The British Essayists, 6권Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... particular demand for such papers . Dr. PARNELL's Visions have considerable merit , but from a member of the Scriblerus Club , and a man of acknowledged wit , we might have surely expected contributions of a more humorous cast : Dr ...
... particular demand for such papers . Dr. PARNELL's Visions have considerable merit , but from a member of the Scriblerus Club , and a man of acknowledged wit , we might have surely expected contributions of a more humorous cast : Dr ...
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... particular in which your prudence will be always disappointed . While justice , candour , equanimity , a zeal for the good of your country , and the most persuasive elo- quence in bringing over others to it , are valuable distinctions ...
... particular in which your prudence will be always disappointed . While justice , candour , equanimity , a zeal for the good of your country , and the most persuasive elo- quence in bringing over others to it , are valuable distinctions ...
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... particular , and of the interests of Europe in ge- neral ; to which I must also add , a certain dignity in yourself , that ( to say the least of it ) has been al- ways equal to those great honours which have been conferred upon you . It ...
... particular , and of the interests of Europe in ge- neral ; to which I must also add , a certain dignity in yourself , that ( to say the least of it ) has been al- ways equal to those great honours which have been conferred upon you . It ...
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... particular person , it would be difficult to find out so proper a patron for it as yourself , there being none whose merit is more universally acknowledged by all parties , and who has made himself more friends , and fewer enemies ...
... particular person , it would be difficult to find out so proper a patron for it as yourself , there being none whose merit is more universally acknowledged by all parties , and who has made himself more friends , and fewer enemies ...
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... particular obligations , lays his claim to your lordship's patronage upon the same account . I must confess , my lord , had not I already received great instances of your favour , I should have been afraid of submitting a work of this ...
... particular obligations , lays his claim to your lordship's patronage upon the same account . I must confess , my lord , had not I already received great instances of your favour , I should have been afraid of submitting a work of this ...
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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.