The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and Son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and Son, W. J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, J. Sewell, R. Faulder, G. and W. Nicol, T. Payne, G. and J. Robinson, W. Lowndes, G. Wilkie, J. Mathews, P. McQueen, Ogilvy and Son, J. Scatcherd, J. Walker, Vernor and Hood, R. Lea, Darton and Harvey, J. Nunn, Lackington and Company, D. Walker, Clarke and Son, G. Kearsley, C. Law, J. White, Longman and Rees, Cadell, Jun. and Davies, J. Barker, T. Kay, Wynne and Company, Pote and Company, Carpenter and Company, W. Miller, Murray and Highley, S. Bagster, T. Hurst, T. Boosey, R. Pheney, W. Baynes, J. Harding, R. H. Evans, J. Mawman; and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1802 |
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... submitting our own taste , inclination , and opini- ons , to the taste , inclination , and opinions of those persons . I apprehend , Sir , you might have carried your idea a good deal farther , and have 8 N ° 39 . THE MIRROR .
... submitting our own taste , inclination , and opini- ons , to the taste , inclination , and opinions of those persons . I apprehend , Sir , you might have carried your idea a good deal farther , and have 8 N ° 39 . THE MIRROR .
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Alexander Chalmers. carried your idea a good deal farther , and have pre- scribed to us the same receipt for ... ideas to make the dis- tinction , and would humbly recommend to every person who wishes to be thoroughly well - bred , N ° 38 ...
Alexander Chalmers. carried your idea a good deal farther , and have pre- scribed to us the same receipt for ... ideas to make the dis- tinction , and would humbly recommend to every person who wishes to be thoroughly well - bred , N ° 38 ...
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... idea of future retribution , were we ⚫ ever to admit of it , is rather against us . ' Such , Mr. Mirror , is the substance of one of my lectures , which , I think , promise so much edifica- cation to our country ( yet only in an ...
... idea of future retribution , were we ⚫ ever to admit of it , is rather against us . ' Such , Mr. Mirror , is the substance of one of my lectures , which , I think , promise so much edifica- cation to our country ( yet only in an ...
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... idea of philosophy and unfeel- ingness being united , has become proverbial , and in common language , the former ... ideas it had inspired . His night gown was exchanged for a coat , and he followed his gouvernante to the sick man's ...
... idea of philosophy and unfeel- ingness being united , has become proverbial , and in common language , the former ... ideas it had inspired . His night gown was exchanged for a coat , and he followed his gouvernante to the sick man's ...
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... idea of her being another's for ever , that struck him , he knew not why , like a dis- appointment . After some little speculation on the matter , however , he could look on it as a thing fitting , if not quite agreeable , and ...
... idea of her being another's for ever , that struck him , he knew not why , like a dis- appointment . After some little speculation on the matter , however , he could look on it as a thing fitting , if not quite agreeable , and ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acquainted acquired admiration agreeable amusements Antonio attention Baucis and Philemon beauty better Blubber brother Caieta character conduct conversation daugh daughter death Dick Hazard dinner discourse dreams effect elegant Emilia endeavour engaged entertainment Eubulus fashion father favour feelings felt former fortune friendship gentle gentleman give happy heard heart Helvetius honour Horatio idea imitation indulge ipecacuanha JULY 20 Lady Anne Laurentum Leonora Licinius lived look lounger manner ment merit mind Minthe MIRROR nature never object observed opinion Othello passions perhaps person philosopher pleased pleasure poet polite possessed Quinquina racter received remarks render Robert Morley Roche SATURDAY scene Scotland seemed sensibility sentiments shew siege of Limerick sister situation society soon specta talk taste thing thought tion took town TUESDAY Umphraville virtue Voltaire wished XXXVI young lady Zara Zayre
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Seite 73 - And, he gave it for his opinion, that, whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Seite 19 - Her father took her hand, kissed it twice, pressed it to his bosom, threw up his eyes to Heaven ; and having wiped off a tear that was just about to drop from each, began to point out to his guest some of the most striking objects which the prospect afforded.
Seite 18 - On his part he was charmed with the society of the good clergyman and his lovely daughter. He found in them the guileless manner of the earliest times, with the culture and accomplishment of the most refined ones. Every better feeling warm and vivid ; every ungentle one repressed or overcome.
Seite 26 - ... bears her death, as he has often told us a Christian should; he is even so composed, as to be now in his pulpit, ready to deliver a few exhortations to his parishioners, as is the custom with us on such occasions: - Follow me, Sir, and you shall hear him.
Seite 18 - They travelled by short stages ; for the philosopher was as good as his word in taking care that the old man should not be fatigued. The party had time to be well acquainted with one another, and their friendship was increased by acquaintance. La Roche found a degree of simplicity and gentleness in his companion, which is not always annexed to the character of a learned or a wise man.
Seite 202 - I was once myself in agonies of grief that are unutterable, and in so great a distraction of mind, that I thought myself even out of the possibility of receiving comfort. The occasion was as follows : When I was a youth, in a part of the army which was then quartered at Dover, I fell in love with an agreeable young woman, of a good family in those parts, and had the satisfaction of seeing my addresses kindly received, which occasioned the perplexity I am going to relate. We were in a calm evening...
Seite 25 - s making inquiry who was the person they had been burying ? one of them, with an accent more mournful than is common to their profession, answered, " Then you knew not Mademoiselle, Sir ?— you never beheld a lovelier" —
Seite 19 - ... times, with the culture and accomplishment of the most refined ones ; every better feeling warm and vivid, every ungentle one repressed or overcome. He was not addicted to love ; but he felt himself happy in being the friend of Mademoiselle La Roche, and sometimes envied her father the possession of such a child.
Seite 24 - While he was hesitating about a visit to La Roche, which he wished to make, but found the effort rather too much for him, he received a letter from the old man, which had been forwarded to him from Paris, where he had then fixed his residence.
Seite 16 - ... week he was able to thank his benefactor. By that time his host had learned the name and character of his guest. He was a Protestant clergyman of Switzerland, called La Roche, a widower, who had lately buried his wife, after a long and lingering illness, for which travelling had been prescribed, and was now returning home, after an ineffectual and melancholy journey, with his only child, the daughter we have mentioned.