The British Essayists, 33권Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... suppose many objections would be made , and sometimes not without justice . A lady once asked him how he came to define pastern , the " knee of a horse , " and he candidly pleaded ignorance , but suffered it to remain for several ...
... suppose many objections would be made , and sometimes not without justice . A lady once asked him how he came to define pastern , the " knee of a horse , " and he candidly pleaded ignorance , but suffered it to remain for several ...
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... suppose them capable to be soldiers . It were to be wished that some men , whose expe- rience and authority might enforce regard , would propose that our encampments for the present year should comprise an equal number of men and wo ...
... suppose them capable to be soldiers . It were to be wished that some men , whose expe- rience and authority might enforce regard , would propose that our encampments for the present year should comprise an equal number of men and wo ...
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... suppose that the lady was frighted by invaders , and fled to preserve her life or her chastity : others will conjec- ture that she was thus honoured for some intelli- gence carried of the enemy's designs : some will think that she ...
... suppose that the lady was frighted by invaders , and fled to preserve her life or her chastity : others will conjec- ture that she was thus honoured for some intelli- gence carried of the enemy's designs : some will think that she ...
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... suppose these spiders of literature to spin together , and inquire to what an extensive web such another event might be regularly drawn , and how six morning and six evening writers might agree to re- tail their articles . On Monday ...
... suppose these spiders of literature to spin together , and inquire to what an extensive web such another event might be regularly drawn , and how six morning and six evening writers might agree to re- tail their articles . On Monday ...
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... suppose every man is shocked when he hears how frequently soldiers are wishing for war . The wish is not always sincere ; the greater part are content with sleep and lace , and counterfeit an ardour which they do not feel ; but those ...
... suppose every man is shocked when he hears how frequently soldiers are wishing for war . The wish is not always sincere ; the greater part are content with sleep and lace , and counterfeit an ardour which they do not feel ; but those ...
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acquaintance admired amusement art of memory authors Bassora beauty censure common commonly considered curiosity custom delight desire Dick dili diligence discovered dreaded Drugget easily easy elegance eminent endeavour English equal evil expected eyes favour folly fortune frequently friends genius give gout happiness hear honour hope hour Hudibras idleness Idler imagination innu inquired Islington king of Norway knowledge labour lady lament Lapland learned less live look Louisbourg mankind marriage memory ment mind misery morning nation nature ness never observed once opinion pain passed perhaps pleased pleasure poetry praise produce racter rapture readers reason resolved retired rich rience SATURDAY scrupulosity seldom sometimes soon suffered sugar-baker suppose sure syllabubs talk tell Themistocles thing THOMAS WARTON thought tion told truth uncon useless virtue vulture weary wife wish wonder writers XXXIII
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199 페이지 - He has read all our poets with particular attention to this delicacy of versification, and wonders at the supineness with which their works have been hitherto perused, so that no man has found the sound of a drum in this distich : " When pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick...
242 페이지 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
228 페이지 - He that thinks with more extent than another, will want words of larger meaning.
47 페이지 - ... of mutilation, or with the excision or laceration of the vital parts ; to examine whether burning irons are felt more acutely by the bone or tendon ; and whether the more lasting agonies are produced by poison forced into the mouth, or injected into the veins.
6 페이지 - ... performed. He that waits for an opportunity to do much at once, may breathe out his life in idle wishes, and regret, in the last hour, his useless intentions, and barren zeal.
i 페이지 - But in this number of his Idler his spirits seem to run riot; for in the wantonness of his disquisition he forgets, for a moment, even the reverence for that which he held in high respect; and describes " the attendant on a Court" as one " whose business is to watch the looks of a being, weak and foolish as himself.
128 페이지 - The trade of advertising is now so near to perfection, that it is not easy to propose any improvement.
310 페이지 - There are few things not purely evil, of which we can say, without some emotion of uneasiness, this is the last. Those who never could agree together, shed tears when mutual discontent has determined them to final separation; of a place which has been frequently visited, though without pleasure, the last look is taken with heaviness of heart...
257 페이지 - The Italian, attends only to the invariable, the great and general ideas which are fixed and inherent in universal nature ; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say, of nature modified by accident. The attention to these petty peculiarities is the very cause of this naturalness so much admired in the Dutch pictures, which, if we suppose it to be a beauty, is certainly...