The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 37 |
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Pagina 15
... told him the house was on fire , bade her go tell his wife , for that he did not mind family - matters . What a pity is it , ' says a learned foreign Professor , in writing to his Correspon- dent in this country , what a pity is it ...
... told him the house was on fire , bade her go tell his wife , for that he did not mind family - matters . What a pity is it , ' says a learned foreign Professor , in writing to his Correspon- dent in this country , what a pity is it ...
Pagina 18
... told you I always possessed , to acquire a mul- titude of friends ; I found myself surrounded by them in every tavern and coffee - house about town . But I soon experienced , that though the commodity was plenty , the price was high ...
... told you I always possessed , to acquire a mul- titude of friends ; I found myself surrounded by them in every tavern and coffee - house about town . But I soon experienced , that though the commodity was plenty , the price was high ...
Pagina 26
... told that those manners should be painted , not as they are found in nature , but according to an ideal standard of perfection in what is called the golden age , where mankind live a life of simplicity untainted by vice , and maintain a ...
... told that those manners should be painted , not as they are found in nature , but according to an ideal standard of perfection in what is called the golden age , where mankind live a life of simplicity untainted by vice , and maintain a ...
Pagina 38
... told , that there are others , seemingly enviable , which are yet as distressful , that derive their distresses from circumstances exactly the re- verse of those in which Miss S. M. is placed . I lost my father , a gentleman of ...
... told , that there are others , seemingly enviable , which are yet as distressful , that derive their distresses from circumstances exactly the re- verse of those in which Miss S. M. is placed . I lost my father , a gentleman of ...
Pagina 49
... told that the House of Commons meant to give him thanks for his intrepid and successful conduct on the coast of France , swore , if they did , he would instantly resign his commis- sion . Perhaps at that time , some recent instance of ...
... told that the House of Commons meant to give him thanks for his intrepid and successful conduct on the coast of France , swore , if they did , he would instantly resign his commis- sion . Perhaps at that time , some recent instance of ...
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acquaintance acquired admiration affections amidst amusement appearance APRIL 18 attended battle of Culloden behaviour bestow called Captain Winterbottom character circumstances conversation cried death dinner Emilia fashion father favour feelings Figure-making flatter Flint folly fortune French frequently friends gentleman give Hamlet happy heard honour humour Jemmy ladies language learned letter live look Louisa Lucullus manners MARCH 25 marriage melan melancholy Melfort ment mind MIRROR Miss Juliana Miss Punaise nature neral never nonsense verses object obliged observed paper passions perhaps persons pleasure poor pride of mind pupil racter readers received satire of Juvenal SATURDAY Saxo Grammaticus Scotland seemed sensibility sentiment servants Shakspeare shew Sir Edward sister situation society sometimes soon sort spirit taste tell thing thought tion told torrent streams town trifles Umphraville uneasiness Venoni virtue wish woman writing XXXVII young
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Pagina 73 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where; To lie in cold obstruction and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling region of thick-ribbed ice; To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendant world; or to be worse than worst Of those that lawless and incertain thoughts Imagine howling: 'tis too horrible!
Pagina 156 - The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — As he is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: — the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Pagina 39 - That care, however, which watched his health was not repaid with success ; he was always more delicate, and more subject to little disorders than I; and at last, after completing his seventh year, was seized with a fever, which, in a few days, put an end to his life, and transferred to me the inheritance of my ancestors.
Pagina 73 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
Pagina 159 - And will he not come again? And will he not come again? No, no, he is dead; Go to thy death-bed, He never will come again. His beard was as white as snow All flaxen was his poll, He is gone, he is gone, And we cast away moan: God ha
Pagina 70 - Were I a father, I should take a particular care to preserve my children from these little horrors of imagination, which they are apt to contract when they are young, and are not able to shake off when they are in years.
Pagina 222 - The idea of publishing a periodical paper in Edinburgh, took its rise in a company of gentlemen, whom particular circumstances of connection brought frequently together. Their discourse often turned upon subjects of manners, of taste, and of literature. By one of those accidental resolutions, of which the origin cannot easily be traced, it was determined to put their thoughts into writing, and to read them for the entertainment...
Pagina 217 - Edward's whole tenderness and attention were called forth to mitigate her grief; and, after its first transports had subsided, he carried her to London, in hopes that objects new to her, and commonly attractive to all, might contribute to remove it. With a man possessed of feelings like Sir Edward's, the affliction of Louisa gave a certain respect to his attentions.
Pagina 212 - He could not help expressing some surprise at the appearance of refinement in the conversation of the latter, much beyond what her situation seemed likely to confer. Her father accounted for it. She had received her education in the...
Pagina 154 - Expectancy and Rose of the fair State, ' The Glass of Fashion, and the Mold of Form, 4 Th' observ'd of all Observers,' placed in a situation in which even the amiable qualities of his mind serve but to aggravate his distress, and to perplex his conduct.