The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, المجلد 41 |
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... looks morose , every body wonders what the moody gentleman is displeased with , and each in his turn suspects him- self in the fault ; if he only looks wise , all are ex- pecting when the dumb oracle will utter , and in the mean time ...
... looks morose , every body wonders what the moody gentleman is displeased with , and each in his turn suspects him- self in the fault ; if he only looks wise , all are ex- pecting when the dumb oracle will utter , and in the mean time ...
الصفحة 14
... look What his proportions be : No measure that is thence contriv'd , Or any motion thence deriv'd , But is pure harmony . ' This poet , though he was rather a clumsy flat- terer of his prince , was ingenious enough in the mode he took ...
... look What his proportions be : No measure that is thence contriv'd , Or any motion thence deriv'd , But is pure harmony . ' This poet , though he was rather a clumsy flat- terer of his prince , was ingenious enough in the mode he took ...
الصفحة 16
... look at himself , and he frequently desired the painter not to let the horse prance so , but to no purpose . Too great avidity of praise will sometimes betray an author into a studied attempt at fine writing , where the thought will not ...
... look at himself , and he frequently desired the painter not to let the horse prance so , but to no purpose . Too great avidity of praise will sometimes betray an author into a studied attempt at fine writing , where the thought will not ...
الصفحة 24
... looks , which ladies of high prerogative in their own houses occasionally bestow to husbands under proper subjection ... look upon this occasion ; but he prudently kept silence , waiting with great respect the dreadful order of march ...
... looks , which ladies of high prerogative in their own houses occasionally bestow to husbands under proper subjection ... look upon this occasion ; but he prudently kept silence , waiting with great respect the dreadful order of march ...
الصفحة 25
... look , that seemed to say he was of my way of thinking ; upon which she rung the bell , and ordered dinner to be held back for an hour , saying to the philosopher she thought we might have a canto in that time . She now paused for some ...
... look , that seemed to say he was of my way of thinking ; upon which she rung the bell , and ordered dinner to be held back for an hour , saying to the philosopher she thought we might have a canto in that time . She now paused for some ...
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الصفحة 208 - That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.
الصفحة 205 - But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one : 10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
الصفحة 28 - Your mind is tossing on the ocean ; There, where your argosies with portly sail. Like signiors and rich burghers on the flood, Or, as it were, the pageants of the sea, Do overpeer the petty traffickers, That curtsy to them, do them reverence, As they fly by them with their woven wings.
الصفحة 3 - I must confess I am amazed that the press should be only made use of in this way by newswriters, and the zealots of parties ; as if it were not more advantageous to mankind, to. be instructed in wisdom and virtue, than in politics; and to be made good fathers, husbands and sons, than counsellors and statesmen.
الصفحة 160 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin that I admire. Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense. The virtuous Marcia tow'rs above her sex : True, she is fair, (oh how divinely fair !) But still the lovely maid improves her charms With inward greatness, unaffected wisdom, And sanctity of manners.
الصفحة 74 - Fill'd with such pictures as Tiberius took From Elephantis, and dull Aretine But coldly imitated. Then, my glasses Cut in more subtle angles, to disperse And multiply the figures, as I walk Naked between my succubae. My mists I'll have of perfume, vapour'd 'bout the room, To lose ourselves in...
الصفحة 208 - I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, but of hearing the word of the Lord.
الصفحة 255 - Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, — senses, affections, passions? Is he not fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same summer and winter as a Christian is?
الصفحة 74 - My meat shall all come in, in Indian shells, Dishes of agate set in gold, and studded With emeralds, sapphires, hyacinths and rubies. The tongues of carps, dormice, and camels...
الصفحة 196 - ... reproach, who is a stranger to the guilt that is implied in it ? or subject himself to the penalty, when he knows he has never committed the crime ? This is a piece of fortitude which every one owes to his own innocence, and without which it is impossible for a man of any merit or figure to live at peace with himself, in a country that abounds with wit and liberty.