The British Essayists, Svazek 6Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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Strana x
... frequently printed and read . It has been so universally the delight of every youth of taste or curiosity , that perhaps our fondness for this work might be ranked among the preju- dices of education , had it not stood the test of ...
... frequently printed and read . It has been so universally the delight of every youth of taste or curiosity , that perhaps our fondness for this work might be ranked among the preju- dices of education , had it not stood the test of ...
Strana xv
... frequently of esteem . " Secondly , I cannot admit that there is in this character any thing of rusticity ( as that word is generally understood ) or any of those habits or ways of thinking that solitary grandeur creates . BIOGRAPHICAL ...
... frequently of esteem . " Secondly , I cannot admit that there is in this character any thing of rusticity ( as that word is generally understood ) or any of those habits or ways of thinking that solitary grandeur creates . BIOGRAPHICAL ...
Strana xviii
... frequently offended in point of chastity with beggars and gipsies , " though he qualifies this by adding , that " this is looked upon , by his friends , rather as matter of raillery than truth . " He is repre- sented as now in his fifty ...
... frequently offended in point of chastity with beggars and gipsies , " though he qualifies this by adding , that " this is looked upon , by his friends , rather as matter of raillery than truth . " He is repre- sented as now in his fifty ...
Strana xxvi
... frequent repetition and successive illustration have ren- dered them familiar ; but in estimating the va- lue and utility of such instructions , we must take into the account the wants and necessities of the public at the time they were ...
... frequent repetition and successive illustration have ren- dered them familiar ; but in estimating the va- lue and utility of such instructions , we must take into the account the wants and necessities of the public at the time they were ...
Strana xxix
... frequently named in the same rank with ADDISON . Lord CHESTERFIELD thinks " no man ever had so much humour as MOLIERE , of which his Miser , his Jealous Man , and his Bourgeois Gentilhomme are convincing proofs : and French comedy ...
... frequently named in the same rank with ADDISON . Lord CHESTERFIELD thinks " no man ever had so much humour as MOLIERE , of which his Miser , his Jealous Man , and his Bourgeois Gentilhomme are convincing proofs : and French comedy ...
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Strana 52 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold, Both day and night. How often, from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to others...
Strana xcviii - ... town and country ; a great lover of mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company.
Strana xci - HAvE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Strana 114 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me...
Strana xcviii - Tully, but not one case in the reports of our own courts. No one ever took him for a fool, but none, except his intimate friends, know he has a great deal of wit. This turn makes him at once both disinterested and agreeable; as few of his thoughts are drawn from business, they are most of them fit for conversation.
Strana 1 - ... would make no great figure were he not a rich man) he calls the sea the British Common. He is acquainted with commerce in all its parts, and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms; for true power is to be got by arts and industry. He will often argue, that if this part of our trade were well cultivated, we should gain from one nation; and if another, from another. I have heard him prove, that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valour, and that...
Strana 111 - WHEN I am in a serious humour, I very often walk by myself in Westminster Abbey; where the gloominess of the place, and the use to which it is applied, with the solemnity of the building, and the condition of the people who lie in it, are apt to fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulness, that is not disagreeable.
Strana 3 - With this candour does the gentleman speak of himself and others. The same frankness runs through all his conversation. The military part of his life has furnished him with many adventures, in the relation of which he is very agreeable to the company ; for he is never over-bearing, though accustomed to command men in the utmost degree below him ; nor ever too obsequious, from an habit of obeying men highly above him.
Strana 194 - Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane, O, answer me!
Strana xcviii - Temple, a man of great probity, wit, and understanding ; but he has chosen his place of residence rather to obey the direction of an old humorsome father, than in pursuit of his own inclinations. He was placed there to study the laws of the land, and is the most learned of any of the house in those of the stage.