The British Essayists;: MirrorJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1807 |
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Pagina 17
... ment . At length the wished for period of their return approached : I heard of their arrival in Britain , and that , by a certain day , we might expect to see them at home . We were all impatience : my daughter , in particular , did ...
... ment . At length the wished for period of their return approached : I heard of their arrival in Britain , and that , by a certain day , we might expect to see them at home . We were all impatience : my daughter , in particular , did ...
Pagina 31
... ment , and depends for great part of its applause on the knack of hitting off a lucky allusion from the name to the person . Your brother essayists have been particularly indebted to this invention , for sup- plying them with a very ...
... ment , and depends for great part of its applause on the knack of hitting off a lucky allusion from the name to the person . Your brother essayists have been particularly indebted to this invention , for sup- plying them with a very ...
Pagina 42
... ment , when I beheld those very gentlemen quit their seats , and come down to pay their respects to the ladies in the lower boxes . The gross impropriety of this behaviour raised in me a degree of indignation which I could not easily ...
... ment , when I beheld those very gentlemen quit their seats , and come down to pay their respects to the ladies in the lower boxes . The gross impropriety of this behaviour raised in me a degree of indignation which I could not easily ...
Pagina 45
... ment ; but they may be pushed to a dangerous ex- treme . By that excess of sensibility to which they lead ; by that vanity which they flatter ; that idea of superiority which they nourish ; they may unfit their possessor for the common ...
... ment ; but they may be pushed to a dangerous ex- treme . By that excess of sensibility to which they lead ; by that vanity which they flatter ; that idea of superiority which they nourish ; they may unfit their possessor for the common ...
Pagina 49
... ment as much as any of the company . In place of cards , Miss Harriet insisted on the game of the goose . Down to it we sat ; and to a stranger it would have been not unamusing to see Mr. Fleetwood , in his sor- rowful countenance , at ...
... ment as much as any of the company . In place of cards , Miss Harriet insisted on the game of the goose . Down to it we sat ; and to a stranger it would have been not unamusing to see Mr. Fleetwood , in his sor- rowful countenance , at ...
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Pagina 193 - And a few friends, and many books, both true, Both wise, and both delightful too ! And since love ne'er will from me flee, A mistress moderately fair, And good as...
Pagina 274 - And, he gave it for his opinion, that, whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Pagina 68 - O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers! Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth, in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. But thou thyself movest alone: who can be a companion of thy course!
Pagina 222 - Mr. enjoyed the beauty of the scene ; but to his companions it recalled the memory of a wife and parent they had lost. The old man's sorrow was silent; his daughter sobbed and wept. 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. The philosopher interpreted all this, and he could but slightly...
Pagina 189 - Now Spring returns : but not to me returns The vernal joy my better years have known ; Dim in my breast life's dying taper burns, And all the joys of life with health are flown.
Pagina 222 - ... sincere, in their professions of regard. — They made some attempts at condolence ; it was too delicate for their handling ; but La Roche took it in good part. • It ' has pleased God,' — said he ; and they saw he had settled the matter with himself.
Pagina 223 - Tis an additional inducement," replied the other; and they walked into the room together. At the end stood the organ mentioned by La Roche; before it was a curtain, which his daughter drew aside, and, placing herself on a seat within, and drawing the curtain close, so as to save her the awkwardness of an exhibition, began a voluntary, solemn and beautiful in the highest degree.
Pagina 189 - And count the silent moments as they pass; — "The winged moments, whose unstaying speed No art can stop or in their course arrest, Whose flight shall shortly count me with the dead, And lay me down in peace with them that rest.
Pagina 222 - ... was just about to drop from each, began to point out to his guest some of the most striking objects which the prospect afforded. The philosopher interpreted all this; and he could but slightly censure the creed from which it arose. They had not been long arrived, when a number of La Roche's parishioners, who had heard of his return, came to the house to see and welcome him. The honest folks were awkward, but sincere, in their professions of regard.
Pagina 216 - More than forty years ago, an English philosopher, whose works have since been read and admired by all Europe, resided at a little town in France. Some disappointments in his native country had first driven him abroad, and he was afterwards induced to remain there, from having found in this retreat, where the...