The Spectator ...Angier March, 1803 |
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... in the French army , where he distinguished himself so much by his gal- lantry and conduct , that he received the thanks of the French monarch at the head of the army . The Duke of I shall not here presume to mention the illus trious.
... in the French army , where he distinguished himself so much by his gal- lantry and conduct , that he received the thanks of the French monarch at the head of the army . The Duke of I shall not here presume to mention the illus trious.
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I shall not here presume to mention the illus trious passages of your life , which are celebrated by the whole age , and have been the subject of the most sublime pens ; but if I could convey you to posterity in your private character ...
I shall not here presume to mention the illus trious passages of your life , which are celebrated by the whole age , and have been the subject of the most sublime pens ; but if I could convey you to posterity in your private character ...
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... mention what Monsieur Boileau has so very well en- larged upon in the preface to his works , that wit and fine writing do not consist so much in advancing things that are new , as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn . It ...
... mention what Monsieur Boileau has so very well en- larged upon in the preface to his works , that wit and fine writing do not consist so much in advancing things that are new , as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn . It ...
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... mentioning even such authors as I could not name without honour . This I must confess to have been a piece of very great self - denial ; for as the public re- See Swift's works , vol . xv . p . 190 , & c , edit . 1801 , ' " tishes ...
... mentioning even such authors as I could not name without honour . This I must confess to have been a piece of very great self - denial ; for as the public re- See Swift's works , vol . xv . p . 190 , & c , edit . 1801 , ' " tishes ...
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... mentioning it . These gentlemen are honoured in all their neighbour- hood ; and the same effect which the court has on the manners of a kingdom , their characters have on all who live within the influence of them . My son and I are not ...
... mentioning it . These gentlemen are honoured in all their neighbour- hood ; and the same effect which the court has on the manners of a kingdom , their characters have on all who live within the influence of them . My son and I are not ...
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Strana 360 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world ; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Strana 8 - Then, at the last and only couplet fraught With some unmeaning thing they call a thought, A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.
Strana 364 - And worthy seem'd ; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure (Severe, but in true filial freedom placed), Whence true authority in men ; though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seem'd ; For contemplation he, and valour, form'd ; For softness she, and sweet attractive grace ; He for God only, she for God in him...
Strana 364 - Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad, In naked majesty seem'd lords of all : And worthy seem'd ; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure (Severe, but in true filial freedom placed), Whence true authority in men...
Strana 255 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.
Strana 164 - They heard, and were abashed, and up they sprung Upon the wing; as when men, wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel; Yet to their general's voice they soon obeyed, Innumerable.
Strana 255 - 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.
Strana 293 - There went a fame in heaven, that he ere long Intended to create, and therein plant A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the sons of heaven.
Strana 133 - ... chief talent, and indeed his distinguishing excellence, lies in the sublimity of his thoughts. There are others of the moderns, who rival him in every other part of poetry ; but in the greatness of his sentiments he triumphs over all the poets, both modern and ancient, Homer only excepted. It is impossible for the imagination of man to distend itself with greater ideas than those which he has laid together in his first, second, and sixth books.
Strana 291 - O'er Heaven's high towers to force resistless way, Turning our tortures into horrid arms Against the Torturer; when to meet the noise Of his almighty engine he shall hear Infernal thunder; and, for lightning, see Black fire and horror shot with equal rage Among his Angels; and his throne itself Mix'd with Tartarean sulphur, and strange fire, His own invented torments.