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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... faults I would now point at , and the answer to it , the temper of mind in a contrary character . ' MY DEAR HARRIOT , ' IF thou art she , but oh how fallen , how changed , what an apostate ! how lost to all that is gay and agreeable ...
... faults I would now point at , and the answer to it , the temper of mind in a contrary character . ' MY DEAR HARRIOT , ' IF thou art she , but oh how fallen , how changed , what an apostate ! how lost to all that is gay and agreeable ...
Side 8
... fault than to commend , the boast will pro- bably be censured , when the great action that occa- sioned it is forgotten . Besides , this very desire of fame is looked on as a meanness and imperfection in the greatest character . A solid ...
... fault than to commend , the boast will pro- bably be censured , when the great action that occa- sioned it is forgotten . Besides , this very desire of fame is looked on as a meanness and imperfection in the greatest character . A solid ...
Side 36
... faults of the person beloved , nor after it too dim - sighted and superficial . However perfect and accomplished the person appears to you at a distance , you will find many blemishes and im- perfections in her humour , upon a more ...
... faults of the person beloved , nor after it too dim - sighted and superficial . However perfect and accomplished the person appears to you at a distance , you will find many blemishes and im- perfections in her humour , upon a more ...
Side 40
... faults and imperfections . In the mean while I should take it for a very great favour from some of my underhand de- tractors , if they would break all measures with me , so far as to give me a pretence for examining their performances ...
... faults and imperfections . In the mean while I should take it for a very great favour from some of my underhand de- tractors , if they would break all measures with me , so far as to give me a pretence for examining their performances ...
Side 42
... faults which I committed that did not ap- pear to me , even until I myself became a father . I had not until then a notion of the yearnings of heart , which a man has when he sees his child do a laudable thing , or the sudden damp which ...
... faults which I committed that did not ap- pear to me , even until I myself became a father . I had not until then a notion of the yearnings of heart , which a man has when he sees his child do a laudable thing , or the sudden damp which ...
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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.