The British Essayists, Том 8Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... given me the authority of a father over this comely and virtuous child ; and I must assure thee , that if I have the giving her , I shall not bestow her on thee . Thy mirth , friend , savoureth of folly : thou art a person of a light ...
... given me the authority of a father over this comely and virtuous child ; and I must assure thee , that if I have the giving her , I shall not bestow her on thee . Thy mirth , friend , savoureth of folly : thou art a person of a light ...
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... given we have epi- tomized many of our 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 ...
... given we have epi- tomized many of our 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 ...
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... given , and his mind revealed by way of contra- ries : as when any thing is to be remembered , with a peculiar cast of face he cries " Be sure to forget now . " If I am to make haste back , " Do not come these two hours ; be sure to ...
... given , and his mind revealed by way of contra- ries : as when any thing is to be remembered , with a peculiar cast of face he cries " Be sure to forget now . " If I am to make haste back , " Do not come these two hours ; be sure to ...
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... given for the benefit of the young merchants about the Exchange for two hours every day at noon , except Saturdays , at a toy - shop near Garraway's coffee - house . There will be likewise taught the ceremony of the snuff - box , or ...
... given for the benefit of the young merchants about the Exchange for two hours every day at noon , except Saturdays , at a toy - shop near Garraway's coffee - house . There will be likewise taught the ceremony of the snuff - box , or ...
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... given a sanction to their faults in others . Thus the imitators of Milton seem to place all the excellency of that sort of writing either in the un- couth or antique words , or something else which was highly vicious , though pardonable ...
... given a sanction to their faults in others . Thus the imitators of Milton seem to place all the excellency of that sort of writing either in the un- couth or antique words , or something else which was highly vicious , though pardonable ...
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Сторінка 123 - I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide. The bridge thou seest, said he, is Human Life ; consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which added to those that were entire made up the number about an hundred.
Сторінка 141 - Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ, With something new to wish, or to enjoy!
Сторінка 123 - 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...
Сторінка 126 - ... 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 to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge.
Сторінка 125 - I, those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time ? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and, among many other feathered creatures, several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches.
Сторінка 217 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Сторінка 122 - Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on 'the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and passing from one thought to another, Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Сторінка 217 - Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Сторінка 130 - There is another kind of great geniuses which I shall place in a second class, not as I think them inferior to the first, but only for distinction's sake, as they are of a different kind. This second class of great geniuses are those* that have formed themselves by rules, and submitted the greatness of their natural talents to the corrections and restraints of art.
Сторінка 122 - I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in Paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.