Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical: Illustrative of the Rambler, Adventurer, & Idler, and of the Various Periodical Papers Which, in Imitation of the Writings of Steele and Addison, Have Been Published Between the Close of the Eighth Volume of the Spectator, and the Commencement of the Year 1809, 1권J. Seeley, 1809 - 499페이지 |
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... honour , in 1697 , of being appointed physician in ordinary to King William ; this was speedily followed by the rank of Knighthood ; and when Queen Anne ascended the throne , he was also nominated one of her physicians , and continued ...
... honour , in 1697 , of being appointed physician in ordinary to King William ; this was speedily followed by the rank of Knighthood ; and when Queen Anne ascended the throne , he was also nominated one of her physicians , and continued ...
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... honours of the Hero of the Dun- ciad ; a station , however , from which he was soon after hurled , to make way for the enthronement of Cibber . The year 1733 ushered in ou our author's Shakspeare in eight volumes ; a work which , not ...
... honours of the Hero of the Dun- ciad ; a station , however , from which he was soon after hurled , to make way for the enthronement of Cibber . The year 1733 ushered in ou our author's Shakspeare in eight volumes ; a work which , not ...
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... honour on any work ; it was conducted by Ambrose Phillips , and entitled , Phillips , of whose 12. THE FREETHINKER . * The author of these sketches would be happy to re- ceive any information relative to these almost forgotten papers ...
... honour on any work ; it was conducted by Ambrose Phillips , and entitled , Phillips , of whose 12. THE FREETHINKER . * The author of these sketches would be happy to re- ceive any information relative to these almost forgotten papers ...
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... , to speak sentences , and say things worth the hearing . John Dryden took his place very solemnly every evening at Will's , which is VOL . IV . E remembered and duly honoured for his sake , to this PERIODICAL PAPERS . 49.
... , to speak sentences , and say things worth the hearing . John Dryden took his place very solemnly every evening at Will's , which is VOL . IV . E remembered and duly honoured for his sake , to this PERIODICAL PAPERS . 49.
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... honoured for his sake , to this day . " * To whom we are indebted for this mot- ley work I am , at present , totally ignorant . 28. THE PLAIN DEALER . The writers of this periodical paper were Aaron Hill and W. Bond . Aaron Hill was ...
... honoured for his sake , to this day . " * To whom we are indebted for this mot- ley work I am , at present , totally ignorant . 28. THE PLAIN DEALER . The writers of this periodical paper were Aaron Hill and W. Bond . Aaron Hill was ...
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Aaron Hill Addison admirable appeared beauty biographical booksellers Boswell Boswell's catalogue Cato's Letters celebrated character Cicero collection commenced composition correct critical death defects degree diction Dictionary Dunciad edition elegant English English Language entituled essays excellence favour genius Gentleman's Magazine given honour humour Idler imagination imitation Isaac Bickerstaff Johnson Journal justly labour language Latin learning letter Lichfield likewise literary literature Lives London Lord Lord Chesterfield manner ment merit Milton mind moral nature never observes occasion occasionally octavo opinion original passage passion periodical papers perspicuous poem poetical poetry poets political Pope possess powers praise Preface printed production published racter Rambler Rasselas reader remarks Samuel Johnson satire satire of Juvenal says sentiments Shakspeare shew Sir John Hawkins soon specimens Spectator spirit Steele style taste Tatler thought tion translation volume writer written
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331 페이지 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, " My Lord, " Your Lordship's most humble " Most obedient servant,
134 페이지 - For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat. Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat.
398 페이지 - Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging.
301 페이지 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
367 페이지 - DISORDERS of intellect,' answered Imlac, ' happen much more often than superficial observers will easily believe. Perhaps, if we speak with rigorous exactness, no human mind is in its right state. There is no man whose imagination does not sometimes predominate over his reason, who can regulate his attention wholly by his will, and whose ideas will come and go at his command.
332 페이지 - This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords.
301 페이지 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
193 페이지 - Almighty GOD, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labour is ineffectual, and without whose grace all wisdom is folly : grant, I beseech Thee, that in this undertaking thy Holy Spirit may not be withheld from me, but that I may promote thy glory, and the salvation of myself and others : grant this, O Lord, for the sake of thy son, JESUS CHRIST. Amen.
330 페이지 - I am a solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to...
248 페이지 - I have laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations. Something, perhaps, I have added to the elegance of its construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence.