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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... shew , against the too decisive apophthegm of the Poet , the possible dis- ' crimination of female character . Yet , in tracing those different persons through the different plans of " education for their children , I am not sure if I ...
... shew , against the too decisive apophthegm of the Poet , the possible dis- ' crimination of female character . Yet , in tracing those different persons through the different plans of " education for their children , I am not sure if I ...
الصفحة 18
... shew it you to - morrow .'- I did not fail to require the fulfilment of the promise ; and next day my acquaintance being in a hurry , gave me the book home with me , from which I made some extracts , which I shall take the liberty of ...
... shew it you to - morrow .'- I did not fail to require the fulfilment of the promise ; and next day my acquaintance being in a hurry , gave me the book home with me , from which I made some extracts , which I shall take the liberty of ...
الصفحة 22
... shew his children that world which is to profit by theirs . The so- ciety which he enjoys , and into which he introduces his family , is chiefly of that sort which is formed to instruct and to improve them . If sometimes of a gayer or ...
... shew his children that world which is to profit by theirs . The so- ciety which he enjoys , and into which he introduces his family , is chiefly of that sort which is formed to instruct and to improve them . If sometimes of a gayer or ...
الصفحة 34
... shew my eyes ; and laugh , to shew my teeth ( all our family have white teeth ) ; and flourish my rattan to shew my shapes . And though in a room I am to speak as low and mumbling as I can , to look as if did not care whether I was ...
... shew my eyes ; and laugh , to shew my teeth ( all our family have white teeth ) ; and flourish my rattan to shew my shapes . And though in a room I am to speak as low and mumbling as I can , to look as if did not care whether I was ...
الصفحة 36
... shew nothing but disappointment and vexation , which represent life as a path strewed with thorns , as a vale of misery and tears . Truth perhaps lies somewhere in the middle between those two opinions ; men were not born only to be ...
... shew nothing but disappointment and vexation , which represent life as a path strewed with thorns , as a vale of misery and tears . Truth perhaps lies somewhere in the middle between those two opinions ; men were not born only to be ...
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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.