The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and Son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and Son, W. J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, J. Sewell, R. Faulder, G. and W. Nicol, T. Payne, G. and J. Robinson, W. Lowndes, G. Wilkie, J. Mathews, P. McQueen, Ogilvy and Son, J. Scatcherd, J. Walker, Vernor and Hood, R. Lea, Darton and Harvey, J. Nunn, Lackington and Company, D. Walker, Clarke and Son, G. Kearsley, C. Law, J. White, Longman and Rees, Cadell, Jun. and Davies, J. Barker, T. Kay, Wynne and Company, Pote and Company, Carpenter and Company, W. Miller, Murray and Highley, S. Bagster, T. Hurst, T. Boosey, R. Pheney, W. Baynes, J. Harding, R. H. Evans, J. Mawman; and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1802 |
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Pagina 2
... desires has given him far less pleasure than was promised by a distant view of it , he is consoled by reflecting that the expectation of this object has , perhaps , brighten- ed many years of his life , enabled him to toil for its ...
... desires has given him far less pleasure than was promised by a distant view of it , he is consoled by reflecting that the expectation of this object has , perhaps , brighten- ed many years of his life , enabled him to toil for its ...
Pagina 3
... desire , advanced his patrimony for his edu- cation at the university . At the age of twenty he was left without a shilling , to make the best of his talents in any way he thought proper . Certain con- curring circumstances , rather ...
... desire , advanced his patrimony for his edu- cation at the university . At the age of twenty he was left without a shilling , to make the best of his talents in any way he thought proper . Certain con- curring circumstances , rather ...
Pagina 12
... desire of seeing the stage . Since I have mentioned the theatre , I may remark ( though it is foreign to this part of my discourse ) , that , in the most affecting scenes of a tragedy , it is polite to laugh ; whereas , in the ordinary ...
... desire of seeing the stage . Since I have mentioned the theatre , I may remark ( though it is foreign to this part of my discourse ) , that , in the most affecting scenes of a tragedy , it is polite to laugh ; whereas , in the ordinary ...
Pagina 55
... desire such an account from the clubs themselves ; and because it is probable that the most material transactions car- ried on at their meetings are perfectly well known , and , indeed , may be said to come through N ° 55 45 . THE MIRROR .
... desire such an account from the clubs themselves ; and because it is probable that the most material transactions car- ried on at their meetings are perfectly well known , and , indeed , may be said to come through N ° 55 45 . THE MIRROR .
Pagina 60
... desire to comply with the rules of the world ; it is polite- ness dictated by the heart , and which , therefore , sits always easy upon him . At peace with his own mind , he is pleased with every one about him ; and he receives the most ...
... desire to comply with the rules of the world ; it is polite- ness dictated by the heart , and which , therefore , sits always easy upon him . At peace with his own mind , he is pleased with every one about him ; and he receives the most ...
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acquainted acquired admiration agreeable amusements Antonio attention Baucis and Philemon beauty better Blubber brother Caieta character conduct conversation daugh daughter death Dick Hazard dinner discourse dreams effect elegant Emilia endeavour engaged entertainment Eubulus fashion father favour feelings felt former fortune friendship gentle gentleman give happy heard heart Helvetius honour Horatio idea imitation indulge ipecacuanha JULY 20 Lady Anne Laurentum Leonora Licinius lived look lounger manner ment merit mind Minthe MIRROR nature never object observed opinion Othello passions perhaps person philosopher pleased pleasure poet polite possessed Quinquina racter received remarks render Robert Morley Roche SATURDAY scene Scotland seemed sensibility sentiments shew siege of Limerick sister situation society soon specta talk taste thing thought tion took town TUESDAY Umphraville virtue Voltaire wished XXXVI young lady Zara Zayre
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Pagina 19 - Her father took her hand, kissed it twice, pressed it to his bosom, threw up his eyes to Heaven ; and having wiped off a tear that was just about to drop from each, began to point out to his guest some of the most striking objects which the prospect afforded.
Pagina 18 - On his part he was charmed with the society of the good clergyman and his lovely daughter. He found in them the guileless manner of the earliest times, with the culture and accomplishment of the most refined ones. Every better feeling warm and vivid ; every ungentle one repressed or overcome.
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Pagina 25 - s making inquiry who was the person they had been burying ? one of them, with an accent more mournful than is common to their profession, answered, " Then you knew not Mademoiselle, Sir ?— you never beheld a lovelier" —
Pagina 19 - ... times, with the culture and accomplishment of the most refined ones ; every better feeling warm and vivid, every ungentle one repressed or overcome. He was not addicted to love ; but he felt himself happy in being the friend of Mademoiselle La Roche, and sometimes envied her father the possession of such a child.
Pagina 24 - While he was hesitating about a visit to La Roche, which he wished to make, but found the effort rather too much for him, he received a letter from the old man, which had been forwarded to him from Paris, where he had then fixed his residence.
Pagina 16 - ... week he was able to thank his benefactor. By that time his host had learned the name and character of his guest. He was a Protestant clergyman of Switzerland, called La Roche, a widower, who had lately buried his wife, after a long and lingering illness, for which travelling had been prescribed, and was now returning home, after an ineffectual and melancholy journey, with his only child, the daughter we have mentioned.