The British Essayists, Том 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... passion in man- kind . It was necessary for the world , that arts should be invented and improved , books written and trans- mitted to posterity , nations conquered and civilized . Now since the proper and genuine motives to these , and ...
... passion in man- kind . It was necessary for the world , that arts should be invented and improved , books written and trans- mitted to posterity , nations conquered and civilized . Now since the proper and genuine motives to these , and ...
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... passion for the glory of him who made us . Thus is fame a thing difficult to be obtained by all , but particularly by those who thirst after it , since most men have so much either of ill - nature , or of wari- ness , as not to gratify ...
... passion for the glory of him who made us . Thus is fame a thing difficult to be obtained by all , but particularly by those who thirst after it , since most men have so much either of ill - nature , or of wari- ness , as not to gratify ...
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... passion or sentiment to ex- press , or else violins , voices , or any other organs of sound , afford an entertainment very little above the rattles of children . It was from this opinion of the matter , that when Mr. Clayton had ...
... passion or sentiment to ex- press , or else violins , voices , or any other organs of sound , afford an entertainment very little above the rattles of children . It was from this opinion of the matter , that when Mr. Clayton had ...
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... oblige me ; or I live in torment , and that to lay no manner of obligation on you ? While I indulge your insensibility I am doing nothing ; if you favour my passion , you are bestowing bright desires , gay 32 No 260 . SPECTATOR ,
... oblige me ; or I live in torment , and that to lay no manner of obligation on you ? While I indulge your insensibility I am doing nothing ; if you favour my passion , you are bestowing bright desires , gay 32 No 260 . SPECTATOR ,
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Alexander Chalmers. my passion , you are bestowing bright desires , gay hopes , generous cares , noble resolutions , and trans- porting raptures upon , MADAM , Your most devoted humble servant . ' ' MR . SPECTATOR , ' HERE is a ...
Alexander Chalmers. my passion , you are bestowing bright desires , gay hopes , generous cares , noble resolutions , and trans- porting raptures upon , MADAM , Your most devoted humble servant . ' ' MR . SPECTATOR , ' HERE is a ...
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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...