The British Essayists;: TatlerJ. 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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... taken of what impor- tance he is , and how inconsiderable you are ; for your pretender to business is never in secret , but in public . 6 There is my dear lord No - where , of all men the most gracious and most obliging , the terror of ...
... taken of what impor- tance he is , and how inconsiderable you are ; for your pretender to business is never in secret , but in public . 6 There is my dear lord No - where , of all men the most gracious and most obliging , the terror of ...
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... taken in point of time ; for knowing I was to come to town in term . I examined the passing moments very narrowly , and called an eminent astronomer to my assistance . Upon very strict ob- servation we found , that the cold has been so ...
... taken in point of time ; for knowing I was to come to town in term . I examined the passing moments very narrowly , and called an eminent astronomer to my assistance . Upon very strict ob- servation we found , that the cold has been so ...
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... taken in execution by a set of ignorant bailiffs . He should , it seems , have pleaded in the first week of term ; but being a master of arts of Oxford , he would not recede from the Oxonian computation . He shewed Mr. Broad the ...
... taken in execution by a set of ignorant bailiffs . He should , it seems , have pleaded in the first week of term ; but being a master of arts of Oxford , he would not recede from the Oxonian computation . He shewed Mr. Broad the ...
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... taken in a rencounter ; therefore they used seconds , who were to see that all was upon the square , and make a faithful report of the whole combat ; but in a little time it became a fashion for the seconds to fight , and I will tell ...
... taken in a rencounter ; therefore they used seconds , who were to see that all was upon the square , and make a faithful report of the whole combat ; but in a little time it became a fashion for the seconds to fight , and I will tell ...
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... taken into custody : but what must be done to half this good company , who every hour of their life are knowingly and wittingly both fools and madmen , and yet have capacities both of forming principles , and drawing conclusions , with ...
... taken into custody : but what must be done to half this good company , who every hour of their life are knowingly and wittingly both fools and madmen , and yet have capacities both of forming principles , and drawing conclusions , with ...
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Seite 74 - Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night...
Seite 116 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear ; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come, when it will come.
Seite 44 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
Seite 201 - His person, it is to be confessed, is no small recommendation ; but he is to be highly commended for not losing that advantage, and adding to the propriety of speech, which might pass the criticism of Longinus, an action which would have been approved by Demosthenes.
Seite 301 - ... turns and windings ; and though they were as active as any in their motions, they made but little progress in the ascent. These as my guide informed me, were men of subtle tempers, and puzzled politics, who would supply the place of real wisdom with cunning and artifice.
Seite 304 - Alexander, who was very well acquainted with Homer, stood up at his entrance and placed him on his right hand. The virgin, who it seems was one of the nine sisters that attended on the goddess of Fame, smiled with an ineffable grace at their meeting, and retired. Julius Caesar was now coming forward ; and though most of the historians offered their service to introduce him, he left them at the door, and would have no conductor but himself.
Seite 307 - I desired my guide, for variety, to lead me to the fabulous apartment, the roof of which was painted with gorgons, chimeras, and centaurs, with many other emblematical figures, which I wanted both time and skill to unriddle. The first table was almost full: at the upper end sat Hercules, leaning an arm upon his club...
Seite 200 - Thus, as a certain insensibility in the countenance recommends a sentence of humour and jest, so it must be a very lively consciousness that gives grace to great sentiments. The jest is to be a thing unexpected ; therefore your...
Seite 299 - ... reputation. The best and greatest actions have proceeded from the prospect of the one or the other of these ; but my design is to treat only of those who have chiefly proposed to themselves the latter, as the principal reward of their labours.
Seite 300 - ... sweet and harmonious, that it filled the hearts of those who heard it with raptures, and gave such high and delightful sensations, as seemed to animate and raise human nature above itself.