The British Essayists: TatlerC. and J. Rivington, 1823 - English essays |
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... occasion . Thus much I 6 have told only of what I have by me , proceeding from love and malice . I have also at this time the sketch of an heroic poem upon the next peace : se- veral , indeed , of the verses are either too long or too ...
... occasion . Thus much I 6 have told only of what I have by me , proceeding from love and malice . I have also at this time the sketch of an heroic poem upon the next peace : se- veral , indeed , of the verses are either too long or too ...
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... occasions . For this reason , I frequently look in at the play - house , in order to enlarge my thoughts , and warm my mind with some new ideas , that may be serviceable to me in my lucubrations . In this disposition I entered the ...
... occasions . For this reason , I frequently look in at the play - house , in order to enlarge my thoughts , and warm my mind with some new ideas , that may be serviceable to me in my lucubrations . In this disposition I entered the ...
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... occasion , I gave it as a stand- ing rule , that any person , who in any letter , bil- let , or discourse , should tell a woman he died for her , should , if she pleased , be obliged to live with her , or be immediately interred upon ...
... occasion , I gave it as a stand- ing rule , that any person , who in any letter , bil- let , or discourse , should tell a woman he died for her , should , if she pleased , be obliged to live with her , or be immediately interred upon ...
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... occasion to demand him also , and thereupon produced several evidences that witnessed to his life and conversation . It ap- peared , that each of them divided their hours in matters of equal moment and importance to them- selves and to ...
... occasion to demand him also , and thereupon produced several evidences that witnessed to his life and conversation . It ap- peared , that each of them divided their hours in matters of equal moment and importance to them- selves and to ...
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... occasion , yet must own , that I am very much disposed to be offended with such a new and unaccountable fashion . I shall , however , pronounce nothing upon it , till I have examined all that can be said for and against it . And , in ...
... occasion , yet must own , that I am very much disposed to be offended with such a new and unaccountable fashion . I shall , however , pronounce nothing upon it , till I have examined all that can be said for and against it . And , in ...
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Page ix - So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Page 42 - With thee conversing I forget all time, All seasons and their change, all please alike : Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Page 25 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 58 - Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 43 - With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and...
Page 205 - Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills ; To most, he mingles both : the wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd, is curst indeed ; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of Earth and Heaven.
Page 386 - Hence it is that good-nature in me is no merit; but having been so frequently overwhelmed with her tears before I knew the cause of any affliction, or could draw defences from my own judgment, I imbibed commiseration, remorse, and an unmanly gentleness of mind, which has since...
Page 387 - ... why this cruelty to the humble, to the meek, to the undiscerning, to the thoughtless? Nor age, nor business, nor distress can erase the dear image from my imagination. In the same week, I saw her dressed for a ball, and in a shroud. How ill did the habit of death become the pretty trifler!
Page 223 - Before the angel, and of him to ask Chose rather ; he, she knew, would intermix Grateful digressions, and solve high dispute With conjugal caresses : from his lip Not words alone pleased her.
Page 43 - Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.