The British Essayists, المجلد 17Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... Coffee - house Orators- twisting off Buttons 85. On Scandal - Letter from a Sufferer by Calumny - from Daniel Button 86. Classical Descriptions - of the War Horse in Job A87 . General Taste for intrigue - Immorality of Servants ...
... Coffee - house Orators- twisting off Buttons 85. On Scandal - Letter from a Sufferer by Calumny - from Daniel Button 86. Classical Descriptions - of the War Horse in Job A87 . General Taste for intrigue - Immorality of Servants ...
الصفحة 84
... prince , * who hath encouraged the study of it in his sub- jects , had been himself a proficient in astronomy . This might have shewed him how mean on ambition that was , which terminated ... Coffee-house Orators- twisting off Buttons STEELE.
... prince , * who hath encouraged the study of it in his sub- jects , had been himself a proficient in astronomy . This might have shewed him how mean on ambition that was , which terminated ... Coffee-house Orators- twisting off Buttons STEELE.
الصفحة 87
... coffee - house to coffee- house , and seeking whom they may devour . To unriddle this paradox , I must acquaint my rural reader that we polite men of the town give the name of a lion to any one who is a great man's spy . And whereas I ...
... coffee - house to coffee- house , and seeking whom they may devour . To unriddle this paradox , I must acquaint my rural reader that we polite men of the town give the name of a lion to any one who is a great man's spy . And whereas I ...
الصفحة 90
... coffee - house , and as his voice is exceeding strong , it aggravates the sound of every thing it re- peats . As the lion generally thirsts after blood , and is of a fierce and cruel nature , there are no secrets which he hunts after ...
... coffee - house , and as his voice is exceeding strong , it aggravates the sound of every thing it re- peats . As the lion generally thirsts after blood , and is of a fierce and cruel nature , there are no secrets which he hunts after ...
الصفحة 91
... coffee - house , you never fail of seeing a lion couched upon his elbow in some part of the neighbourhood . A lion is particularly addicted to the perusal of every loose paper that lies in his way . He appears more than ordinary ...
... coffee - house , you never fail of seeing a lion couched upon his elbow in some part of the neighbourhood . A lion is particularly addicted to the perusal of every loose paper that lies in his way . He appears more than ordinary ...
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الصفحة 161 - Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength : He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted, Neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, The glittering spear and the shield.
الصفحة 24 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
الصفحة 56 - So, where our wide Numidian wastes extend, Sudden, th' impetuous hurricanes descend, Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play, Tear up the sands, and sweep whole plains away. The helpless traveller, with wild surprise, Sees the dry desert all around him rise, And smother'd in the dusty whirlwind dies.
الصفحة 162 - He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage : neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, "Ha, ha!" and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
الصفحة 172 - He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire...
الصفحة 170 - Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
الصفحة 116 - IT is no small pleasure to me, who am zealous in the interests of learning, to think I may have the honour of leading the town into a very new and uncommon road of criticism. As that kind of literature is at present carried on, it consists only in a knowledge of mechanic rules which contribute to the structure of different sorts of poetry; as the receipts of good housewives do to the making puddings of flour, oranges, plums, or any other ingredients.
الصفحة 171 - When he made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder, then did he see it and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
الصفحة 170 - Thou, even thou, art Lord alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all ; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
الصفحة 310 - The friend, in the meanwhile, saw his own sympathetic needle moving of itself to every letter which that of his correspondent pointed at. By this means they talked together across a whole continent, and conveyed their thoughts to one another in an instant over cities or mountains, seas or deserts.