Selected English EssaysOxford University Press, 1922 - 543 стор. |
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... genius , but fit also for the arts of peace , for he played on the bass - viol as well as any gentleman at court ; you see where his viol hangs by his basket - hilt sword . The action at the Tilt - yard , you may be sure , won the fair ...
... genius , but fit also for the arts of peace , for he played on the bass - viol as well as any gentleman at court ; you see where his viol hangs by his basket - hilt sword . The action at the Tilt - yard , you may be sure , won the fair ...
Сторінка 101
... genius did not lie that way , his parents at length gave him up to his own inventions . But certainly , however improper he might have been for studies of a higher nature , he was perfectly well turned for the occupations of trade and ...
... genius did not lie that way , his parents at length gave him up to his own inventions . But certainly , however improper he might have been for studies of a higher nature , he was perfectly well turned for the occupations of trade and ...
Сторінка 124
... genius , before they are put in execution . Sir Cloudesley Shovel's monument has very often given me great offence instead of the brave rough English Admiral , which was the distinguishing character of that plain gallant man , he is ...
... genius , before they are put in execution . Sir Cloudesley Shovel's monument has very often given me great offence instead of the brave rough English Admiral , which was the distinguishing character of that plain gallant man , he is ...
Сторінка 125
... genius , show an infinitely greater taste of antiquity and politeness in their buildings and works of this nature , than what we meet with in those of our own country . The monuments of their admirals , which have been erected at the ...
... genius , show an infinitely greater taste of antiquity and politeness in their buildings and works of this nature , than what we meet with in those of our own country . The monuments of their admirals , which have been erected at the ...
Сторінка 134
... genius . I shall here endeavour ( for the benefit of my countrymen ) to make it manifest , that epic poems may be made without a genius , ' nay , without learn- ing or much reading . This must necessarily be of 134 SELECTED ENGLISH ...
... genius . I shall here endeavour ( for the benefit of my countrymen ) to make it manifest , that epic poems may be made without a genius , ' nay , without learn- ing or much reading . This must necessarily be of 134 SELECTED ENGLISH ...
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Сторінка 2 - Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Сторінка 23 - GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a garden. And, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures ; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks.
Сторінка 2 - A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure. Doth any man doubt that if there were taken out of men's minds vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the minds of a number of men poor shrunken things, full of melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves...
Сторінка 263 - Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings That in the various bustle of resort Were all to-ruffled, and sometimes impaired. 380 He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
Сторінка 70 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Сторінка 102 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for, if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servant to them.
Сторінка 70 - But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance, after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Сторінка 85 - THE first of our society is a gentleman of Worcestershire, of ancient descent, a baronet; his name Sir Roger de Coverley. His great-grandfather was inventor of that famous country-dance which is called after him. All who know that shire are very well acquainted with the parts and merits of Sir Roger. He is a gentleman that is very singular in his behaviour, but his singularities proceed from his good sense, and are contradictions to the manners of the world only as he thinks the world is in the wrong.
Сторінка 85 - It is said, he keeps himself a bachelor by reason he was crossed in love by a perverse beautiful widow of the next county to him. Before this disappointment, Sir Roger was what you call a fine gentleman, had often supped with my Lord Rochester and Sir George Etherege, fought a duel upon his first coming to town, and kicked Bully Dawson in a public coffeehouse, for calling him youngster.
Сторінка 88 - He is very ready at that sort of discourse with which men usually entertain women. He has all his life dressed very well, and remembers habits as others do men. He can smile when one speaks to him, and laughs easily. He knows the history of every mode...