The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Том 7 |
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... hear- tily , and diverting themselves at a game of crambo . I heard several double rhymes as I passed by them , which raised a great deal of mirth . Not far from these was another set of merry peo- ple engaged at a diversion , in which ...
... hear- tily , and diverting themselves at a game of crambo . I heard several double rhymes as I passed by them , which raised a great deal of mirth . Not far from these was another set of merry peo- ple engaged at a diversion , in which ...
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... hear her explain herself , That we have lost one of the house of Austria ! ' Princes are elevated so highly above the rest of mankind , that it is a presumptuous distinction to take a part in honours done to their memories , except we ...
... hear her explain herself , That we have lost one of the house of Austria ! ' Princes are elevated so highly above the rest of mankind , that it is a presumptuous distinction to take a part in honours done to their memories , except we ...
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... hear disputes adjusted between an inhabitant of Japan and an alderman of London , or to see a subject of the great mogul entering into a league with one of the Czar of Muscovy . I am infinitely delighted in mixing with these several mi ...
... hear disputes adjusted between an inhabitant of Japan and an alderman of London , or to see a subject of the great mogul entering into a league with one of the Czar of Muscovy . I am infinitely delighted in mixing with these several mi ...
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... hear all the languages of Europe spoken in this little spot of his former domi- nions , and to see so many private men , who in his time would have been the vassals of some powerful baron , negotiating like princes for greater sums of ...
... hear all the languages of Europe spoken in this little spot of his former domi- nions , and to see so many private men , who in his time would have been the vassals of some powerful baron , negotiating like princes for greater sums of ...
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... hear the voice of even- ing nightingales , as if for fashion sake they courted those solitudes , because they have heard lovers do So. Oh Betty ! could I hear these rivulets murmur , and birds sing , while you stood near me , how little ...
... hear the voice of even- ing nightingales , as if for fashion sake they courted those solitudes , because they have heard lovers do So. Oh Betty ! could I hear these rivulets murmur , and birds sing , while you stood near me , how little ...
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Сторінка 136 - Manlike, but different sex, so lovely fair, That what seem'd fair in all the World, seem'd now Mean, or in her summ'd up...
Сторінка 235 - ... than blemish his good qualities. As soon as the sermon is finished, nobody presumes to stir till Sir Roger is gone out of the church. The knight walks down from his seat in the chancel between a double row of his tenants, that stand bowing to him on each side, and every- now and then...
Сторінка 225 - The ideas of goblins and sprights have really no more to do with darkness than light : yet let but a foolish maid inculcate these often on the mind of a child, and raise them there together, possibly , he shall never be able to separate them again so long as he lives ; but darkness shall ever afterwards bring with it those frightful ideas, and they shall be so joined, that he can no more bear the one than the other...
Сторінка 232 - That cherubim, which now appears as a god to a human soul, knows very well that the period will come about in eternity, when the human soul shall be as perfect as he himself now is; nay, when she shall look down upon that degree of perfection as much as she now falls short of it.
Сторінка 216 - ... of his game. He hunts a pack of dogs better than any man in the country, and is very famous for finding out a hare. He is extremely well versed in all the little handicrafts of an idle man : he makes a May-fly to a miracle ; and furnishes the whole country with angle-rods.
Сторінка 280 - A MAN'S first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart; his next, to escape the censures of the world. If the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected; but otherwise there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind, than to see those approbations which it gives itself, seconded by the applauses of the public.
Сторінка 232 - ... as much as she now falls short of it. It is true, the higher nature still advances, and by that means preserves his distance...
Сторінка 211 - ... approved of my friend's insisting upon the qualifications of a good aspect and a clear voice; for I was so charmed with the gracefulness of his figure and delivery, as well as with the discourses he pronounced, that I think I never passed any time more to my satisfaction. A sermon repeated after this manner, is like the composition of a poet in the mouth of a graceful actor.
Сторінка 210 - I know his value, have settled upon him a good annuity for life. If he outlives me, he shall find that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years; and, though he does...
Сторінка 218 - Will Wimble's is the case of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rather see their children starve like gentlemen than thrive in a trade or profession that is beneath their quality.