knowledge or learning at any time appeared, it was delivered with the utmost plainness, and without the least shadow of dogmatism. On his part he was charmed with the society of the good clergyman and his lovely daughter. He found in them the guileless manner of the earliest times, with the culture and accomplishment of the most refined ones. Every better feeling...
Page 216 - s, the finer and more delicate sensibilities are seldom known to have place, or, if originally implanted there, are in a great measure extinguished by the exertions of intense study and profound investigation. Hence the idea of philosophy and...