The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The RamblerE. Sargeant, and M. & W. Ward; and Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston., 1811 |
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Página 37
... curiosity , and engage with his former ardour in the toils of study . Even that friendship which intends the reward of genius too often tends to obstruct it . The plea- sure of being caressed , distinguished , and ad- mired , easily ...
... curiosity , and engage with his former ardour in the toils of study . Even that friendship which intends the reward of genius too often tends to obstruct it . The plea- sure of being caressed , distinguished , and ad- mired , easily ...
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... curiosity led me to a crowd gathered in the street , where I found Ferocula , in the presence of hundreds , disputing for sixpence with a chair- man . I saw her in so little need of assistance , that it was no breach of the laws of ...
... curiosity led me to a crowd gathered in the street , where I found Ferocula , in the presence of hundreds , disputing for sixpence with a chair- man . I saw her in so little need of assistance , that it was no breach of the laws of ...
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... curiosity , and sometimes , by a lucky chance , bring persons of similar tempers within the attraction of each other . I was known to possess a fortune , and to want a wife ; and , therefore , was frequently attended by these hymeneal ...
... curiosity , and sometimes , by a lucky chance , bring persons of similar tempers within the attraction of each other . I was known to possess a fortune , and to want a wife ; and , therefore , was frequently attended by these hymeneal ...
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... curiosity , as is scarcely to be found in any single intellect ; or perhaps others foresaw the tumults which would be raised against them , and confined their knowledge to their own breast and abandoned prejudice and folly to the ...
... curiosity , as is scarcely to be found in any single intellect ; or perhaps others foresaw the tumults which would be raised against them , and confined their knowledge to their own breast and abandoned prejudice and folly to the ...
Página 82
... curiosity ; a passion , which , though in some degree universally associated to reason , is easily confined , overborne , or diverted from any particular object . Among the lower classes of mankind , there will be found very little ...
... curiosity ; a passion , which , though in some degree universally associated to reason , is easily confined , overborne , or diverted from any particular object . Among the lower classes of mankind , there will be found very little ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
Ajax alac amusement Arim Aristotle attention Aureng-Zebe beauty calamity celebrated censure common considered contempt cowardice curiosity Dagon danger daugh delight desire dignity discovered dread easily elegance eminence endeavour envy equal excellence expected eyes fame favour fear felicity fill folly force fortune frequently gain genius gratify happiness heart honour hope hour human idle ignorance Iliad imagination inclination indulgence inquiry JUNE 25 justly knowledge labour ladies learning lence less lest Long con mankind medicated gloves ment mind minth miscarriage misery nature necessary negligence nerally ness never observed once opinion OVID passions perhaps perpetual pleasure portunity praise produce prudence publick raise RAMBLER reason regard reproach Samson SATURDAY scarcely seldom sentiments shew sion solicited sometimes soon suffer sufficient superaddition surely tain thing thou thought tion TUESDAY Virgil virtue wars of Troy writers
Passagens conhecidas
Página 190 - Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Página 182 - Be of good courage, I begin to feel Some rousing motions in me, which dispose To something extraordinary my thoughts.
Página 189 - Nor the other light of life continue long, But yield to double darkness nigh at hand : So much I feel my genial spirits droop, My hopes all flat, nature within me seems In all her functions weary of herself ; My race of glory run, and race of shame, And I shall shortly be with them that rest.
Página 102 - To imitate the fictions and sentiments of Spenser can incur no reproach, for allegory is perhaps one of the most pleasing vehicles of instruction. But I am very far from extending the same respect to his diction or his stanza. His style was in his own time allowed to be vicious, so darkened with old words and peculiarities of phrase, and so remote from common use, that Jonson boldly pronounces him
Página 188 - No strength of man or fiercest wild beast could withstand ; Who tore the lion...
Página 50 - For, who can congratulate himself upon a life passed 'without some act more mischievous to the peace or prosperity of others, than the theft of...
Página 189 - Out, out, hyaena! these are thy wonted arts, And arts of every woman false like thee...
Página 271 - The wits of these happy days have discovered a way to fame, which the dull caution of our laborious ancestors durst never attempt; they cut the knots of sophistry which it was formerly the business of years to untie, solve difficulties by sudden irradiations of intelligence, and comprehend long processes of argument by immediate intuition.
Página 163 - Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell.
Página 186 - Depress'd and overthrown as seem'd, Like that self-begotten bird In the Arabian woods embost, That no second knows, nor third, And lay erewhile a holocaust.