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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... sense of his own incapacities makes him despair of coming at fame , or that he has not enough range of thought to look out for any good which does not more immediately relate to his interest or convenience ; or that Providence , in the ...
... sense of his own incapacities makes him despair of coming at fame , or that he has not enough range of thought to look out for any good which does not more immediately relate to his interest or convenience ; or that Providence , in the ...
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... sense , and for a while set the appetite at rest : but fame is a good so wholly foreign to our natures , that we have no faculty in the soul adapted to it , nor any organ in the body to VOL . X. C pos- relish it : an object of desire ...
... sense , and for a while set the appetite at rest : but fame is a good so wholly foreign to our natures , that we have no faculty in the soul adapted to it , nor any organ in the body to VOL . X. C pos- relish it : an object of desire ...
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... sense or meaning ; to say it shorter , mere musical sounds in our art are no other than nonsense verses are in poetry . Music there- fore is to aggravate what is intended by poetry ; it must always have some passion or sentiment to ex ...
... sense or meaning ; to say it shorter , mere musical sounds in our art are no other than nonsense verses are in poetry . Music there- fore is to aggravate what is intended by poetry ; it must always have some passion or sentiment to ex ...
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... sense , without the help of an instructor : but that which we call com- mon sense suffers under that word ; for it sometimes implies no more than that faculty which is common to all men , but sometimes signifies right reason , and what ...
... sense , without the help of an instructor : but that which we call com- mon sense suffers under that word ; for it sometimes implies no more than that faculty which is common to all men , but sometimes signifies right reason , and what ...
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... sense should suggest , that all regards at that time should be en- gaged , and cannot be diverted to any other object , without disrespect to the sovereign . But as to the complaint of my correspondents , it is not to be ima- gined what ...
... sense should suggest , that all regards at that time should be en- gaged , and cannot be diverted to any other object , without disrespect to the sovereign . But as to the complaint of my correspondents , it is not to be ima- gined what ...
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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.