The British Essayists, Volumen7Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... face of another . As true wit consists in the resemblance of ideas , and false wit in the resemblance of words , according to the foregoing instances ; there is another kind of wit which consists partly in the resemblance of ideas , and ...
... face of another . As true wit consists in the resemblance of ideas , and false wit in the resemblance of words , according to the foregoing instances ; there is another kind of wit which consists partly in the resemblance of ideas , and ...
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... face- tious man than either Ovid or Martial . Bouhours , whom I look upon to be the most pe- netrating of all the French critics , has taken pains to shew , that it is impossible for any thought to be beautiful which is not just , and ...
... face- tious man than either Ovid or Martial . Bouhours , whom I look upon to be the most pe- netrating of all the French critics , has taken pains to shew , that it is impossible for any thought to be beautiful which is not just , and ...
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... face of the deity , methought I saw the phantom of Tryphiodorus , the lipogrammatist , engaged in a ball with four - and - twenty persons , who pursued him by turns through all the intricacies and labyrinths of a country - dance ...
... face of the deity , methought I saw the phantom of Tryphiodorus , the lipogrammatist , engaged in a ball with four - and - twenty persons , who pursued him by turns through all the intricacies and labyrinths of a country - dance ...
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... faces . By this means an old man was sometimes mistaken for a boy , a woman for a man , and a black - a - moor for an Euro- pean , which very often produced great peals of laugh- ter . These I guessed to be a party of puns . But being ...
... faces . By this means an old man was sometimes mistaken for a boy , a woman for a man , and a black - a - moor for an Euro- pean , which very often produced great peals of laugh- ter . These I guessed to be a party of puns . But being ...
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... face of nature its true and genuine appearance . Though I still continued asleep , I fancied myself as it were awaken- ed out of a dream , when I saw this region of pro- digies restored to woods and rivers , fields and mea- dows . Upon ...
... face of nature its true and genuine appearance . Though I still continued asleep , I fancied myself as it were awaken- ed out of a dream , when I saw this region of pro- digies restored to woods and rivers , fields and mea- dows . Upon ...
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Página 193 - HAVING often received an invitation from my friend Sir Roger de Coverley to pass away a month with him in the country...
Página 195 - I have observed in several of my papers that my friend Sir Roger, amidst all his good qualities, is something of a humorist ; and that his virtues, as well as imperfections, are, as it were, tinged by a certain extravagance which makes them particularly his, and distinguishes them from those of other men. This cast of...
Página 220 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it, he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servants to them.
Página 196 - Greek at his own table ; for which reason he desired a particular friend of his at the university to find him out a clergyman rather of plain sense than much learning, of a good aspect, a clear voice, a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of back-gammon.
Página 268 - ... monstrous face, under which, notwithstanding it was made to frown and stare in a most extraordinary manner, I could still discover a distant resemblance of my old friend. Sir Roger, upon seeing me laugh, desired me to tell him truly if I thought it possible for people to know him in that disguise. I at first kept my usual silence ; but upon the knight's conjuring me to tell him whether it was not still more like himself than a Saracen, I composed my countenance in the best manner I could, and...
Página 122 - Of nuptial sanctity, and marriage rites : Grace was in all her steps, Heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
Página 196 - found me out this gentleman, who, besides the endowments required of him, is, they tell me, a good scholar, though he does not show it. I have given him the parsonage of the parish ; and, because I know his value, have settled upon him a good annuity for life. If he outlives me, he shall find that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is.
Página 220 - ... mind what he was about, and not disturb the congregation. This John Matthews it seems is remarkable for being an idle fellow, and at that time was kicking his heels for his diversion. This authority of the knight, though exerted in that odd manner which accompanies him in all circumstances of life, has a very good effect upon the parish, who are not polite enough to see any thing ridiculous in his behaviour; besides that the general good sense and worthiness of his character make his friends...
Página 237 - So flew'd, so sanded ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.