The British Essayists, Том 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... nature , slow in its re- solves , and languishing in its executions . The use therefore of the passions is to stir it up , and to put it upon action , to awaken the understanding , to en- force the will , and to make the whole man more ...
... nature , slow in its re- solves , and languishing in its executions . The use therefore of the passions is to stir it up , and to put it upon action , to awaken the understanding , to en- force the will , and to make the whole man more ...
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... nature , and accomplished by their own industry , how few are there whose virtues are not obscured by the ignorance , prejudice , or envy of their be- holders ! Some men cannot discern between a noble and a mean action . Others are apt ...
... nature , and accomplished by their own industry , how few are there whose virtues are not obscured by the ignorance , prejudice , or envy of their be- holders ! Some men cannot discern between a noble and a mean action . Others are apt ...
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... nature , or of wari- ness , as not to gratify or soothe the vanity of the am- bitious man ; and since this very thirst after fame na- turally betrays him into such indecencies as are a les- sening to his reputation , and is itself ...
... nature , or of wari- ness , as not to gratify or soothe the vanity of the am- bitious man ; and since this very thirst after fame na- turally betrays him into such indecencies as are a les- sening to his reputation , and is itself ...
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... nature casts a shade on all the other beauties , and darkens the whole character . How difficult therefore is it to preserve a great name , when he that has acquired it , is so obnoxious to such little weaknesses and infirmities as are ...
... nature casts a shade on all the other beauties , and darkens the whole character . How difficult therefore is it to preserve a great name , when he that has acquired it , is so obnoxious to such little weaknesses and infirmities as are ...
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... . Secondly , Because many of those actions , which are apt to procure fame , are not in their nature con ducive to this our ultimate happiness . Thirdly , Because if we should allow the same ac- 16 N ° 257 . SPECTATOR .
... . Secondly , Because many of those actions , which are apt to procure fame , are not in their nature con ducive to this our ultimate happiness . Thirdly , Because if we should allow the same ac- 16 N ° 257 . SPECTATOR .
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Сторінка 238 - Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Сторінка 275 - Heaven that He ere long Intended to create, and therein plant A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the Sons of Heaven. Thither, if but to pry, shall be perhaps Our first eruption — thither, or elsewhere; For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial Spirits in bondage, nor th' Abyss Long under darkness cover.
Сторінка 237 - In billows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever...
Сторінка 242 - A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air...
Сторінка 238 - Hail, horrors! hail, Infernal world! And thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor! one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time!
Сторінка 123 - For joy of offer'd peace : but I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
Сторінка 237 - Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood Under amazement of their hideous change. He call'd so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded.
Сторінка 151 - But first, whom shall we send In search of this new world ? whom shall we find Sufficient ? who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark, unbottom'd, infinite abyss, And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way...
Сторінка 240 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Сторінка 238 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...