The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Svazky 15–16 |
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Strana vii
... Praise of Writing ..... 173. On laying out Gardens - whimsical form of Yews ADDISON STEELE ........ POPE 174. On the Manners of the Bath Visitors STEELE No. 175. On Boyle's Lecture - Derham's Phy- sico - CONTENTS . vii.
... Praise of Writing ..... 173. On laying out Gardens - whimsical form of Yews ADDISON STEELE ........ POPE 174. On the Manners of the Bath Visitors STEELE No. 175. On Boyle's Lecture - Derham's Phy- sico - CONTENTS . vii.
Strana 13
... praise of that season . The verses here subjoined , are not all upon that subject ; but the transitions slide so easily into one another , that I knew not how to leave off , till I had writ out the whole digression . In spring , let ...
... praise of that season . The verses here subjoined , are not all upon that subject ; but the transitions slide so easily into one another , that I knew not how to leave off , till I had writ out the whole digression . In spring , let ...
Strana 32
... praises * * * If you call to memory , whereas I gave you my hand last , I told you I reserved the heart for a truer re- conciliation . Now be that noble gentleman my love once spoke you , and come and do him right that could recite the ...
... praises * * * If you call to memory , whereas I gave you my hand last , I told you I reserved the heart for a truer re- conciliation . Now be that noble gentleman my love once spoke you , and come and do him right that could recite the ...
Strana 34
... praise ? while the name of Pythagoras is more sparingly celebrated , though it be to him that we are indebted for our trade and riches . This may seem strange to a vulgar reader , but the following reflection will make it plain . That ...
... praise ? while the name of Pythagoras is more sparingly celebrated , though it be to him that we are indebted for our trade and riches . This may seem strange to a vulgar reader , but the following reflection will make it plain . That ...
Strana 64
... praises and eulogiums . Upon which the gen- tleman makes this reflection to himself : How grate- ful is praise to human nature ! I cannot forbear be- ing secretly pleased with the commendations I re- ceive , though I am sensible it is a ...
... praises and eulogiums . Upon which the gen- tleman makes this reflection to himself : How grate- ful is praise to human nature ! I cannot forbear be- ing secretly pleased with the commendations I re- ceive , though I am sensible it is a ...
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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.