The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 7 |
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... particular way of holding her head , heaving her breast , and moving with her whole body ; and all this under pain of never having an husband , if she steps , looks , or moves awry . This gives the young lady wonderful workings of ...
... particular way of holding her head , heaving her breast , and moving with her whole body ; and all this under pain of never having an husband , if she steps , looks , or moves awry . This gives the young lady wonderful workings of ...
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... particular inven- tion of our own country , and as every one is more or less a proficient in it , I would not discountenance it ; but rather suppose it may be practised inno- cently by others , as well as myself , who am often partner ...
... particular inven- tion of our own country , and as every one is more or less a proficient in it , I would not discountenance it ; but rather suppose it may be practised inno- cently by others , as well as myself , who am often partner ...
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... particular care to disseminate her blessings among the different re- gions of the world , with an eye to this mutual inter- course and traffic among mankind , that the natives of the several parts of the globe might have a kind of ...
... particular care to disseminate her blessings among the different re- gions of the world , with an eye to this mutual inter- course and traffic among mankind , that the natives of the several parts of the globe might have a kind of ...
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... particular delight in hearing the songs and fables that are come from father to son , and are most in vogue among the common people of the countries through which I passed ; for it is impossible that any thing should be universally ...
... particular delight in hearing the songs and fables that are come from father to son , and are most in vogue among the common people of the countries through which I passed ; for it is impossible that any thing should be universally ...
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... particular is a kind of counter- apotheosis , or a deification inverted . - When a man becomes familiar with his goddess , she quickly sinks into a woman . Old age is likewise a great decayer of your idol . The truth of it is , there is ...
... particular is a kind of counter- apotheosis , or a deification inverted . - When a man becomes familiar with his goddess , she quickly sinks into a woman . Old age is likewise a great decayer of your idol . The truth of it is , there is ...
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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.