The British Essayists, 6권Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... mentioned , it is not necessary to add more , than that they are the founders of different schools of style , which have as yet produced few scholars of great eminence . From the whole list , therefore , we can only collect two or three ...
... mentioned , it is not necessary to add more , than that they are the founders of different schools of style , which have as yet produced few scholars of great eminence . From the whole list , therefore , we can only collect two or three ...
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... mentioned his name with asperity , and refused to give the least countenance to a pamphlet which POPE had written upon the occasion of DENNIS's strictures on C to ? " BOWLES's edition of POPE , vol iv p . 28. ADDISON's conduct to POPE ...
... mentioned his name with asperity , and refused to give the least countenance to a pamphlet which POPE had written upon the occasion of DENNIS's strictures on C to ? " BOWLES's edition of POPE , vol iv p . 28. ADDISON's conduct to POPE ...
xxxvii 페이지
... mentioned this failing with moderation and delicacy . " He " ( ADDISON ) " often sat late , and drank too much wine . In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort , coward- ice for courage , and bashfulness for confidence . It is not ...
... mentioned this failing with moderation and delicacy . " He " ( ADDISON ) " often sat late , and drank too much wine . In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort , coward- ice for courage , and bashfulness for confidence . It is not ...
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... mentioned , that ADDISON was , in general , singularly happy in the choice of his Mottos . Dr. WARTON has given him this praise , but has , among other instances , quoted No. 2 , which was written by STEELE . The papers claimed for ...
... mentioned , that ADDISON was , in general , singularly happy in the choice of his Mottos . Dr. WARTON has given him this praise , but has , among other instances , quoted No. 2 , which was written by STEELE . The papers claimed for ...
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... mentioned . The Duke insisted on quartering upon him a friend of one WEBSTER , whom he had made his se- cretary and a privy counsellor . This was either an insult or an injury , and with lofty spirits the distinction is rarely admitted ...
... mentioned . The Duke insisted on quartering upon him a friend of one WEBSTER , whom he had made his se- cretary and a privy counsellor . This was either an insult or an injury , and with lofty spirits the distinction is rarely admitted ...
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acquaint acrostics ADDISON admiration aëre Æsop agreeable appear assembly audience beauty behaviour Ben Jonson called character club coffee-house consider conversation discourse dress endeavour English entertainment envious eyes favour genius gentleman George Etheridge give hearing sense heart hero honour Hudibras humble servant humour impudence inns of court Italian kind King lady laugh learned letter lion live look lover manner MARCH March 15 means merit Mimnermus mind nature never night obliged observed occasion opera OVID paper particular passion person Pict piece play pleased poet Porus present racter reader reason ROGER DE COVERLEY ROSCOMMON says scenes sense shew short Sir ROGER speak SPECTATOR stage STEELE talk taste TATLER tell thing thought tion told town tragedy verse VIRG whig whole woman women word writers young
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52 페이지 - 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...
xcviii 페이지 - ... 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.
xci 페이지 - 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.
114 페이지 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me...
xcviii 페이지 - 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.
1 페이지 - ... 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...
111 페이지 - 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.
3 페이지 - 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.
194 페이지 - 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!
xcviii 페이지 - 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.