The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Svazky 15–16 |
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Strana 11
... county . I hope the reader will pardon me for taking his eye from our present subject of the spring , by this landscape , since it is at this time of the year only that prospects excel in beauty . But if the eye NO . 125 . 11 GUARDIAN .
... county . I hope the reader will pardon me for taking his eye from our present subject of the spring , by this landscape , since it is at this time of the year only that prospects excel in beauty . But if the eye NO . 125 . 11 GUARDIAN .
Strana 12
British essayists Alexander Chalmers. that prospects excel in beauty . But if the eye is de- lighted , the ear hath likewise its proper entertain- ment . The music of the birds at this time of the year , hath something in it so wildly ...
British essayists Alexander Chalmers. that prospects excel in beauty . But if the eye is de- lighted , the ear hath likewise its proper entertain- ment . The music of the birds at this time of the year , hath something in it so wildly ...
Strana 21
... beauty . This work would instruct a woman to be a good wife , all the while it is a wooing her to be a bride . Imagination and reason should go hand in hand in a generous amour ; for when it is otherwise , real discontent and aversion ...
... beauty . This work would instruct a woman to be a good wife , all the while it is a wooing her to be a bride . Imagination and reason should go hand in hand in a generous amour ; for when it is otherwise , real discontent and aversion ...
Strana 39
... beauty and proportion of it , is owing to the architect , who designed the plan in his closet . And in like manner , whatever there is , either in art or nature , of use or regularity , will be found to proceed from the superior ...
... beauty and proportion of it , is owing to the architect , who designed the plan in his closet . And in like manner , whatever there is , either in art or nature , of use or regularity , will be found to proceed from the superior ...
Strana 52
... beauty : What , ' said he , ' do you think I am made of , that I should bear the sight of such snowy breasts ! Oh ! she is intolerably handsome ! Upon this we parted , and I resolved to take a little more air in the garden , yet avoid ...
... beauty : What , ' said he , ' do you think I am made of , that I should bear the sight of such snowy breasts ! Oh ! she is intolerably handsome ! Upon this we parted , and I resolved to take a little more air in the garden , yet avoid ...
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Strana 189 - She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
Strana 189 - Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Strana 189 - Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. She openeth her mouth with wisdom ; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
Strana 189 - Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. ' ' The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
Strana 19 - A new commandment I give unto you : That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love one for another.
Strana xxiv - He has made a chasm, which not only nothing can fill up, but which nothing has a tendency to fill up. Johnson is dead. Let us go to the next best: there is nobody; no man can be said to put you in mind of Johnson.
Strana 77 - What choice to choose for delicacy best, What order so contrived as not to mix Tastes, not well joined, inelegant, but bring Taste after taste upheld with kindliest change...
Strana 12 - Yet by some such fortuitous liquefaction was mankind taught to procure a body at once in a high degree solid and transparent, which might admit the light of the sun, and exclude the violence of the wind: which might extend the sight of the philosopher to new ranges of existence, and charm. him at one time with the unbounded extent of the material...
Strana 257 - To those who have skill to estimate the excellence and difficulty of this great work, it must be very desirable to know how it was performed, and by what gradations it advanced to correctness. Of such an intellectual process the knowledge has very rarely been attainable; but happily there remains the original copy of the Iliad...
Strana 277 - But biography has often been allotted to writers, who seem very little acquainted with the nature of their task, or very negligent about the performance.