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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... Letters from a Shopkeeper on his Wife's Greek - Private Marriage -Musical Plan STEELE ADDISON STEELE BUDGELL ... STEELE 279. Criticism on Paradise Lost ********* ADDISON No. 280. On the Desire of pleasing - Cha- racter vi CONTENTS .
... Letters from a Shopkeeper on his Wife's Greek - Private Marriage -Musical Plan STEELE ADDISON STEELE BUDGELL ... STEELE 279. Criticism on Paradise Lost ********* ADDISON No. 280. On the Desire of pleasing - Cha- racter vi CONTENTS .
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Alexander Chalmers. No. 280. On the Desire of pleasing - Cha- racter of Polycarpus STEELE 281. Dissection of a Coquette's Heart ... ADDISON 282. False - hopes - decorating Churches . with Evergreens ..... ........ 283. On the Art of ...
Alexander Chalmers. No. 280. On the Desire of pleasing - Cha- racter of Polycarpus STEELE 281. Dissection of a Coquette's Heart ... ADDISON 282. False - hopes - decorating Churches . with Evergreens ..... ........ 283. On the Art of ...
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... desire of fame , by which great endowments are not suffered to lie idle and use- less to the public , and many vicious men are over- reached as it were , and engaged contrary to their natural inclinations , in a glorious and laudable ...
... desire of fame , by which great endowments are not suffered to lie idle and use- less to the public , and many vicious men are over- reached as it were , and engaged contrary to their natural inclinations , in a glorious and laudable ...
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... desire of fame in the ambi- tious man , ( as no temper of mind is more apt to shew itself ) they become sparing and reserved in their commendations , they envy him the satisfaction of an applause , and look on their praises rather as a ...
... desire of fame in the ambi- tious man , ( as no temper of mind is more apt to shew itself ) they become sparing and reserved in their commendations , they envy him the satisfaction of an applause , and look on their praises rather as a ...
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... desire of fame naturally betrays the ambitious man into such indecencies as are a les- sening to his reputation . He is still afraid lest any of his actions should be thrown away in private , lest his deserts should be concealed from ...
... desire of fame naturally betrays the ambitious man into such indecencies as are a les- sening to his reputation . He is still afraid lest any of his actions should be thrown away in private , lest his deserts should be concealed from ...
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acquainted action admirer Æneid agreeable appear Aristotle beauty Beelzebub behaviour character circumstances consider creature critics desire discourse dress endeavoured entertainment Enville epic poem eyes fable fame fault favour FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 18 fortune give greatest happy head heart heaven Homer honour hope humble servant humour Iliad infernal innocent JANUARY 28 Julius Cæsar kind lady language late lative learning letter lived look lover mankind manner marriage Milton mind misfortune Moloch nature never obliged observed occasion opinion OVID Pandæmonium paper Paradise Lost particular pass passage passion perfect person PETER MOTTEUX pin-money pleased pleasure poem poet pray present prince proper racters reader reason ROSCOMMON sentiments shew speak SPECTATOR spirit tell Thammuz thing thought tion told town verse VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman words young
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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 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 238 - Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new possessor; one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time.
Side 242 - A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night.
Side 276 - Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death, which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good, Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned, or fear conceived, Gorgons and hydras, and chimeras dire.
Side 179 - Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
Side 184 - So spake the cherub; and his grave rebuke, Severe in youthful beauty, added grace Invincible: abash'd the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is, and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely; saw, and pined His loss: but chiefly to find here observed His lustre visibly impair'd; yet seem'd Undaunted. If I must contend...
Side 242 - 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...
Side 240 - ... rises. Something like this we saw actually come to pass; for the water was stained to a surprising redness; and as we observed in travelling, had discoloured the sea a great way into a reddish hue; occasioned doubtless by a sort of minium, or red earth, washed into the river by the violence of the rain, and not by any stain from Adonis's blood.
Side 238 - Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood Under amazement of their hideous change. He call'd so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded.