The British Essayists;: ObserverJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1807 - English essays |
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... hold my hand for the present ; but if these should succeed in being acceptable to my readers , I shall not be afraid of meeting Mr. Joseph Miller and his modern witticisms with my ancients . In that case I shall not despair of being ...
... hold my hand for the present ; but if these should succeed in being acceptable to my readers , I shall not be afraid of meeting Mr. Joseph Miller and his modern witticisms with my ancients . In that case I shall not despair of being ...
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... his fears , and he was too tenacious of power to quit it upon any other motives than those of absolute conviction that he could hold it no longer . This is so much in character , that I think it very probable he 10 N ° 53 . OBSERVER .
... his fears , and he was too tenacious of power to quit it upon any other motives than those of absolute conviction that he could hold it no longer . This is so much in character , that I think it very probable he 10 N ° 53 . OBSERVER .
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... hold off flattery , and yet admit familiarity ; how to give the lights of information , and shut out the false colours of seduction , demands a judgment for distinguishing and an authority for controuling , which few go- vernors in that ...
... hold off flattery , and yet admit familiarity ; how to give the lights of information , and shut out the false colours of seduction , demands a judgment for distinguishing and an authority for controuling , which few go- vernors in that ...
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... hold danger at a distance with- out their help ? I am to presume , therefore , that every human being , who makes his own will his master , and goes all lengths in gratifying his guilty passions without restraint , must rely upon his ...
... hold danger at a distance with- out their help ? I am to presume , therefore , that every human being , who makes his own will his master , and goes all lengths in gratifying his guilty passions without restraint , must rely upon his ...
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... hold the same language of defiance , and with undaunted spirit cry out to the elements- ' Do your worst , ye blind tools of chance ! Since there can be neither intelligence nor direction in your rage , I set you at nought . You may ...
... hold the same language of defiance , and with undaunted spirit cry out to the elements- ' Do your worst , ye blind tools of chance ! Since there can be neither intelligence nor direction in your rage , I set you at nought . You may ...
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Page 119 - I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, • Against the use of nature...
Page 94 - And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon : and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves ; for the time of figs was not yet.
Page 127 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Page 157 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog...
Page 134 - Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day ; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond "Which keeps me pale...
Page 129 - I hear a knocking At the south entry : retire we to our chamber : A little water clears us of this deed : How easy is it, then ! Your constancy Hath left you unattended.
Page 110 - I may define it to be that faculty of the soul which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure and the imperfections with dislike.
Page 99 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Page 213 - But there is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than beauty, which immediately diffuses a secret satisfaction and complacency through the imagination, and gives a finishing to any thing that is great or uncommon. The very first discovery of it strikes the mind with an inward joy, and spreads a cheerfulness and delight through all its faculties.
Page 93 - They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.