Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical: Illustrative of the Rambler, Adventurer, & Idler, and of the Various Periodical Papers Which, in Imitation of the Writings of Steele and Addison, Have Been Published Between the Close of the Eighth Volume of the Spectator, and the Commencement of the Year 1809, Volume 1J. Seeley, 1809 - 499 pagina's |
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Pagina 9
... the title - page expresses Vol . 1 , we may presume that a continuation was intended ; but , probably , the want of sale gave a broad hint to the Editor , which he had just wit enough to take . ** Lives of the Poets . PERIODICAL PAPERS . 9.
... the title - page expresses Vol . 1 , we may presume that a continuation was intended ; but , probably , the want of sale gave a broad hint to the Editor , which he had just wit enough to take . ** Lives of the Poets . PERIODICAL PAPERS . 9.
Pagina 16
... Lives of the Poets , ascribed to Dr. James Drake , the author of the An- thropologia Nova . By nature form'd , by want a pedant made , Blackmore at first set up the whipping trade : Next quack commenc'd ; then fierce with pride he swore ...
... Lives of the Poets , ascribed to Dr. James Drake , the author of the An- thropologia Nova . By nature form'd , by want a pedant made , Blackmore at first set up the whipping trade : Next quack commenc'd ; then fierce with pride he swore ...
Pagina 18
... not long main- tain its station . Splendid as the subject is , the sentiments and imagery are trite , and the versifi- cation. ** Lives of the Poets . * The author of these sketches would be happy to 18 -ENUMERATION OF.
... not long main- tain its station . Splendid as the subject is , the sentiments and imagery are trite , and the versifi- cation. ** Lives of the Poets . * The author of these sketches would be happy to 18 -ENUMERATION OF.
Pagina 90
... lives whatever . Those justly celebrated gentle- men have , certainly , a claim to be placed at the head of this Table of Fame , but the door ought not to be shut on their successors ; and among them , the Free - Thinker has a ...
... lives whatever . Those justly celebrated gentle- men have , certainly , a claim to be placed at the head of this Table of Fame , but the door ought not to be shut on their successors ; and among them , the Free - Thinker has a ...
Pagina 160
... " Roscommon's Poems , with notes . 10. " Lives of the Philosophers , written with a polite air , in such a manner as may divert as well as instruct . 4 11. " History of the Heathen Mythology , with an 160 LITERARY LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
... " Roscommon's Poems , with notes . 10. " Lives of the Philosophers , written with a polite air , in such a manner as may divert as well as instruct . 4 11. " History of the Heathen Mythology , with an 160 LITERARY LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON .
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Pagina 331 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, " My Lord, " Your Lordship's most humble " Most obedient servant,
Pagina 134 - For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat. Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat.
Pagina 398 - Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging.
Pagina 301 - 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 367 - DISORDERS of intellect,' answered Imlac, ' happen much more often than superficial observers will easily believe. Perhaps, if we speak with rigorous exactness, no human mind is in its right state. There is no man whose imagination does not sometimes predominate over his reason, who can regulate his attention wholly by his will, and whose ideas will come and go at his command.
Pagina 332 - This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords.
Pagina 301 - 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...
Pagina 193 - Almighty GOD, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labour is ineffectual, and without whose grace all wisdom is folly : grant, I beseech Thee, that in this undertaking thy Holy Spirit may not be withheld from me, but that I may promote thy glory, and the salvation of myself and others : grant this, O Lord, for the sake of thy son, JESUS CHRIST. Amen.
Pagina 330 - I am a solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to...
Pagina 248 - I have laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations. Something, perhaps, I have added to the elegance of its construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence.