The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, المجلد 15 |
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الصفحة 19
... delightful than any thing that can be met with in the conversation of his creatures . Even in the hour of death he ... delight thus to reside and dwell in us . The light of nature could direct Seneca to this doctrine , in a very re ...
... delightful than any thing that can be met with in the conversation of his creatures . Even in the hour of death he ... delight thus to reside and dwell in us . The light of nature could direct Seneca to this doctrine , in a very re ...
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... delight I took in showing the young flirts about town it was yet in my power to give pain to a man of sense ; this , and some private hopes he would hang himself , and what a glory it would be for me , and how I should be envied , made ...
... delight I took in showing the young flirts about town it was yet in my power to give pain to a man of sense ; this , and some private hopes he would hang himself , and what a glory it would be for me , and how I should be envied , made ...
الصفحة 62
... delight'in inqui- ries concerning any foreign country , where we are some time or other to make our abode ; and as we all hope to be admitted into this glorious place , it is both a laudable and useful curiosity to get what in ...
... delight'in inqui- ries concerning any foreign country , where we are some time or other to make our abode ; and as we all hope to be admitted into this glorious place , it is both a laudable and useful curiosity to get what in ...
الصفحة 71
... delightful in it- self , and beneficial to the public , than that of plant- ing . I could mention a nobleman whose ... delighted with his pro- ductions than any other writer or artist whatsoever . Plantations have one advantage in them ...
... delightful in it- self , and beneficial to the public , than that of plant- ing . I could mention a nobleman whose ... delighted with his pro- ductions than any other writer or artist whatsoever . Plantations have one advantage in them ...
الصفحة 72
... delightful in every succeeding year than they did in the fore- going . But I do not only recommend this art to men of estates as a pleasing amusement , but as it is a kind of virtuous employment , and may therefore be inculcated by ...
... delightful in every succeeding year than they did in the fore- going . But I do not only recommend this art to men of estates as a pleasing amusement , but as it is a kind of virtuous employment , and may therefore be inculcated by ...
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مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 256 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
الصفحة 104 - Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now does always last.
الصفحة 239 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
الصفحة 36 - They may show him that his discontent is unreasonable, but are by no means sufficient to relieve it. They rather give despair than consolation. In a word, a man might reply to one of these comforters, as Augustus did to his friend, who advised him not to grieve for the death of a person whom he loved, because his grief could not fetch him again. " It is for that very reason (said the emperor) that I grieve.
الصفحة 113 - Our inimitable Shakespear is a stumbling-block to the whole tribe of these rigid critics. Who would not rather read one of his plays, where there is not a single rule of the stage observed, than any production of a modern critic, where there is not one of them violated...
الصفحة 256 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
الصفحة 18 - God is present with us, by the effects which he produceth in us. Our outward senses are too gross to apprehend him; we may, however, taste and see how gracious he is, by his influence upon our minds, by those virtuous thoughts which he awakens in us, by those secret comforts and refreshments which he...
الصفحة 209 - THE man resolv'd and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamours and tumultuous cries; The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles, And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies, And with superior greatness smiles.
الصفحة 71 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
الصفحة 35 - Hammond, written by Bishop FelL As this good man was troubled with a complication of distempers, when he had the gout upon him, he used to thank God that it was not the stone ; and when he had the stone, that he had not both these distempers on him at the same time.