The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 42 |
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... critic , whose sagacity discovers inaccuracies in a favourite author , and some readers may probably be edified by such discoveries ; but the bulk of them , like my correspondent Rusticus , will get nothing 44 No 50 . OBSERVER .
... critic , whose sagacity discovers inaccuracies in a favourite author , and some readers may probably be edified by such discoveries ; but the bulk of them , like my correspondent Rusticus , will get nothing 44 No 50 . OBSERVER .
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... critic beware that his own production is not open to re- taliation . As for our late ingenious biographer of the ... critics love the sport too well to hunt any but those who can stand a good chace ; and authors are the only objects in ...
... critic beware that his own production is not open to re- taliation . As for our late ingenious biographer of the ... critics love the sport too well to hunt any but those who can stand a good chace ; and authors are the only objects in ...
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... critic , if he is in search for defects , will readily enough discover- In scenam missus magno cum pondere versus . Both were subject to be hurried on by an uncon- troulable impulse , nor could nature alone suffice for either : Eschylus ...
... critic , if he is in search for defects , will readily enough discover- In scenam missus magno cum pondere versus . Both were subject to be hurried on by an uncon- troulable impulse , nor could nature alone suffice for either : Eschylus ...
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... Light thickens , and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood . Good things of day begin to droop and drowse , Whilst Night's black agents to their prey do rouse . The critic of language will observe that here is a 188 No 71 . OBSERVER .
... Light thickens , and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood . Good things of day begin to droop and drowse , Whilst Night's black agents to their prey do rouse . The critic of language will observe that here is a 188 No 71 . OBSERVER .
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British essayists Alexander Chalmers. The critic of language will observe that here is a re- dundancy and crowd of metaphors , but the critic of nature will acknowledge that it is the very truth of character , and join me in the remark ...
British essayists Alexander Chalmers. The critic of language will observe that here is a re- dundancy and crowd of metaphors , but the critic of nature will acknowledge that it is the very truth of character , and join me in the remark ...
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Page 139 - And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Page 173 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill ; cannot be good : — If ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? 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 211 - 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 284 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
Page 147 - Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments ; which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels ; 5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me ; for I am holier than thou.
Page 174 - And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous, By drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams, To set my brother Clarence and the King In deadly hate the one against the other...
Page 178 - The effect and it ! Come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murth'ring ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief ! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry "Hold, hold!
Page 183 - 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 140 - And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph...
Page 153 - 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.