THE OBSERVER, المجلد 4Bachariah Jackson, 1791 |
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الصفحة 30
... reafon may be- come very useful allies to any one fingle virtue , when in danger of being overpowered by a hoft of foes : At the fame time they are as capable of being kidnapped by the enemies of reason , and , when enlifted in the ...
... reafon may be- come very useful allies to any one fingle virtue , when in danger of being overpowered by a hoft of foes : At the fame time they are as capable of being kidnapped by the enemies of reason , and , when enlifted in the ...
الصفحة 32
... reafon but be- cause it imposes on her fome self - denials by the way , which he has not fortitude to furmount ; and it is plain the does not love fare well enough to be at much pains in acquiring it ; her ambition does not reach at ...
... reafon but be- cause it imposes on her fome self - denials by the way , which he has not fortitude to furmount ; and it is plain the does not love fare well enough to be at much pains in acquiring it ; her ambition does not reach at ...
الصفحة 42
... reafon to be proud of the genius of our women ; the advances they have made within a fhort period are scarcely credi ble , and I reflect upon them with furprize and pleasure : It behoves every young man of fashion now to look well to ...
... reafon to be proud of the genius of our women ; the advances they have made within a fhort period are scarcely credi ble , and I reflect upon them with furprize and pleasure : It behoves every young man of fashion now to look well to ...
الصفحة 57
... reafon you should neglect " yourfelf ; you muft fhake off your indolence ; and as the firit ftep neceffary towards your " future comfort is to put yourself at eafe in point " of fortune , you must make yourself master of your own eftate ...
... reafon you should neglect " yourfelf ; you muft fhake off your indolence ; and as the firit ftep neceffary towards your " future comfort is to put yourself at eafe in point " of fortune , you must make yourself master of your own eftate ...
الصفحة 78
... . The folitude , I reforted to , made me every day more morofe , and fupplied me with reflections that rendered me intolerable to myfelf and unfit for for fociety . I had reafon to apprehend , in 78 N ° 130 . THE OBSERVER .
... . The folitude , I reforted to , made me every day more morofe , and fupplied me with reflections that rendered me intolerable to myfelf and unfit for for fociety . I had reafon to apprehend , in 78 N ° 130 . THE OBSERVER .
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الصفحة 183 - ... twas suffocating silent woe. Let us drop the curtain over this melancholy pause in our narration, and attend upon the mournful widower now landing upon English ground, and conveyed by his humane and generous preserver to the house of a noble earl, the father of our amiable captain, and a man by his virtues still more conspicuous than by his rank. Here amidst the gentle solicitudes of a benevolent family, in one of the most enchanting spots on earth, in a climate...
الصفحة 91 - His scenes exhibit not much of humour, imagery, or passion : his personages are a kind of intellectual gladiators ; every sentence is to ward or strike ; the contest of smartness is never intermitted ; his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate coruscations.
الصفحة 136 - As he lived in constant serenity of mind, so he died without pain of body ; for having called together a number of his friends to the reading of a play, which he had newly finished, and sitting, as was the custom in that serene climate, under the open canopy of Heaven, an unforeseen fall of rain broke up the company...
الصفحة 26 - ... every body to be warmed by the contemplation of her figure or the reflection of her countenance ; at the...
الصفحة 174 - He found every thing in confusion, a deck covered with the slain, and the whole crew in consternation at an event they were in no degree prepared for, not having received any intimation of a war. He found the officers in general, and the passengers without exception, under the most horrid impressions of the English, and expecting to be plundered, and perhaps butchered without mercy.
الصفحة 180 - Spaniard's hand in his, and seating him on a couch beside him, ordered the centinel to keep the cabin private, and delivered himself as follows : ' Senor Don Manuel, I must now impart to you an anxiety which I labour under on your account ; I have strong reason to suspect you have enemies in your own country, who are upon the watch to arrest you on your landing: when I have told you this, I expect you will repose such trust in my honour, and the sincerity of my regard for you, as not to demand a...
الصفحة 245 - Every hope being extinguished by the receipt of" this letter, the disconsolate Rachel became henceforth one of the most miserable of human beings : after venting a torrent of rage against her brother...
الصفحة 141 - ... abovementioned most eloquently displays in his parallel between Christ and that Impostor ; the Deist will perhaps be much interested to support his favourite philosopher, and will care little for the prophet : the .modern Platonist, who is ingenious to erect a new system of natural religion out of the ruins of heathen idolatry, may be zealous to defend the founder of his faith, and his anger I must submit to incur ; but it is not quite so easy to bear the reproof of friends, from whom I have...
الصفحة 21 - ... are a kind of balancing powers, which feem indeed to hold a neutrality in moral affairs, but, holding it with arms in their hands, cannot be fuppofed to remain impartial fpectators of the fray, and therefore muft be either with us, or againft us.
الصفحة 90 - As for that diftinguifhing chara&eriftic, which the ingenious efTayift terms very properly the harmony of its cadence ; that I take to be incommunicable and immediately dependant upon the ear of him who. models it. This harmony of cadence is fo...