The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 7 |
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... figures of eggs , axes , or altars : nay , some carry the notion of wit so far , as to ascribe it even to external mimicry ; and to look uporf a man as an ingenious person , that can resemble the tone , posture , or face of another . As ...
... figures of eggs , axes , or altars : nay , some carry the notion of wit so far , as to ascribe it even to external mimicry ; and to look uporf a man as an ingenious person , that can resemble the tone , posture , or face of another . As ...
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... figures and counter - marches of the most changeable and perplexed exercise . Not far from these was the body of ... figure of Time ) with an hour - glass in one hand , and a scythe in the other , and took their posts promiscuously ...
... figures and counter - marches of the most changeable and perplexed exercise . Not far from these was the body of ... figure of Time ) with an hour - glass in one hand , and a scythe in the other , and took their posts promiscuously ...
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... amidst the brightness of her presence ; so that there did not remain the least trace or impression of her figure in the place where she had been seen . VOL . VII . C As at the rising of the sun the constellations grow No 63 . 13 SPECTATOR .
... amidst the brightness of her presence ; so that there did not remain the least trace or impression of her figure in the place where she had been seen . VOL . VII . C As at the rising of the sun the constellations grow No 63 . 13 SPECTATOR .
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... figures . The genius of Heroic Poetry appeared with a sword in her hand , and a laurel on her head . Tragedy was crowned with cypress , and covered with robes dipped in blood . Satire had smiles in her look , and a dagger under her ...
... figures . The genius of Heroic Poetry appeared with a sword in her hand , and a laurel on her head . Tragedy was crowned with cypress , and covered with robes dipped in blood . Satire had smiles in her look , and a dagger under her ...
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... figure they at present bear in the imaginations of men , or not . In reflecting upon these works , I shall chiefly dwell upon that for which each respective play is most ce- lebrated . The present paper shall be employed upon Sir ...
... figure they at present bear in the imaginations of men , or not . In reflecting upon these works , I shall chiefly dwell upon that for which each respective play is most ce- lebrated . The present paper shall be employed upon Sir ...
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Page 136 - Manlike, but different sex, so lovely fair, That what seem'd fair in all the World, seem'd now Mean, or in her summ'd up...
Page 235 - ... than blemish his good qualities. As soon as the sermon is finished, nobody presumes to stir till Sir Roger is gone out of the church. The knight walks down from his seat in the chancel between a double row of his tenants, that stand bowing to him on each side, and every- now and then...
Page 225 - The ideas of goblins and sprights have really no more to do with darkness than light : yet let but a foolish maid inculcate these often on the mind of a child, and raise them there together, possibly , he shall never be able to separate them again so long as he lives ; but darkness shall ever afterwards bring with it those frightful ideas, and they shall be so joined, that he can no more bear the one than the other...
Page 232 - That cherubim, which now appears as a god to a human soul, knows very well that the period will come about in eternity, when the human soul shall be as perfect as he himself now is; nay, when she shall look down upon that degree of perfection as much as she now falls short of it.
Page 216 - ... of his game. He hunts a pack of dogs better than any man in the country, and is very famous for finding out a hare. He is extremely well versed in all the little handicrafts of an idle man : he makes a May-fly to a miracle ; and furnishes the whole country with angle-rods.
Page 280 - 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 232 - ... as much as she now falls short of it. It is true, the higher nature still advances, and by that means preserves his distance...
Page 211 - ... 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 with the discourses he pronounced, that I think I never passed any time more to my satisfaction. A sermon repeated after this manner, is like the composition of a poet in the mouth of a graceful actor.
Page 210 - 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. He has now been with me thirty years; and, though he does...
Page 218 - Will Wimble's is the case of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rather see their children starve like gentlemen than thrive in a trade or profession that is beneath their quality.