The British Essayists;: SpectatorJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 |
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... nature of things ; for where the likeness is obvious , it gives no surprise . To compare one man's singing to that of another , or to represent the whiteness of any object by that of milk and snow , or the variety of its colours by ...
... nature of things ; for where the likeness is obvious , it gives no surprise . To compare one man's singing to that of another , or to represent the whiteness of any object by that of milk and snow , or the variety of its colours by ...
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... nature has been thought to resemble fire ; for which reason the words fire and flame are made use of to signify love . The witty poets therefore have taken an advantage from the double meaning of the word fire , to make an infinite ...
... nature has been thought to resemble fire ; for which reason the words fire and flame are made use of to signify love . The witty poets therefore have taken an advantage from the double meaning of the word fire , to make an infinite ...
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... nature are nothing else but a tissue of epigrams . I cannot conclude this head of mixt wit , without owning that the ad- mirable poet , out of whom I have taken the examples of it , had as much true wit as any author that ever writ ...
... nature are nothing else but a tissue of epigrams . I cannot conclude this head of mixt wit , without owning that the ad- mirable poet , out of whom I have taken the examples of it , had as much true wit as any author that ever writ ...
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... natural beauties . Poets who want this strength of genius to give that majestic simplicity to nature , which we so much admire in the works of the ancients , are forced to hunt after foreign ornaments , and not to let any piece of wit ...
... natural beauties . Poets who want this strength of genius to give that majestic simplicity to nature , which we so much admire in the works of the ancients , are forced to hunt after foreign ornaments , and not to let any piece of wit ...
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... Nature fails him , and being forced to his old shift , he has recourse to witticism . This passes indeed with his soft admirers , and gives him the preference to Virgil in their esteem . ' ' Were not I supported by so great an authority ...
... Nature fails him , and being forced to his old shift , he has recourse to witticism . This passes indeed with his soft admirers , and gives him the preference to Virgil in their esteem . ' ' Were not I supported by so great an authority ...
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Page 235 - ... subjects, hear their duties explained to them, and join together in adoration of the Supreme Being. Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week, not only as it refreshes in their minds the notions of religion, but as it puts both the sexes upon appearing in their most agreeable forms, and exerting all such qualities as are apt to give them a figure in the eye of the village.
Page 282 - A MAN'S first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart ; his next, to escape the censures of the world : if the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected ; but otherwise there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind, than to see those approbations which it gives itself seconded by the applauses of the public...
Page 233 - But a man can never have taken in his full measure of knowledge, has not time to subdue his passions, establish his soul in virtue, and come up to the perfection of his nature, before he is hurried off the stage. Would an infinitely wise Being make such glorious creatures for so mean...
Page 236 - I was yesterday very much surprised to hear my old friend, in the midst of the service, calling out to one John Matthews to 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.
Page 237 - ... reprimand to the person that is absent. The chaplain has often told me, that upon a catechising day, when sir Roger has been pleased with a boy that answers well, he has ordered a bible to be given him next day for his encouragement; and sometimes accompanies it with a flitch of bacon to his mother.
Page 43 - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet...
Page 138 - Yet innocence and virgin modesty, Her virtue, and the conscience of her worth, That would be woo'd, and not unsought be won, Not obvious, not obtrusive, but...
Page 213 - Calamy, with several living authors who have published discourses of practical divinity. I no sooner saw this venerable man in the pulpit, but I very much approved of my friend's insisting upon the qualifications of a good aspect and a clear voice ; for I was so charmed with the gracefulness of his figure and delivery, as well as the discourses he pronounced, that I think I never passed any time more to my satisfaction.
Page 212 - Roger, 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 212 - 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.