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Pagina 22
... present state of literary composition . Yet perhaps it would be wrong to blame writers who , as candidates for public favour , aim at excel- lences more in demand than familiarity or simple elegance , and who seem to be goaded sometimes ...
... present state of literary composition . Yet perhaps it would be wrong to blame writers who , as candidates for public favour , aim at excel- lences more in demand than familiarity or simple elegance , and who seem to be goaded sometimes ...
Pagina 25
... ; verbs which ought to be in the active or passive voice employed as neuters ; had instead of would ; will for shall ; the past time for the present ; of instead of from ; on for in ; among for in ; never for ever BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . 25.
... ; verbs which ought to be in the active or passive voice employed as neuters ; had instead of would ; will for shall ; the past time for the present ; of instead of from ; on for in ; among for in ; never for ever BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . 25.
Pagina 41
... present should be made him for his distinguished zeal and labor in this affair , but he generously and firmly re- fused to draw up a warrant for that purpose . " Biog . Brit . new edit . No. 232 was marked X in the folio edit . but Z in ...
... present should be made him for his distinguished zeal and labor in this affair , but he generously and firmly re- fused to draw up a warrant for that purpose . " Biog . Brit . new edit . No. 232 was marked X in the folio edit . but Z in ...
Pagina 48
... present edition . The general character of all his essays is favourable ; he appears to have possessed a mild and agreeable humour , some of the strokes of which are truly Addisonian ; and his serious papers are excellent both for ...
... present edition . The general character of all his essays is favourable ; he appears to have possessed a mild and agreeable humour , some of the strokes of which are truly Addisonian ; and his serious papers are excellent both for ...
Pagina 54
... present Lady Hatton . + The letter on foreign travel , in No. 364 , signed Philip Homebred , was written by Mr. Philip Yorke , afterwards the celebrated Lord Chancellor Hard- wicke . Mr. Boswell informs us , probably in too decisive ...
... present Lady Hatton . + The letter on foreign travel , in No. 364 , signed Philip Homebred , was written by Mr. Philip Yorke , afterwards the celebrated Lord Chancellor Hard- wicke . Mr. Boswell informs us , probably in too decisive ...
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Pagina 143 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold, Both day and night. How often, from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to others...
Pagina 81 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Pagina 290 - Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane, O, answer me!
Pagina 84 - I am very well versed in the theory of an husband or a father, and can discern the errors in the economy, business, and diversion of others better than those who are engaged in them, as standers-by discover blots which are apt to escape those who are in the game.
Pagina 309 - Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me : the brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent any thing that tends to laughter*, more than I invent, or is invented on me : I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.
Pagina 279 - Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought.
Pagina 524 - Yet innocence and virgin modesty, Her virtue, and the conscience of her worth, That would be woo'd, and not unsought be won, Not obvious, not obtrusive, but...
Pagina 428 - With that there came an arrow keen Out of an English bow, Which struck Earl Douglas to the heart, A deep and deadly blow ; Who never spoke more words than these : Fight on, my merry men all ; For why, my life is at an end, Lord Percy sees my fall.
Pagina 82 - Whether this might proceed from a lawsuit which was then depending in the family, or my father's being a justice of the peace, I cannot determine; for I am not so vain as to think it presaged any dignity that I should arrive at in my future life, though that was the interpretation which the neighborhood put upon it.
Pagina 87 - THE first of our society is a gentleman of Worcestershire, of an ancient descent, a baronet, his name Sir Roger de Coverley. His great-grandfather was inventor of that famous country-dance which is called after him. All who know that shire are very well acquainted with the parts and merits of Sir Roger.