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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Side 8
... discourse generally leans one way , and whatever is the subject of it , tends obliquely either to the detracting from others , or to the extol- ling of himself . Vanity is the natural weakness of an ambitious man , which exposes him to ...
... discourse generally leans one way , and whatever is the subject of it , tends obliquely either to the detracting from others , or to the extol- ling of himself . Vanity is the natural weakness of an ambitious man , which exposes him to ...
Side 38
... discourses of virtue and morality than ever I expected , or indeed could hope . When I broke loose from that great body of writ- ers who have employed their wit and parts in pro- pagating vice and irreligion , I did not question but I ...
... discourses of virtue and morality than ever I expected , or indeed could hope . When I broke loose from that great body of writ- ers who have employed their wit and parts in pro- pagating vice and irreligion , I did not question but I ...
Side 40
... discourse that may be treated without warmth or passion . This is said to have been the first design of those gentlemen who set on foot the Royal Society ; and had then a very good effect , as it turned many of the greatest geniuses of ...
... discourse that may be treated without warmth or passion . This is said to have been the first design of those gentlemen who set on foot the Royal Society ; and had then a very good effect , as it turned many of the greatest geniuses of ...
Side 51
... discourses of money , but shrugs his shoulders when you talk of securities ; he denies his being rich with the air which all do who are vain of being so . He is the oracle of a neighbouring justice of the peace , who meets him at the ...
... discourses of money , but shrugs his shoulders when you talk of securities ; he denies his being rich with the air which all do who are vain of being so . He is the oracle of a neighbouring justice of the peace , who meets him at the ...
Side 54
... to adorn that part of the head which we generally call the outside . This observation is so very notorious , that when in ordinary discourse we say a man has a fine head , a long head , or a good head , we 54 vo 965 . SPECTATOR .
... to adorn that part of the head which we generally call the outside . This observation is so very notorious , that when in ordinary discourse we say a man has a fine head , a long head , or a good head , we 54 vo 965 . SPECTATOR .
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Side 236 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Side 238 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Side 238 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Side 242 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple...
Side 275 - Heaven that He ere long Intended to create, and therein plant A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the Sons of Heaven. Thither, if but to pry, shall be perhaps Our first eruption — thither, or elsewhere; For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial Spirits in bondage, nor th' Abyss Long under darkness cover.
Side 242 - A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air...
Side 237 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Side 239 - To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth : at last Words interwove with sighs found out their way.
Side 237 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Side 242 - Awaiting what command their mighty chief Had to impose : he through the armed files Darts his experienced eye, and soon traverse The whole battalion views, their order due, * Their visages and stature as of gods ; Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and hardening in his strength Glories...