The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 35-36 |
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... course of blunders in the inquiry , and final success - Mr . Isaac Olive - Branch's authentic list of accidental discoveries- Will Wetherall's Letter 18. Pleasures of the country - A rustic cele- bration - A petition to Mr. Simon Olive ...
... course of blunders in the inquiry , and final success - Mr . Isaac Olive - Branch's authentic list of accidental discoveries- Will Wetherall's Letter 18. Pleasures of the country - A rustic cele- bration - A petition to Mr. Simon Olive ...
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... course in which no plan has been disclosed . They have miscarried , I think , in their attempts . A mere succession of es- says , not connected by any common design , and conspiring to no general effect , is accordingly all that they ...
... course in which no plan has been disclosed . They have miscarried , I think , in their attempts . A mere succession of es- says , not connected by any common design , and conspiring to no general effect , is accordingly all that they ...
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... course that justifies its departure from mo- dels by no hope or promise of compensation to the reader . Great things are done by the gratuitous endow- ments of nature ; but if the richest in those endow- ments will choose a path where ...
... course that justifies its departure from mo- dels by no hope or promise of compensation to the reader . Great things are done by the gratuitous endow- ments of nature ; but if the richest in those endow- ments will choose a path where ...
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... course , when the example of history hardly suffers us to hope that the age of genius will return . I own , for myself , I much doubt , whether that vigorous efflores- cence of national maturity in science , and learning , and taste ...
... course , when the example of history hardly suffers us to hope that the age of genius will return . I own , for myself , I much doubt , whether that vigorous efflores- cence of national maturity in science , and learning , and taste ...
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... course of ancient states and kingdoms , may think that this altitude can never again be arrived at by the same people , and never , perhaps , again be seen on the same spot , unless a fresh incursion of barbarous invaders shall again ...
... course of ancient states and kingdoms , may think that this altitude can never again be arrived at by the same people , and never , perhaps , again be seen on the same spot , unless a fresh incursion of barbarous invaders shall again ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
admiration advantage Æneid Allworth Amelia analogy ancient ANTHONY TRUEMAN Antoninus Pius attention biography bosom cabinet of curiosities called character Cicero colour consider constitution contemplation countenance course curricles delight dreams effeminacy Eugenio Evangelus excellent fancy Farthingale fashionable favour feel female force genius gentleman ginal give habits hand happiness heart honour hope human humour Inane Inania kind labours lady letter ligion lives look ment merate mind moral mother nature neighbour never object obliged observe occasion paper particular passion Patrick O'Bryan person phaëtons philosopher pleasure Plutarch political present pride produced promise proofs racter readers reason religion remark rules seemed sensible SIMON OLIVE-BRANCH society solemn son of Noah soon sorrow sort soul spirit tain taste Telesilla thing thought tion truth turn twelve brothers virtue vulgar walk whole XXXV young youth καὶ
Passagens conhecidas
Página 229 - Him there they found Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve, Assaying by his devilish art to reach The organs of her fancy', and with them forge Illusions, as he list, phantasms and dreams...
Página 227 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face ; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Página 177 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Página 74 - Our political system is placed in a just correspondence and symmetry with the order of the world, and with the mode of existence decreed to a permanent body composed of transitory parts...
Página 227 - Deep Frauds before, and open Force behind; The Furies' iron beds; and Strife, that shakes Her hissing tresses and unfolds her snakes. Full in the midst of this infernal road, An elm displays her dusky arms abroad: The God of Sleep there hides his heavy head, And empty dreams on ev'ry leaf are spread.
Página 230 - Time out o' mind the fairies' coachmakers. And in this state she gallops night by night Through lovers...
Página 28 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth, and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade; And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday...
Página 229 - Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices, to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
Página 175 - ... how can'st thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of heaven, Oh how can'st thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven...
Página 175 - O, how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, » And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, O, how canst thou renounce^ and hope to be forgiven ! These charms shall work thy soul's eternal health, And love, and gentleness, and joy,...