The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The SpectatorE. Sargeant, and M. & W. Ward; and Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston., 1810 |
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... tion : since the former arise from a voluntary choice , the latter from a necessity to which we could not give our own consent . As it has been said on one side , that a man ought not to break with a faulty friend , that he may not ...
... tion : since the former arise from a voluntary choice , the latter from a necessity to which we could not give our own consent . As it has been said on one side , that a man ought not to break with a faulty friend , that he may not ...
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... tion . It is certain that all men , who are the least given to reflection , are seized with an inclination that way when , perhaps , they had rather be in- clined to company ; but indeed they had better go home and be tired with ...
... tion . It is certain that all men , who are the least given to reflection , are seized with an inclination that way when , perhaps , they had rather be in- clined to company ; but indeed they had better go home and be tired with ...
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... tion and knowledge of life are to be acquired ; but that which no one can describe , and is appa- rently the act of nature , must be every where prevalent , because every thing it meets is a fit occasion to exert it ; for he who follows ...
... tion and knowledge of life are to be acquired ; but that which no one can describe , and is appa- rently the act of nature , must be every where prevalent , because every thing it meets is a fit occasion to exert it ; for he who follows ...
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... tion those violent ferments which they stir up in the blood , and those irregular disturbed motions which they raise in the animal spirits . I scarce remember , in my own observation , to have met with many old men , or with such , who ...
... tion those violent ferments which they stir up in the blood , and those irregular disturbed motions which they raise in the animal spirits . I scarce remember , in my own observation , to have met with many old men , or with such , who ...
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... tion . Melancholy is a kind of demon that haunts our island , and often conveys herself to us in an easterly wind . A celebrated French novelist , in opposition to those who begin their romances with the flowery season of the year ...
... tion . Melancholy is a kind of demon that haunts our island , and often conveys herself to us in an easterly wind . A celebrated French novelist , in opposition to those who begin their romances with the flowery season of the year ...
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Página 281 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Página 79 - I rightly conceived your meaning ; and if, as you say, confessing a truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty perform your command.
Página 155 - If the Products of Nature rise in Value, according as they more or less resemble those of Art, we may be sure that artificial Works receive a greater Advantage from their Resemblance of such as are natural ; because here the Similitude is not only pleasant, but the Pattern more perfect.
Página 80 - My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burden of your Grace's displeasure, and that it may not touch the innocent souls of those poor gentlemen who, as I understand, are likewise in strait imprisonment for my sake. If ever I have found favour in your sight, if ever the name of Anne Boleyn hath been pleasing in your ears, then let me obtain this request...
Página 177 - When we look on such hideous objects, we are not a little pleased to think we are in no danger of them. We consider them, at the same time, as dreadful and harmless; so that the more frightful appearance they make, the greater is the pleasure we receive from the sense of our own safety.
Página 186 - But if we yet rise higher, and consider the fixed stars as so many vast oceans of flame, that are each of them attended with a different set of planets, and still discover new firmaments and...
Página 181 - Men of cold fancies, and philosophical dispositions, object to this kind of poetry, that it has not probability enough to affect the imagination. But to this it may be answered, that we are sure in general, there are many intellectual beings in the world besides ourselves, and. several species of spirits, who are subject to different laws and oeconomies from those of mankind; when we see, therefore, any of these represented naturally...
Página 138 - I here mean such as arise from visible Objects, either when we have them actually in our View, or when we call up their Ideas into our Minds by Paintings, Statues, Descriptions, or any the like Occasion...
Página 9 - Those are often raised into the greatest transports of mirth who are subject to the greatest depressions of melancholy. On the contrary, cheerfulness, though it docs not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents us from falling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment ; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
Página 150 - ... delightfully lost and bewildered in a pleasing delusion, and we walk about like the enchanted hero of a romance, who sees beautiful castles, woods., and meadows, and at the same time hears the warbling of birds and the purling of streams ; but upon the finishing of some secret spell the fantastic scene breaks up, and the disconsolate knight finds himself on a barren heath or in a solitary desert.