The British Essayists: WorldJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... thing to the view of his moral character pre- sented by the preceding narrative . If far from faultless , it certainly exhibited many ex- cellencies which enabled him to perform im- portant services to his friends and country . In his ...
... thing to the view of his moral character pre- sented by the preceding narrative . If far from faultless , it certainly exhibited many ex- cellencies which enabled him to perform im- portant services to his friends and country . In his ...
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... thing more to the advantage of this work , than that many of the essays in it were written by Mr. JENYNS . I am , sir , Your most obliged And most obedient Humble servant , ADAM FITZ - ADAM . VI . To Mr. MOORE . DEAR SIR , In THE WORLD ...
... thing more to the advantage of this work , than that many of the essays in it were written by Mr. JENYNS . I am , sir , Your most obliged And most obedient Humble servant , ADAM FITZ - ADAM . VI . To Mr. MOORE . DEAR SIR , In THE WORLD ...
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... thing upon earth to the man I hated , I would lay him under the necessity of borrowing money of a friend . You are to know , sir , that I am curate of a parish within ten miles of town , at forty pounds per an- num ; that I am five ...
... thing upon earth to the man I hated , I would lay him under the necessity of borrowing money of a friend . You are to know , sir , that I am curate of a parish within ten miles of town , at forty pounds per an- num ; that I am five ...
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... thing against your wife . I hope you are both heartily sorry that you ever saw one another's faces . Are your children boys or girls ? Girls , sir . And I suppose I am to portion them ? But I must tell you once for all , sir , that this ...
... thing against your wife . I hope you are both heartily sorry that you ever saw one another's faces . Are your children boys or girls ? Girls , sir . And I suppose I am to portion them ? But I must tell you once for all , sir , that this ...
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... thing to her thoughts , and left her with no other power than to fling herself into a chair , from which she instantly fell to the ground in a fainting fit . The whole house was alarmed upon this occasion , and every one busied in ...
... thing to her thoughts , and left her with no other power than to fling herself into a chair , from which she instantly fell to the ground in a fainting fit . The whole house was alarmed upon this occasion , and every one busied in ...
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Página 108 - Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint To sweeten liberty: Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign And unknown regions dare descry: Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy.
Página 128 - Mark, how the dread Pantheon stands, Amid the domes of modern hands : Amid the toys of idle state, How simply, how severely great ! Then turn, and, while each western clime Presents her tuneful sons to Time, So mark thou Milton's name ; And add, " Thus differs from the throng The spirit which inform'd thy awful song, Which bade thy potent voice protect thy country's fame.
Página 301 - And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Página 296 - Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and everduring dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Página 63 - I have been bullied by an usurper, I have been neglected by a court, but I will not be dictated to by a subject ; your man shan't stand. " ANNE, DORSET, PEMBRoKE,
Página 224 - True wit is nature to advantage dress'd ; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd ; Something, whose truth convinc'd at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind.
Página 315 - That if we inquire into the cause of all human corruptions, we shall find that they proceed from the impunity of crimes, and not from the moderation of punishments.
Página 337 - Because he had but one to subdue, As was a paltry narrow tub to Diogenes ; who is not said (For aught that ever I could read) To whine, put finger i' th' eye, and sob, Because h
Página 254 - ... them; and thus, often misled by sounds, and not always secured by sense, they are hurried into fatal errors, which they do not give their understandings fair play enough to prevent. In explaining words, therefore, and bringing them back to their true signification, one may sometimes happen to expose and explode those errors, which the abuse of them both occasions and protects.
Página 40 - I venture to prognosticate will not attend the erroneous calculation of the present system. The day I mean is the first of April. The oldest tradition affirms that such an infatuation attends the first day of that month, as no foresight can escape, no vigilance can defeat. Deceit is successful on that day out of the mouths of babes and sucklings. Grave citizens have been bit upon it; usurers have lent their money on bad security; experienced matrons have married very disappointing young fellows;...