The British Essayists, Volume 7Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... pieces of wit ( how remote soever they may appear at first sight from the foregoing description ) which upon examination will be found with it . to agree As true wit generally consists in this resemblance and congruity of ideas , false ...
... pieces of wit ( how remote soever they may appear at first sight from the foregoing description ) which upon examination will be found with it . to agree As true wit generally consists in this resemblance and congruity of ideas , false ...
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... piece of wit of what kind soever escape them . I look upon these writers as Goths in poetry , who like those in architecture , not being able to come up to the beautiful simplicity of the old Greeks and Romans , have endeavoured to ...
... piece of wit of what kind soever escape them . I look upon these writers as Goths in poetry , who like those in architecture , not being able to come up to the beautiful simplicity of the old Greeks and Romans , have endeavoured to ...
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... pieces of embroidery . The winds were filled with sighs and messages of distant lovers . As I was walk- ing to and fro in this enchanted wilderness , I could not forbear breaking out into soliloquies upon the several wonders which lay ...
... pieces of embroidery . The winds were filled with sighs and messages of distant lovers . As I was walk- ing to and fro in this enchanted wilderness , I could not forbear breaking out into soliloquies upon the several wonders which lay ...
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... piece is a direct knave in his designs , and a clown in his language . Bellair is his admirer and friend ; in return for which , because he is forsooth a greater wit than his said friend , he thinks it reasonable to persuade him to ...
... piece is a direct knave in his designs , and a clown in his language . Bellair is his admirer and friend ; in return for which , because he is forsooth a greater wit than his said friend , he thinks it reasonable to persuade him to ...
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... piece . But it is denied , that it is necessary to the character of a fine gentleman , that he should in that manner trample upon all order and decency . As for the character of Dorimant , it is more of a coxcomb than that of Fopling ...
... piece . But it is denied , that it is necessary to the character of a fine gentleman , that he should in that manner trample upon all order and decency . As for the character of Dorimant , it is more of a coxcomb than that of Fopling ...
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Page 193 - HAVING often received an invitation from my friend Sir Roger de Coverley to pass away a month with him in the country...
Page 195 - I have observed in several of my papers that my friend Sir Roger, amidst all his good qualities, is something of a humorist ; and that his virtues, as well as imperfections, are, as it were, tinged by a certain extravagance which makes them particularly his, and distinguishes them from those of other men. This cast of...
Page 220 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it, he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servants to them.
Page 196 - Greek at his own table ; for which reason he desired a particular friend of his at the university to find him out a clergyman rather of plain sense than much learning, of a good aspect, a clear voice, a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of back-gammon.
Page 268 - ... monstrous face, under which, notwithstanding it was made to frown and stare in a most extraordinary manner, I could still discover a distant resemblance of my old friend. Sir Roger, upon seeing me laugh, desired me to tell him truly if I thought it possible for people to know him in that disguise. I at first kept my usual silence ; but upon the knight's conjuring me to tell him whether it was not still more like himself than a Saracen, I composed my countenance in the best manner I could, and...
Page 122 - Of nuptial sanctity, and marriage rites : Grace was in all her steps, Heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
Page 196 - found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required of him, is, they tell me, a good scholar, though he does not show it. I have given him the parsonage of the parish ; and, because I know his value, have settled upon him a good annuity for life. If he outlives me, he shall find that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is.
Page 220 - ... mind what he was about, and not disturb the congregation. This John Matthews it seems is remarkable for being an idle fellow, and at that time was kicking his heels for his diversion. This authority of the knight, though exerted in that odd manner which accompanies him in all circumstances of life, has a very good effect upon the parish, who are not polite enough to see any thing ridiculous in his behaviour; besides that the general good sense and worthiness of his character make his friends...
Page 237 - So flew'd, so sanded ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.