The British Essayists, Svazek 1Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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Strana iii
... never consulted in vain . By such assistance it is hoped something has been done to revive the attention of the public to a species of writing peculiar and highly honourable to the genius of our nation , and which has so eminently ...
... never consulted in vain . By such assistance it is hoped something has been done to revive the attention of the public to a species of writing peculiar and highly honourable to the genius of our nation , and which has so eminently ...
Strana xviii
... never wholly lose , while they continue to be among the first books by which both sexes are initiated in the elegancies of knowledge . * In this sketch , we may observe , that the praise of original design is still reserved for the ...
... never wholly lose , while they continue to be among the first books by which both sexes are initiated in the elegancies of knowledge . * In this sketch , we may observe , that the praise of original design is still reserved for the ...
Strana xix
... never been considered as a master of common life , or as editing the laws of man- It has seldom succeeded even in cor- ners . * Beattie . recting what is amiss , although by flattering the depraved BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . xix.
... never been considered as a master of common life , or as editing the laws of man- It has seldom succeeded even in cor- ners . * Beattie . recting what is amiss , although by flattering the depraved BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . xix.
Strana xxviii
... never fail to please on the stage . MARRIAGE has been considered by our . ESSAYISTS in every possible light . The vari- ous circumstances which constitute its happiness or misery are illustrated by exam- ples sketched with singular ...
... never fail to please on the stage . MARRIAGE has been considered by our . ESSAYISTS in every possible light . The vari- ous circumstances which constitute its happiness or misery are illustrated by exam- ples sketched with singular ...
Strana xxix
... never be acquired without an association with the idle and the profligate , and a proportionate sacrifice of time and character . The subject , however , has certainly been better understood since the appearance of these works . The ...
... never be acquired without an association with the idle and the profligate , and a proportionate sacrifice of time and character . The subject , however , has certainly been better understood since the appearance of these works . The ...
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Strana 258 - Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor : suit the action to the word, the word to the action ; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature...
Strana v - It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven to inhabit among Men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-tables, and in Coffee-houses.
Strana 258 - Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus ; but use all gently : for in the very torrent, tempest, and, as I may say,- whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness. O, it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings...
Strana vi - To teach the minuter decencies and inferior duties, to regulate the practice of daily conversation, to correct those depravities which are rather ridiculous than criminal, and remove those grievances which, if they produce no lasting calamities, impress hourly vexation...
Strana 258 - O, it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings; who, for the most part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows, and noise: I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant; it out-herods Herod: Pray you, avoid it.
Strana 258 - And let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down for them; for there be of them thatU will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity.
Strana 93 - The ships unmoved the boist'rous winds defy, While rattling chariots o'er the ocean fly. The vast leviathan wants room to play, And spout his waters in the face of day; The starving wolves along the main sea prowl, And to the moon in icy valleys howl. For many a shining league the level main Here spreads itself into a glassy plain; There solid billows of enormous size, Alps of green ice, in wild disorder rise.
Strana 258 - ... twere, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. Now this overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve ; the censure of the which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theatre of others.
Strana lxxiii - The general Purpose of the whole has been to recommend Truth, Innocence, Honour, and Virtue, as the chief Ornaments of Life; but I considered, that Severity of Manners was absolutely necessary to him who would censure others, and for that Reason, and that only, chose to talk in a Mask.
Strana 258 - Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue: but if you mouth it, as many of our players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines. Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus...