The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Niteet 27–28 |
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Sivu xxi
... known ; but if " essays for which a large price has been paid , " be not words of course , they may prove that the author received an im- mediate remuneration for his labour , independ- ent of his C 3 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . xxi.
... known ; but if " essays for which a large price has been paid , " be not words of course , they may prove that the author received an im- mediate remuneration for his labour , independ- ent of his C 3 BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . xxi.
Sivu 4
... known that he who expects much will be often disappointed ; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation , or has any other effect than that of producing a moral sentence , or peevish exclamation . He that embarks in the voyage of ...
... known that he who expects much will be often disappointed ; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation , or has any other effect than that of producing a moral sentence , or peevish exclamation . He that embarks in the voyage of ...
Sivu 5
... known that splendour of reputation is not to be counted among the necessaries of life , and therefore shall not much repine if praise be withheld till it is better deserved . But surely I may be allowed to complain that , in a nation of ...
... known that splendour of reputation is not to be counted among the necessaries of life , and therefore shall not much repine if praise be withheld till it is better deserved . But surely I may be allowed to complain that , in a nation of ...
Sivu 6
... , and enjoy the plea- sure of success , without the hazard of miscarriage . Many advantages not generally known arise from this method of stealing on the public . The standing 6 NO . 2 . IDLER . Lady's Performance on Horseback.
... , and enjoy the plea- sure of success , without the hazard of miscarriage . Many advantages not generally known arise from this method of stealing on the public . The standing 6 NO . 2 . IDLER . Lady's Performance on Horseback.
Sivu 7
... known to contribute to a periodical work , needs no other caution than not to tell what particular pieces are his own ; such secresy is , in- deed , very difficult ; but if it can be maintained , it is scarcely to be imagined at how ...
... known to contribute to a periodical work , needs no other caution than not to tell what particular pieces are his own ; such secresy is , in- deed , very difficult ; but if it can be maintained , it is scarcely to be imagined at how ...
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Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
acquaintance admired amusement appearance attention Bassora beauty Blubber censure character common consider curiosity daugh delight desire dili dinner Ditto easily easy elegance endeavour equal expected eyes fashion favour feel fortune friends genius gentleman give gout happiness honour hope hour Hudibras human idleness IDLER Iliad imagination indulgence inquire king of Norway knowledge labour lady language Lapland learned less letter library of Alexandria live look Mackenzie mankind manner marriage ment Michael Bruce mind MIRROR misery morning nature ness never night observed once opinion paper passed passions perhaps pleased pleasure poet politeness possessed praise racter readers reason rusal SATURDAY scrupulosity seldom sentiments sometimes Sophron spect suffered talk taste tell thing Thomas Warton thought tion told toyman truth Umphraville uncon virtue wife wish writer XXVII young
Suositut otteet
Sivu 258 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Sivu 258 - And, he gave it for his opinion, that, whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Sivu 105 - And missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green. To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon. Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
Sivu xvi - A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
Sivu 39 - Surely nothing is more reproachful to a being endowed with reason, than to resign its powers to the influence of the air, and live in dependence on the weather and the wind, for the only blessings which nature has put into our power, tranquillity and benevolence.
Sivu 205 - ... CRITICISM is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. The power of invention has been conferred by Nature upon few, and the labour of learning those sciences which may, by mere labour, be obtained, is too great to be willingly endured; but every man can exert such judgment as he has upon the works of others : and he whom Nature has made weak, and Idleness keeps ignorant, may yet support his vanity by the name of a Critic.
Sivu 209 - He has read all our poets with particular attention to this delicacy of versification, and wonders at the supineness with which their works have been hitherto perused, so that no man has found the sound of a drum in this distich : " When pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick...
Sivu 50 - O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers! Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth, in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. But thou thyself movest alone: who can be a companion of thy course!
Sivu 104 - And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the...
Sivu 175 - And a few friends, and many books, both true, Both wise, and both delightful too! And since love ne'er will from me flee, A Mistress moderately fair, And good as guardian angels are, Only beloved and loving me.