The Anonymous and Fugitive Essays of the Earl of Buchan: Collected from Various Periodical Works. Vol. I. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 43
Page 4
... happy hero of idleness , : of whom I rather frame to myself an idea , than ever expect to meet with . 1st . Equus amavit Jupiter . He must have a happy natural disposition , as the foundation on which so magnificent a superstructure is ...
... happy hero of idleness , : of whom I rather frame to myself an idea , than ever expect to meet with . 1st . Equus amavit Jupiter . He must have a happy natural disposition , as the foundation on which so magnificent a superstructure is ...
Page 5
... happy if his mind is gnawed by reflections on an ill spent life , or distracted with unsatisfied desires , and disorderly pas- sions . 3dly , and lastly . Dis geniti , which was an expression used by the ancients to express what we more ...
... happy if his mind is gnawed by reflections on an ill spent life , or distracted with unsatisfied desires , and disorderly pas- sions . 3dly , and lastly . Dis geniti , which was an expression used by the ancients to express what we more ...
Page 13
... happy disposi tion of the refined and glorious sons of Idle- ness , to draw pleasure , and to diffuse it all around them , from whatever offers on the gliding current of the everflowing tide of the affairs of men , I hope to recommend ...
... happy disposi tion of the refined and glorious sons of Idle- ness , to draw pleasure , and to diffuse it all around them , from whatever offers on the gliding current of the everflowing tide of the affairs of men , I hope to recommend ...
Page 21
... happy art of idleness , recommended by Albanicus ; and as the acquisition of this art to my sex , particularly in the higher and more wealthy ranks of society , is of infinitely great- er consequence than to yours , I imagine I am about ...
... happy art of idleness , recommended by Albanicus ; and as the acquisition of this art to my sex , particularly in the higher and more wealthy ranks of society , is of infinitely great- er consequence than to yours , I imagine I am about ...
Page 22
... happy by every indulgence , that all my little childish sallies might be brought forth with the brilliancy and softness of nature . By this way of training , my feelings were rendered so acute , and my heart so softened by luxury , that ...
... happy by every indulgence , that all my little childish sallies might be brought forth with the brilliancy and softness of nature . By this way of training , my feelings were rendered so acute , and my heart so softened by luxury , that ...
Common terms and phrases
admiration agreeable Alathea amusement ancient appear art of idleness Ascanius attention beauty Ben Jonson charming Cicero continued Cotton library curiosity daughter dear delightful desire Drummond Dryburgh Abbey Earl of Buchan Earl of Marr earthquake Edinburgh EDITOR Epicurus Erskine excellent Fabius Rusticus father fortune Fragments of Lord France genius gentlemen George Buchanan girls give habits happy hath Hawthornden Helvidius Priscus honour human imagination improvement infinite James Foulis king king's lady learning leisure letter look Lord Bacon manner ment mind Miss Woodfords moral Morton nations nature noble objects observed philosophical pleasing pleasure political prince principles pursuits render respect Roman Scotland Scots sentiment Sir Alexander Erskine Sir James situation society spirit Stirling taste taught thing thought tion trees Trimontium ture unto Viglius virtue Walpole women worthy young youth
Popular passages
Page 220 - To contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the busy and the gay...
Page 148 - rather a great deal men should say there " was no such man at all as Plutarch, than " that they should say there was one Plutarch, " that would eat his children as soon as they
Page 18 - There are indeed but very few who know how to be idle and innocent, or have a relish of any pleasures that are not criminal ; every diversion they take is at the expense of some one virtue or another, and their very first step out of business is into vice or folly.
Page 161 - ... certain it is that whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up, in the communicating and discoursing with another ; he tosseth his thoughts more easily ; he marshalleth them more orderly ; he seeth how they look when they are turned into words : finally, he waxeth wiser than himself; and that more by an hour's discourse than by a day's meditation.
Page 158 - I call the habit, and goodness of nature the inclination. This of all virtues and dignities of the mind is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin.
Page 157 - Let thy studies be free as thy thoughts and contemplations, but fly not only upon the wings of imagination ; join sense unto reason, and experiment unto speculation, and so give life unto embryon truths, and verities yet in their chaos. There is nothing more acceptable unto the ingenious world, than this noble eluctation of truth; wherein, against the tenacity of prejudice and prescription, this century now prevaileth.
Page 358 - Now morn, her rosy steps in th' eastern clime Advancing, sow'd the earth with orient pearl, When Adam waked, so custom'd, for his sleep Was aery light, from pure digestion bred, And temperate vapours bland, which th' only sound Of leaves and fuming rills, Aurora's fan Lightly dispersed, and the shrill matin song Of birds on every bough : so much the more His wonder was to find...
Page 199 - Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows : Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-open'd grave ; and, strange to tell ! Evanishes at crowing of the cock.
Page 103 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face ; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Page 170 - Be substantially great in thyself, and more than thou appearest unto others ; and let the world be deceived in thee, as they are in the lights of heaven.