The British Essayists;: LoungerJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 |
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... means of ob- taining it , and obstacles are constantly starting up in her idea which she knows not how to surmount . This not only produces a vacillancy in her conduct , but at times gives her the appearance of a want of fairness ; she ...
... means of ob- taining it , and obstacles are constantly starting up in her idea which she knows not how to surmount . This not only produces a vacillancy in her conduct , but at times gives her the appearance of a want of fairness ; she ...
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... means of relief ; for telling my dis- tresses to any body that knows me , would be worse than death itself . I must give you all my history , or you can have no idea of my misfortunes . I was eldest daughter to a gentleman of 700l . a ...
... means of relief ; for telling my dis- tresses to any body that knows me , would be worse than death itself . I must give you all my history , or you can have no idea of my misfortunes . I was eldest daughter to a gentleman of 700l . a ...
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... means , and to corrupt their principles , in that circle of ex- travagance , of vanity , and of vice , to which a town gives scope and encouragement . In Scotland , at a very early period , attempts were made to controul this abuse , as ...
... means , and to corrupt their principles , in that circle of ex- travagance , of vanity , and of vice , to which a town gives scope and encouragement . In Scotland , at a very early period , attempts were made to controul this abuse , as ...
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... meaning that the latter are of little moment . I find , Sir , I am personally too much interested in this subject to speak long of it in general terms . At the same time I have no intention , like some of your correspondents , to give ...
... meaning that the latter are of little moment . I find , Sir , I am personally too much interested in this subject to speak long of it in general terms . At the same time I have no intention , like some of your correspondents , to give ...
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... mean to bring you and your readers acquainted ; in hope no doubt , at the same time to meet with some spmpathy in my ... means , employed at an early period of life , this vivacity of disposition might , at least to a certain degree ...
... mean to bring you and your readers acquainted ; in hope no doubt , at the same time to meet with some spmpathy in my ... means , employed at an early period of life , this vivacity of disposition might , at least to a certain degree ...
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الصفحة 285 - Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent Lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er ! Such fate to suffering worth is...
الصفحة 283 - When youthful love, warm-blushing, strong, Keen-shivering shot thy nerves along, Those accents, grateful to thy tongue, Th' adored Name, I taught thee how to pour in song, To soothe thy flame.
الصفحة 286 - The power of genius is not less admirable in tracing the manners than in painting the passions, or in drawing the scenery of nature. That intuitive glance with which a writer like...
الصفحة 257 - And through their lucid veil his softened force Shed o'er the peaceful world. Then is the time, For those whom wisdom and whom Nature charm, To steal themselves from the degenerate crowd, And soar above this little scene of things; To tread...
الصفحة 282 - In mentioning the circumstance of his humble station, I mean not to rest his pretensions solely on that title, or to urge the merits of his poetry when considered in relation to the lowness of his birth, and the little opportunity of improvement which his education could afford. These particulars, indeed, might excite our wonder at his productions ; but his poetry, considered abstractedly, and without the apologies arising from his situation, seems to me fully entitled to 207 command our feelings,...
الصفحة 284 - Thou's met me in an evil hour; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem: To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! it's no thy neebor sweet, The bonnie Lark, companion meet! Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet! Wi' spreckl'd breast, When upward-springing, blythe, to greet The purpling east.
الصفحة 303 - ... worldly wisdom inculcate on the young, or at least among those sober truths which experience often pretends to have acquired, is that danger which is said to result from the pursuit of letters and of science, in men destined for the labours of business, for the active exertions of professional life.
الصفحة 304 - From this tyranny, as youth conceives it, of attention and of labour, relief is commonly sought from some favorite avocation or amusement, for which a young man either finds or steals a portion of his time, either patiently plods through his task, in expectation of its approach, or anticipates its arrival by deserting his work before the legal period for amusement is arrived. It may fairly be questioned, -whether the most innocent of those amusements, is either so honourable or so safe as the avocation...
الصفحة 308 - ... are unavoidably diminished. Unfit for the bustle of affairs and the amusements of his youth, an old man, if he has no source of mental exertion or employment, often settles into the gloom of melancholy and peevishness, or petrifies his feelings by habitual intoxication. From an old man, whose gratifications were solely derived from those sensual appetites...
الصفحة 220 - This old butler (I call him by his title of honour, though in truth he had many subordinate offices) had originally enlisted with her husband, who went into the army a youth, though he afterwards married and became a country gentleman, had been his servant abroad, and attended him during his last illness at home. His best hat, which he wore a-Sundays, with a scarlet waistcoat of his master's, had still a cockade in it.