The British Essayists;: SpectatorJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 |
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... particular delight in being agreeable to each other for the future ; and assumed their different provinces in the conduct of the company . Our reckonings , apartments , and ac- commodation , fell under Ephraim ; and the captain looked ...
... particular delight in being agreeable to each other for the future ; and assumed their different provinces in the conduct of the company . Our reckonings , apartments , and ac- commodation , fell under Ephraim ; and the captain looked ...
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... particular , I shall communicate to the public my speculations upon the English tongue , not doubt- ing but they will be acceptable to all my curious readers . The English delight in silence more than any other European nation , if the ...
... particular , I shall communicate to the public my speculations upon the English tongue , not doubt- ing but they will be acceptable to all my curious readers . The English delight in silence more than any other European nation , if the ...
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... particular words to the detri- ment of our tongue , so on other occasions we have drawn two words into one , which has likewise very much untuned our language , and clogged it with This was probably Dean Swift , who has made the same ...
... particular words to the detri- ment of our tongue , so on other occasions we have drawn two words into one , which has likewise very much untuned our language , and clogged it with This was probably Dean Swift , who has made the same ...
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... particular , began to prune their words of all su- perfluous letters , as they termed them , in order to adjust the spelling to the pronunciation ; which would have confounded all our etymologies , and have quite destroyed our tongue ...
... particular , began to prune their words of all su- perfluous letters , as they termed them , in order to adjust the spelling to the pronunciation ; which would have confounded all our etymologies , and have quite destroyed our tongue ...
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... particular uses . The stateliness and gravity of the Spaniards shews itself to perfection in the solemnity of their language ; and the blunt honest humour of the Germans sounds better in the roughness of the High - Dutch , than it would ...
... particular uses . The stateliness and gravity of the Spaniards shews itself to perfection in the solemnity of their language ; and the blunt honest humour of the Germans sounds better in the roughness of the High - Dutch , than it would ...
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Página 129 - But tell me, further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it.
Página 147 - A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all Mankind's Epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was everything by starts, and nothing long: But in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking; Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Página 133 - The Genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me ; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating; but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Página 131 - ... thick for the eye to penetrate) I saw the valley opening at the farther end, and spreading forth into an immense ocean, that had a huge rock of adamant running through the midst of it, and dividing it into two equal parts. The clouds still rested on one half of it, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it...
Página 128 - I had been often told that the rock before me was the haunt of a genius; and that several had been entertained with music who had passed by it, but never heard that the musician had before made himself visible. When he had raised my thoughts, by those transporting airs...
Página 132 - ... seas that ran among them. I could see persons dressed in glorious habits with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage...
Página 129 - The valley that thou seest, said he, is the vale of misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is part of the great tide of eternity. What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other? What thou seest, said he, is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine now, said he, this sea that is thus bounded with darkness...
Página 130 - I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it, and upon...
Página 223 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
Página 131 - Look no more, said he, on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it.