The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumen16 |
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... never seen her once from the time of his return to Ireland to her death . His first ecclesiastical promotion took place in 1724 , when the DUKE of GRAFTON bestowed on him the Deanery of Derry , worth 11001. per annum ; and he now ...
... never seen her once from the time of his return to Ireland to her death . His first ecclesiastical promotion took place in 1724 , when the DUKE of GRAFTON bestowed on him the Deanery of Derry , worth 11001. per annum ; and he now ...
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... never so indifferent subjects . " In a subsequent part of this letter , he gives a curious specimen of confidence and secrecy among authors and publishers . " I can't imagine whence it comes to pass that the few GUARDIANS I have written ...
... never so indifferent subjects . " In a subsequent part of this letter , he gives a curious specimen of confidence and secrecy among authors and publishers . " I can't imagine whence it comes to pass that the few GUARDIANS I have written ...
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... never taken orders , and held his fellowship by a dispensation from the Crown . His inclination appears to have been to engage in publick life , and he obtained the friend- ship and patronage of ADDISON by the poetical interest of some ...
... never taken orders , and held his fellowship by a dispensation from the Crown . His inclination appears to have been to engage in publick life , and he obtained the friend- ship and patronage of ADDISON by the poetical interest of some ...
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... never been surpassed . He seems to say no more than grief inspires , and his grief and his reflections are those of every man who has lost a friend . This edition comprises all ADDISON's works , in prose and verse , and is printed in a ...
... never been surpassed . He seems to say no more than grief inspires , and his grief and his reflections are those of every man who has lost a friend . This edition comprises all ADDISON's works , in prose and verse , and is printed in a ...
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... never enter into any alliance which should divert me from pursuing the interests of his family , of which I should hereafter understand my- self a member . Sir Ambrose told me , he should lay no injunction upon me , which should be in ...
... never enter into any alliance which should divert me from pursuing the interests of his family , of which I should hereafter understand my- self a member . Sir Ambrose told me , he should lay no injunction upon me , which should be in ...
Términos y frases comunes
ADDISON admiration agreeable Aguire ancient appear APRIL Arbor Porphyriana beauty better called character Charwell conversation Corydon countenance daughter delight discourse divisions of low dress easy eclogues endeavour epigram eyes fancy favour fortune free-thinker genius gentleman give greater GUARDIAN happy hath heart honour humour Iago imagination innocence Ironside kind labour lady Lizard laugh learning live look lord Roscommon lover madam maid mankind manner merit mind mother nature neral never night observed occasion Othello paper passions pastoral pastoral poetry person Philips pineal gland pleased pleasure poet poetry racter reader reason satisfaction Scaron sense shepherds shew Sir Harry Sir Philip Sidney song soul Sparkler speak spirit Syphax taste TATLER thee Theocritus thing thou thought tion town VIRG Virgil virtue wherein whole woman words writing young
Pasajes populares
Página 254 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided ; they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Página 254 - THE beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon : lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Página 273 - LOOK round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue. How void of reason are our hopes and fears ! What in the conduct of our life appears So well...
Página 254 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
Página 254 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Página 152 - A brave man struggling in the storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state. While Cato gives his little senate laws, What bosom beats not in his country's cause...
Página 101 - And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures?
Página 21 - ... part ought to have inspired with nobler and juster sentiments. This prostitution of praise is not only a deceit upon the gross of mankind, who take their notion of characters from the learned; but also the better sort must by this means lose some part at least of that desire of fame which is the incentive to generous actions, when they find it promiscuously bestowed on the meritorious and undeserving...
Página 217 - But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; there is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife : how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God...
Página 16 - A Discourse of Free-thinking, occasioned by the rise and growth of a Sect called Free-thinkers 2.