The British Essayists: AdventurerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... Writers . Warton . 52. Distresses of an Author invited to read his Play . Hawkesworth . 53. Misargyrus's Account of his Companions in the Fleet . Johnson . 54. The fatal Effects of false Apologies and Pretences : a Story . 55. The Story ...
... Writers . Warton . 52. Distresses of an Author invited to read his Play . Hawkesworth . 53. Misargyrus's Account of his Companions in the Fleet . Johnson . 54. The fatal Effects of false Apologies and Pretences : a Story . 55. The Story ...
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... Writers . has borrowed pointed out . Johnson . Passages which Pope Warton . 64. The Hero distinguished from the modern Man of Honour . Account of Eugenio by Benevolus . 65. Benevolus's Letter continued . 66. Benevolus's Letter concluded ...
... Writers . has borrowed pointed out . Johnson . Passages which Pope Warton . 64. The Hero distinguished from the modern Man of Honour . Account of Eugenio by Benevolus . 65. Benevolus's Letter continued . 66. Benevolus's Letter concluded ...
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... Writers . Passages which Pope has borrowed pointed out . Warton . 64. The Hero distinguished from the modern Man of Honour . Account of Eugenio by Benevolus . Hawkesworth . 65. Benevolus's Letter continued . Hawkesworth . 66 ...
... Writers . Passages which Pope has borrowed pointed out . Warton . 64. The Hero distinguished from the modern Man of Honour . Account of Eugenio by Benevolus . Hawkesworth . 65. Benevolus's Letter continued . Hawkesworth . 66 ...
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... writers , as of men , are of a very mixed and complicated nature , and are not to be comprehended in so small a compass ; such objects do not admit of being drawn in miniature with ac- curacy and distinctness . To the present prevailing ...
... writers , as of men , are of a very mixed and complicated nature , and are not to be comprehended in so small a compass ; such objects do not admit of being drawn in miniature with ac- curacy and distinctness . To the present prevailing ...
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... writer , which evidently show that he had not digested his thoughts with philosophical exact- ness and precision . But the characters of La Bruyere deserve to be spoken of in far different terms . They are drawn with spirit and ...
... writer , which evidently show that he had not digested his thoughts with philosophical exact- ness and precision . But the characters of La Bruyere deserve to be spoken of in far different terms . They are drawn with spirit and ...
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absurd acquainted ADVENTURER Agrestis Amana Amelia Anticlea appear Aristotle bagnio Bagshot beauty behold Boileau caliph captain character coach conceal conduct contempt countenance daugh death desire dignity discovered distress dreadful effect elegance equally Eugenio Euripides Eutyches evil excellence expected eyes falsehood father favour felicity fortune Freeman genius gratified guilt hand happiness heart Homer honour hope human husband Iliad images imagination immediately justly kind labour Lady Forrest learned Longinus looked mankind Mantua marriage ment mind misery morning nature ness never Nouraddin object Odyssey opinion Osmin passion perceived perhaps person Pindar pleasure poem poet POPE present produced prosopopoeia punished Quintilian racter reason received SATURDAY says scarce sentiment servant Sir James soon Sophocles soul specta spirit stockjobber suffered tain tears tenderness Theocritus thou thought Tibullus tion truth TUESDAY ulmo Ulysses vanity Ventosus vice virtue wife wish wretched writers
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Página 104 - Chaos of thought and passion all confused, Still by himself abused, or disabused ; Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd, The glory, jest, and riddle of the world. PoPE.
Página 67 - foundations of the earth ? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereon are the foundations thereof fastened, or who laid the corner stone? When the morning stars sang together, and
Página 288 - that shall pen thy breath up: urchins Shall, for that vast of night that they may work, All exercise on thee; thou shalt be pinch'd As thick as honeycombs, each pinch more stinging Than bees that made 'em. If thou neglect'st or dost unwillingly What I command, I'll rack thee with
Página 286 - of this nature in the drama before us. The poet artfully acquaints us that Prospero is a magician, by the very first words which his daughter Miranda speaks to him : If by your art, my dearest father, you have Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them i
Página 67 - stone? When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy ? Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth as if it had issued out of the womb ? When I brake it up for my decreed place, and set bars and doors, and said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no
Página 67 - and here shall the pride of thy waves be stayed.' How can we reply to these sublime inquiries but in the words that follow - ? ' Behold, I am vile, what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.'
Página 67 - brake it up for my decreed place, and set bars and doors, and said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall the pride of thy waves be stayed.' How can we reply to these sublime inquiries but in the words that follow - ? ' Behold, I am vile, what shall I answer thee? I will lay
Página 104 - While man exclaims," See all things for my use!" " See man for mine!" replies a pamper'd goose. PoPE. " Man scruples not to say, that he enjoyeth the heavens and the elements; as if all had been made, and still move only for him. In this sense a gosling
Página 69 - divine favour is painted by the following similitudes: ' I will be as the dew unto Judea; he shall grow as the lily; his branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell like