The Spectator ...Angier March, 1803 |
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... tell my reader , that I here point at the reign of Augustus ; and I believe he will be of my opinion , that neither Virgil nor Horace would have gained so great a reputation in the world , had they not been the friends and admirers of ...
... tell my reader , that I here point at the reign of Augustus ; and I believe he will be of my opinion , that neither Virgil nor Horace would have gained so great a reputation in the world , had they not been the friends and admirers of ...
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... tell my reader , that I mean by this end , that hap- piness which is reserved for us in another world , which every one has abilities to procure , and which will bring along with it , fulness of joy and pleasures for evermore . ' I ...
... tell my reader , that I mean by this end , that hap- piness which is reserved for us in another world , which every one has abilities to procure , and which will bring along with it , fulness of joy and pleasures for evermore . ' I ...
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... tell me of waiting till decencies , till forms , till humours are consulted and gratified . If you have that happy constitution as to be indolent for ten weeks together , you should consider that all that while I burn in impatiences and ...
... tell me of waiting till decencies , till forms , till humours are consulted and gratified . If you have that happy constitution as to be indolent for ten weeks together , you should consider that all that while I burn in impatiences and ...
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... tell you I will have my rent duly paid , for I will make up to your sisters for the partiality I was guilty of , in making your father do so much as he has done for you . I may , it seems , live upon half my jointure ! I lived upon much ...
... tell you I will have my rent duly paid , for I will make up to your sisters for the partiality I was guilty of , in making your father do so much as he has done for you . I may , it seems , live upon half my jointure ! I lived upon much ...
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... tell you , in this age , of an old man who is contented to pass for an humourist , and one who does not un- derstand the figure he ought to make in the world , while he lives in a lodging of ten shillings a week with only one servant ...
... tell you , in this age , of an old man who is contented to pass for an humourist , and one who does not un- derstand the figure he ought to make in the world , while he lives in a lodging of ten shillings a week with only one servant ...
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acquaintance action Adam and Eve ADDISON admired Æneid agreeable angels appear Aristotle beauty behaviour character circumstances critics desire discourse dress endeavour Enville epic poem fable fame father fault favour female fortune genius gentleman give grace greatest happy head heart heaven Homer honour hope humble servant Iliad innocent John Sharpe Julius Cæsar kind lady late letter lived look lover MADAM mankind manner marriage Milton mind mistress nature never obliged observed occasion opinion Ovid Pandæmonium paper Paradise Lost particular pass passage passion perfect person pleased pleasure poet pray present prince proper Quintilian racter reader reason reputation ROSCOMMON Satan sentiments shew speak SPECTATOR speech spirit sublime tell Thammuz thing thought tion told town turn verse VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman women words young
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Seite 360 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world ; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Seite 8 - Then, at the last and only couplet fraught With some unmeaning thing they call a thought, A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.
Seite 364 - And worthy seem'd ; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure (Severe, but in true filial freedom placed), Whence true authority in men ; though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seem'd ; For contemplation he, and valour, form'd ; For softness she, and sweet attractive grace ; He for God only, she for God in him...
Seite 364 - Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad, In naked majesty seem'd lords of all : And worthy seem'd ; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure (Severe, but in true filial freedom placed), Whence true authority in men...
Seite 255 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.
Seite 164 - They heard, and were abashed, and up they sprung Upon the wing; as when men, wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel; Yet to their general's voice they soon obeyed, Innumerable.
Seite 255 - Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new possessor; one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time.
Seite 293 - There went a fame in heaven, that he ere long Intended to create, and therein plant A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the sons of heaven.
Seite 133 - ... chief talent, and indeed his distinguishing excellence, lies in the sublimity of his thoughts. There are others of the moderns, who rival him in every other part of poetry ; but in the greatness of his sentiments he triumphs over all the poets, both modern and ancient, Homer only excepted. It is impossible for the imagination of man to distend itself with greater ideas than those which he has laid together in his first, second, and sixth books.
Seite 291 - O'er Heaven's high towers to force resistless way, Turning our tortures into horrid arms Against the Torturer; when to meet the noise Of his almighty engine he shall hear Infernal thunder; and, for lightning, see Black fire and horror shot with equal rage Among his Angels; and his throne itself Mix'd with Tartarean sulphur, and strange fire, His own invented torments.