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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... virtue and compassion , and at another , carry him through the calm disquisitions of science and philosophy . Nor is the world to be blamed for this general mode of judging . Before an individual can form an opinion for himself , he is ...
... virtue and compassion , and at another , carry him through the calm disquisitions of science and philosophy . Nor is the world to be blamed for this general mode of judging . Before an individual can form an opinion for himself , he is ...
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... Virtue her own features , Vice her own " image , and the very age and body of the Time " his form and pressure ... virtues , or modifica- tions of virtues , which formerly lay hid in the human soul , for want of opportunities to exert ...
... Virtue her own features , Vice her own " image , and the very age and body of the Time " his form and pressure ... virtues , or modifica- tions of virtues , which formerly lay hid in the human soul , for want of opportunities to exert ...
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... Virtue * . Speaking of the effect which the beauty of the human figure has upon our minds , the Author expresses himself in the following words : There is a further consideration , which must not be passed over , concerning the external ...
... Virtue * . Speaking of the effect which the beauty of the human figure has upon our minds , the Author expresses himself in the following words : There is a further consideration , which must not be passed over , concerning the external ...
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... virtue for its own sake , should be left to such antiquated fellows as the Heathen philosopher from whom I have taken the motto of this Number , or the modern philoso- pher I have quoted , who has borrowed much from his writings ; but I ...
... virtue for its own sake , should be left to such antiquated fellows as the Heathen philosopher from whom I have taken the motto of this Number , or the modern philoso- pher I have quoted , who has borrowed much from his writings ; but I ...
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... virtue to our fine gen- tlemen , because vice might hurt their shapes , or spoil their faces , may appear somewhat like irony , which on so serious a subject , I would wish to avoid . Some considerations may , however , be suggested ...
... virtue to our fine gen- tlemen , because vice might hurt their shapes , or spoil their faces , may appear somewhat like irony , which on so serious a subject , I would wish to avoid . Some considerations may , however , be suggested ...
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Seite 276 - 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.
Seite 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!
Seite 222 - God," said he ; and they saw he had settled the matter with himself. Philosophy could not have done so much with a thousand words. It was now evening, and the good peasants were about to depart, when a clock was heard to strike seven, and the hour was followed by a particular chime. The country folks who had come to welcome their pastor, turned their looks towards him at the sound ; he explained their moaning to his guest.
Seite 225 - Why should not the same thing be said of religion ? Trust me, I feel it in the same way — an energy, an inspiration, which I would not lose for all the blessings of sense, or enjoyments of the world ; yet so far from lessening my relish of the pleasures of life, methinks I feel it heighten them all. The thought of receiving it from God adds the blessing of sentiment to that of sensation in every good thing I possess ; and when calamities overtake me — and I have had my share — it confers a...
Seite 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...
Seite 219 - ... 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.
Seite 231 - Him, with our friends His servants, in that blessed land where sorrow is unknown, and happiness is endless as it is perfect. Go then, mourn not for me ; I have not lost my child : but a little while, and we shall meet again, never to be separated.
Seite 23 - There is pedantry in every disquisition, however masterly it may be, that stops the general conversation of the company. When Silius delivers that sort of lecture he is apt to get into, though it is supported by the most extensive information and the clearest discernment, it is still pedantry; and while I admire the talents of Silius, I cannot help being uneasy at his exhibition of them. In the...
Seite 216 - s, the finer and more delicate sensibilities are seldom known to have place, or, if originally implanted there, are in a great measure extinguished by the exertions of intense study and profound investigation. Hence the idea of philosophy and...
Seite 222 - Nature seems to repose, as it were, in quiet, and has enclosed her retreat with mountains inaccessible. A stream, that spent its fury in the hills above, ran in front of the house, and a broken waterfall was seen through the wood that covered its sides ; below, it circled round a tufted plain, and formed a little lake in front of a village, at the end of which appeared the spire of La Roche's church, rising above a clump of beeches.