The British Essayists: TatlerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... side - table , and reading one of my own papers with great satisfac- tion , not knowing that I was observed by any in the room . I had not long enjoyed this secret plea- sure of an author , when a gentleman , some of whose works I have ...
... side - table , and reading one of my own papers with great satisfac- tion , not knowing that I was observed by any in the room . I had not long enjoyed this secret plea- sure of an author , when a gentleman , some of whose works I have ...
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... sides close written , that may serve any one that is tall , and understands Latin . I have further about fifty similes , that were never yet applied , besides three - and - twenty de- scriptions of the sun rising , that might be of ...
... sides close written , that may serve any one that is tall , and understands Latin . I have further about fifty similes , that were never yet applied , besides three - and - twenty de- scriptions of the sun rising , that might be of ...
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... side of it ; and , I believe , would be glad to come into the world in verse . ' We could not go on in our treaty , by reason of two or three critics that joined us . They had been talking , it seems , of the two letters which were ...
... side of it ; and , I believe , would be glad to come into the world in verse . ' We could not go on in our treaty , by reason of two or three critics that joined us . They had been talking , it seems , of the two letters which were ...
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... side . They cultivate the na- tural grandeur of the soul , raise in her a generous ambition , feed her with hopes of immortality and perfection , and do all they can to widen the parti- tion , between the virtuous and the vicious , by ...
... side . They cultivate the na- tural grandeur of the soul , raise in her a generous ambition , feed her with hopes of immortality and perfection , and do all they can to widen the parti- tion , between the virtuous and the vicious , by ...
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... side of her , and one glass also before , she herself appearing the prettiest that ever was . " The girl was going on in her story , when the lady was come to my door in her ch having mistaken the house . As soon as she en I saw she was ...
... side of her , and one glass also before , she herself appearing the prettiest that ever was . " The girl was going on in her story , when the lady was come to my door in her ch having mistaken the house . As soon as she en I saw she was ...
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Page 41 - But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance, after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Page 41 - 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 viii - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...
Page viii - 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! A little month, or ere those shoes were old With which she follow'd my poor father's body...
Page 56 - 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 vii - 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 - 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.
Page 24 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 192 - 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 cursed indeed; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of earth and heaven.
Page 360 - Papa could not hear me, and would play with me no more, for they were going to put him under ground, whence he could never come to us again.