The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Haddon, 1819 - English essays |
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... described to have cast his eye , are repre- ented in the most beautiful and lively manner : ' Now had th ' Almighty Father from above ( From the pure empyrean where he sits High thron'd above all height ) bent down his eye , His own ...
... described to have cast his eye , are repre- ented in the most beautiful and lively manner : ' Now had th ' Almighty Father from above ( From the pure empyrean where he sits High thron'd above all height ) bent down his eye , His own ...
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... described , and tempered with a due measure of probability . I must only make an exception to the Limbo of Vanity , with his episode of Sin and Death , and some of the imaginary persons in his chaos . These passages are astonishing ...
... described , and tempered with a due measure of probability . I must only make an exception to the Limbo of Vanity , with his episode of Sin and Death , and some of the imaginary persons in his chaos . These passages are astonishing ...
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... described as the opening through which the angels pass to and fro into the lower world , upon their errands to mankind . His sitting upon the brink of this passage , and taking a survey of the whole face of nature , that appeared to him ...
... described as the opening through which the angels pass to and fro into the lower world , upon their errands to mankind . His sitting upon the brink of this passage , and taking a survey of the whole face of nature , that appeared to him ...
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... . The person who kept this insipid journal led just such a life as is described and ridiculed here , and was continually asking or quot- ing his pastor's opinion on every subject . Two o'clock . Sat down to dinner . Mem . 36 SPECTATOR .
... . The person who kept this insipid journal led just such a life as is described and ridiculed here , and was continually asking or quot- ing his pastor's opinion on every subject . Two o'clock . Sat down to dinner . Mem . 36 SPECTATOR .
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... described as perching on the top of an oak in the shape of vultures . His planting himself at the ear of Eve under the form of a toad , in order to produce vain dreams and imaginations , is a circumstance of the same na- ture ; as his ...
... described as perching on the top of an oak in the shape of vultures . His planting himself at the ear of Eve under the form of a toad , in order to produce vain dreams and imaginations , is a circumstance of the same na- ture ; as his ...
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Page 312 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Page 218 - Should God create another Eve, and I Another rib afford, yet loss of thee Would never from my heart : no, no ! I feel The link of Nature draw me : flesh of flesh, Bone of my bone thou art, and from thy state Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe.
Page 62 - To whom thus Eve replied. O thou for whom And from whom I was form'd, flesh of thy flesh, And without whom am to no end, my guide And head! what thou hast said is just and right. For we to him indeed all praises owe And daily thanks; I chiefly, who enjoy So far the happier lot, enjoying thee Preeminent by so much odds, while thou Like consort to thyself canst no where find.
Page 279 - With what to sight or smell was sweet ! from thee How shall I part, and whither wander down Into a lower world ; to this obscure And wild ? how shall we breathe in other air Less pure, accustomed to immortal fruits ? Whom thus the Angel interrupted mild.
Page 276 - And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Page 88 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 350 - The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead, And boys in flowery bands the tiger lead; The steer and lion at one crib shall meet, And harmless serpents lick the pilgrim's feet.
Page 63 - So spake our general mother, and, with eyes Of conjugal attraction unreproved And meek surrender, half embracing lean'd On our first father; half her swelling breast Naked met his under the flowing gold Of her loose tresses hid...
Page 121 - With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky With hideous ruin and combustion down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine* chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms.
Page 89 - If none regard ; heaven wakes with all his eyes, Whom, to behold but thee, nature's desire, In whose sight all things joy, with ravishment Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.