The British Essayists;: The Looker-onJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 |
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... human character , this insensible and subtle trans- formation , is affected through the medium of habits . Habit has a wonderful rule in human affairs ; it con- secrates and preserves all our acquisitions , whether moral or intellectual ...
... human character , this insensible and subtle trans- formation , is affected through the medium of habits . Habit has a wonderful rule in human affairs ; it con- secrates and preserves all our acquisitions , whether moral or intellectual ...
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... human kind , I did not ex- perience those bewildering emotions , that confusion of ideas , that mental trouble , and that sinking sense of comparative insignificance , which some of the most retired of my country neighbours have ...
... human kind , I did not ex- perience those bewildering emotions , that confusion of ideas , that mental trouble , and that sinking sense of comparative insignificance , which some of the most retired of my country neighbours have ...
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... human souls , in the midst of this fermentation of business and plea- sure , among shops , and theatres , and taverns , and churches , and horses , and houses , and shows , and funerals , and forums , and halls , and palaces , I con ...
... human souls , in the midst of this fermentation of business and plea- sure , among shops , and theatres , and taverns , and churches , and horses , and houses , and shows , and funerals , and forums , and halls , and palaces , I con ...
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... human character , a truly polite man , and such a one as my fancy had often pictured to itself , in my moon - light walks through the chesnut groves of my neighbour Blunt . I despair , however , in the course of the short time I have ...
... human character , a truly polite man , and such a one as my fancy had often pictured to itself , in my moon - light walks through the chesnut groves of my neighbour Blunt . I despair , however , in the course of the short time I have ...
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... humanity , and the law of nature , require that a man's self should be his first care , and that his own practice should be the measure of his worth . If there were men , however , formerly , who could satisfy themselves with these ...
... humanity , and the law of nature , require that a man's self should be his first care , and that his own practice should be the measure of his worth . If there were men , however , formerly , who could satisfy themselves with these ...
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Page 167 - May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing...
Page 61 - 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.
Page 160 - Yet time has seen, that lifts the low, And level lays the lofty brow, Has seen this broken pile complete, Big with the vanity of state; But transient is the smile of fate! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave.
Page 12 - To show thee what shall come in future days To thee, and to thy offspring : good with bad Expect to hear ; supernal grace contending With sinfulness of men ; thereby to learn True patience, and to temper joy with fear And pious sorrow ; equally inur'd By moderation either state to bear, Prosperous or adverse : so shalt thou lead Safest thy life, and best prepar'd endure Thy mortal passage when it comes. Ascend This hill ; let Eve (for I have drench'd her eyes) Here sleep below, while thou to foresight...
Page 197 - He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds ; and the cloud is not rent under them. He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
Page 51 - ... il mange , il boit , il conte, il plaisante, il interrompt tout à la fois; il n'a nul discernement des personnes , ni du maître , ni des conviés ; il abuse de la folle déférence qu'on a pour lui.
Page 51 - J'entends Théodecte" de l'antichambre; il grossit sa voix à mesure qu'il s'approche ; le voilà entré : il rit, il crie, il éclate; on bouche ses oreilles, c'est un tonnerre. Il n'est pas moins redoutable par les choses qu'il dit que par le ton dont il parle. Il ne s'apaise, et il ne revient de ce grand fracas que pour bredouiller des vanités et des sottises. Il a si peu d'égard au temps, aux personnes, aux bienséances, que chacun a son fait sans qu'il ait eu intention de le lui donner; il...
Page 95 - Now, all amid the rigours of the year, In the wild depth of Winter, while without The ceaseless winds blow ice, be my retreat, Between the groaning forest and the shore., Beat by the boundless multitude of waves, A rural, shelter'd, solitary scene ; Where ruddy fire and beaming tapers join, To cheer the gloom. There studious let me sit, And hold high converse with the mighty dead ; Sages of ancient time, as gods rever'd, As gods beneficent, who blest mankind With arts, with arms, and humaniz'da world....
Page 198 - He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud. By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens ; his hand hath formed the crooked Serpent.
Page 9 - The critic-dame, who at her table sits, } Homer and Virgil quotes, and weighs their wits, > And pities Dido's agonizing fits.