The British Essayists: MirrorJames Ferguson J. Haddon, 1819 |
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... respect the objects of censure . I have long been of opinion , that one of the most important lessons to be learned in life , is that of being able to trifle upon occasion . No character can pos- sibly be more contemptible than that of ...
... respect the objects of censure . I have long been of opinion , that one of the most important lessons to be learned in life , is that of being able to trifle upon occasion . No character can pos- sibly be more contemptible than that of ...
الصفحة 64
... respect for the sex which she hoped to find in a husband , it was im- possible I could ever be her's . ' In vain did I join with her in blaming my past conduct ; in vain did I assure her of the settled purpose I had formed to alter my ...
... respect for the sex which she hoped to find in a husband , it was im- possible I could ever be her's . ' In vain did I join with her in blaming my past conduct ; in vain did I assure her of the settled purpose I had formed to alter my ...
الصفحة 69
... respects , we should gain . We should drink better Burgundy ; and we should have clothes fit for a gentleman to wear N® 68 . 69 THE MIRROR . Parliament; Mr Umphraville's HOME flections on that Character ABERCROMBY Account of a younger ...
... respects , we should gain . We should drink better Burgundy ; and we should have clothes fit for a gentleman to wear N® 68 . 69 THE MIRROR . Parliament; Mr Umphraville's HOME flections on that Character ABERCROMBY Account of a younger ...
الصفحة 83
... respect for himself . Sir Robert Walpole was at last obliged to resign , and along with him a few of his friends who were most obnoxious to the leaders of the successful party . The Earl of W- was not of the number ; he still preserved ...
... respect for himself . Sir Robert Walpole was at last obliged to resign , and along with him a few of his friends who were most obnoxious to the leaders of the successful party . The Earl of W- was not of the number ; he still preserved ...
الصفحة 87
... respect for yourselves . These are the guar- dians of virtue . No man can trust to others for his support , or forfeit his own good opinion with impu- nity . Extravagant desires and ill - founded hopes pave the way for disappointment ...
... respect for yourselves . These are the guar- dians of virtue . No man can trust to others for his support , or forfeit his own good opinion with impu- nity . Extravagant desires and ill - founded hopes pave the way for disappointment ...
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الصفحة 180 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
الصفحة 180 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
الصفحة 266 - And will he not come again? And will he not come again? No, no, he is dead; Go to thy death-bed, He never will come again. His beard was as white as snow All flaxen was his poll, He is gone, he is gone, And we cast away moan: God ha
الصفحة 322 - Tears were the only answer she could give. Sir Edward's servants appeared with a carriage ready for his departure. He took from his pocket two pictures ; one he had drawn of Louisa, he fastened round his neck, and kissing it with rapture, hid it in his bosom. The other he held out in a hesitating manner.
الصفحة 134 - And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
الصفحة 79 - ... as a philosopher than as one who intended to be a practitioner in the art ; he was, nevertheless, preparing to take his degree, when the death of his father left him, at the age of twenty, possessed of a handsome fortune. " Antonio continued his studies for some time with his usual assiduity ; but, finding his income more than sufficient for his wants, he gave up all thoughts of engaging in practice. His house became the rendezvous of his former school-companions, many of them the sons of the...
الصفحة 261 - Observers,' placed in a situation in which even the amiable qualities of his mind serve but to aggravate his distress, and to perplex his conduct.
الصفحة 177 - Were I a father, I should take a particular care to preserve my children from these little horrors of imagination, which they are apt to contract when they are young, and are not able to shake off when they are in years.
الصفحة 101 - We were, in a calm evening, diverting ourselves, on the top of a -cliff, with the prospect of the sea; and trifling away the time in such little fondnesses as are most ridiculous to people in business, and most agreeable to those in love. In the midst of these our innocent endearments, she snatched a paper of verses out of my hand, and ran away with them. I was following her; when on a sudden the ground, though at a considerable distance from the verge of the precipice, sunk under her, and threw...
الصفحة 259 - ... criticism cannot justify, though the situation of the poet, and the time in which he wrote, may easily excuse. But we are to look for the superiority of Shakspeare in the astonishing and almost supernatural powers of his invention, his absolute command over the passions, and his wonderful knowledge of Nature. Of the structure of his stories, or the probability of his incidents, he is frequently careless ; these he took at random from the legendary tale or the extravagant romance ; but his intimate...