The British Essayists: SpectatorLionel Thomas Berguer T. and J. Allman, 1823 |
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... nature of things ; for where the likeness is obvious , it gives no surprise . To compare one man's sing- ing to that of another , or to represent the whiteness of any object by that of milk and snow , or the variety of its colours by ...
... nature of things ; for where the likeness is obvious , it gives no surprise . To compare one man's sing- ing to that of another , or to represent the whiteness of any object by that of milk and snow , or the variety of its colours by ...
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... nature has been thought to resemble fire ; for which reason the words fire and flame are made use of to signify love . The witty poets therefore have taken an advantage from the double meaning of the word fire , to make an infinite ...
... nature has been thought to resemble fire ; for which reason the words fire and flame are made use of to signify love . The witty poets therefore have taken an advantage from the double meaning of the word fire , to make an infinite ...
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... nature are nothing else but a tissue of epigrams . I cannot conclude this head of mixed wit , without owning that the admirable poet , out of whom I have taken the examples of it , had as much true wit as any author that ever writ ; and ...
... nature are nothing else but a tissue of epigrams . I cannot conclude this head of mixed wit , without owning that the admirable poet , out of whom I have taken the examples of it , had as much true wit as any author that ever writ ; and ...
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... natural beauties . Poets who want this strength of genius to give that majestic simplicity to nature , which we so much admire in the works of the ancients , are forced to hunt after foreign ornaments , and not to let any piece of wit ...
... natural beauties . Poets who want this strength of genius to give that majestic simplicity to nature , which we so much admire in the works of the ancients , are forced to hunt after foreign ornaments , and not to let any piece of wit ...
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... Nature fails him , and , being forced to his old shift , he has recourse to witticism . This passes indeed with his soft admirers , and gives him the preference to Virgil in their esteem . ' Were I not supported by so great an authority ...
... Nature fails him , and , being forced to his old shift , he has recourse to witticism . This passes indeed with his soft admirers , and gives him the preference to Virgil in their esteem . ' Were I not supported by so great an authority ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 265 - A MAX'S first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart; his next to escape the censures of the world. If the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected ; but otherwise there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind, than to see those approbations which it gives itself seconded by the applauses of the public. A man is more sure of his conduct, when the verdict which he passes upon his own behaviour is thus warranted and confirmed by the opinion of all...
Página 220 - ... savages and barbarians, were there not such frequent returns of a stated time in which the whole village meet together with their best faces and in their cleanliest habits to converse with one another upon indifferent subjects, hear their duties explained to them, and join together in adoration of the Supreme Being. Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week...
Página 220 - Roger, being a good churchman, has beautified the inside of his church with several texts of his own choosing; he has likewise given a handsome pulpit-cloth, and railed in the communion table at his own expense. He has often told me, that at his coming to his estate he found his parishioners very irregular; and that in order to make them kneel and join in the responses, he gave every one of them a hassock and a common-prayer book...
Página 128 - Maker, though unseen, And guided by his voice ; nor uninform'd Of nuptial sanctity, and marriage rites : Grace was in all her steps, Heaven in her eye, In every gesture dignity and love.
Página 217 - A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can never pass : in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of; and were he to live ten thousand more, would be the same thing he is at present.
Página 35 - If we consider our own country in its natural prospect, without any of the benefits and advantages of commerce, what a barren, uncomfortable spot of earth falls to our share ! Natural historians tell us, that no fruit grows originally among us besides hips and haws, acorns and pig-nuts, with other...
Página 127 - Man-like, but different sex ; so lovely fair, That what seem'd fair in all the world, seem'd now Mean, or in her summ'd up, in her contain'd And in her looks ; which from that time infus'd Sweetness into my heart, unfelt before, And into all things from her air inspir'd The spirit of love and amorous delight.
Página 30 - Some friend is a companion at the table, and will not continue in the day of thy affliction: but in thy prosperity he will be as thyself, and will be bold over thy servants. If thou be brought low he will be against thee, and hide himself from thy face.'* What can be more strong and pointed than the following verse? 'Separate thyself from thine enemies, and take heed of 'thy friends.
Página 221 - Sometimes he will be lengthening out a verse in the singing psalms, half a minute after the rest of the congregation have done with it; sometimes when he is pleased with the matter of his devotion, he pronounces
Página 219 - That cherubim, which now appears as a God to a human soul, knows veiy well that the period will come about in eternity, when the human soul shall be as perfect as he himself now is : nay, when she shall look down upon that degree of perfection, as much as she now falls short of it.