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 46
... occasion , you ought to have borne with more decency , as he was your father's well - beloved servant , than to have called him country - put . In the first place , Frank , I must tell you , I will have my rent duly paid , for I will ...
... occasion , you ought to have borne with more decency , as he was your father's well - beloved servant , than to have called him country - put . In the first place , Frank , I must tell you , I will have my rent duly paid , for I will ...
Side 86
... occasion of this letter is of so great importance , and the circumstances of it such , that I know you will but think it just to insert it , in preference of all other matters that can present themselves to your consideration . I need ...
... occasion of this letter is of so great importance , and the circumstances of it such , that I know you will but think it just to insert it , in preference of all other matters that can present themselves to your consideration . I need ...
Side 93
... occasion , never were any more nicely imagined , and employed in more proper actions , than those of which I am now speaking . Another principal actor in this poem is the great enemy of mankind . The part of Ulysses in Ho- mer's Odyssey ...
... occasion , never were any more nicely imagined , and employed in more proper actions , than those of which I am now speaking . Another principal actor in this poem is the great enemy of mankind . The part of Ulysses in Ho- mer's Odyssey ...
Side 100
... very fine glasses . This gave birth to a great variety of uncommon remarks , and furnished discourse for the remaining part of the day . The different opinions which were started on this occasion presented 100 N ° 275 . SPECTATOR ..
... very fine glasses . This gave birth to a great variety of uncommon remarks , and furnished discourse for the remaining part of the day . The different opinions which were started on this occasion presented 100 N ° 275 . SPECTATOR ..
Side 101
Alexander Chalmers. The different opinions which were started on this occasion presented to my imagination so many new ideas , that by mixing with those which were already there , they employed my fancy all the last night , and composed ...
Alexander Chalmers. The different opinions which were started on this occasion presented to my imagination so many new ideas , that by mixing with those which were already there , they employed my fancy all the last night , and composed ...
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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.