The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... behaviour , and aspect , of the Duke of Marl- borough , I question not but it would fill the reader with more agreeable images , and give him a more delightful entertainment than what can be found in the following , or any other book ...
... behaviour , and aspect , of the Duke of Marl- borough , I question not but it would fill the reader with more agreeable images , and give him a more delightful entertainment than what can be found in the following , or any other book ...
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James Ferguson. in the midst of his high station , a behaviour as gentle as is usual in the first steps towards greatness ! And if it were possible to express that easy grandeur , which did at once persuade and command ; it would appear ...
James Ferguson. in the midst of his high station , a behaviour as gentle as is usual in the first steps towards greatness ! And if it were possible to express that easy grandeur , which did at once persuade and command ; it would appear ...
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... behaviour ; some for their clearness of judg- ment , others for their happiness of expression ; some for the laying of schemes , and others for the putting of them in execution . It is your lordship only who enjoys these several talents ...
... behaviour ; some for their clearness of judg- ment , others for their happiness of expression ; some for the laying of schemes , and others for the putting of them in execution . It is your lordship only who enjoys these several talents ...
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... behaviour of our minister in the action , and the good offices done the vanquished in the name of the queen of England , gave both the conqueror and the captive the most lively examples of the courage and generosity of the nation he ...
... behaviour of our minister in the action , and the good offices done the vanquished in the name of the queen of England , gave both the conqueror and the captive the most lively examples of the courage and generosity of the nation he ...
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... behaviour of a fine gentleman makes as many awk- ward beaux , as the easiness of your favourite hath made insipid poets . At present you are content to aim all your charms at your own spouse , without farther thought of mis- chief to ...
... behaviour of a fine gentleman makes as many awk- ward beaux , as the easiness of your favourite hath made insipid poets . At present you are content to aim all your charms at your own spouse , without farther thought of mis- chief to ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 199 - What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel, Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous, and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls?
Pagina 57 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep...
Pagina 1 - 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 281 - Wit lying most in the assemblage of Ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant Pictures, and agreeable Visions in the fancy...
Pagina 281 - ... in separating carefully one from another, ideas wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being mis-led by similitude, and by affinity, to take one thing for another.
Pagina 5 - But being ill-used by the above-mentioned widow, he was very serious for a year and a half; and though, his temper being naturally jovial, he at last got over it, he grew careless of himself, and never dressed afterwards. He continues to wear a coat and doublet of the same cut that was in fashion at the time of his repulse, which, in his merry humours, he tells us, has been in and out twelve times since he first wore it.
Pagina 6 - ... town and country ; a great lover of mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company.
Pagina 198 - 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 317 - Forsake not an old friend, for the new is not comparable to "him: a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
Pagina 2 - Thus I live in the world rather as a 'Spectator' of mankind than as one of the species...