Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Band 2C. Whittingham, Dean Street, 1805 |
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... written in a form which very readily admitted , and indeed almost required , numerous contributions from numerous individuals , it might naturally be expected that many , either from motives of fame or interest , would be eager to offer ...
... written in a form which very readily admitted , and indeed almost required , numerous contributions from numerous individuals , it might naturally be expected that many , either from motives of fame or interest , would be eager to offer ...
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... written with some address , and circulated with such rapidity , that eleven hundred copies were disposed of in one ... writing a pamphlet against the peerage bill , so offended the Earl , that he no longer considered himself as under any ...
... written with some address , and circulated with such rapidity , that eleven hundred copies were disposed of in one ... writing a pamphlet against the peerage bill , so offended the Earl , that he no longer considered himself as under any ...
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... written some very severe animadversions on his conduct in the Grub - street Journal , abused that gentleman in one of his Bees in the most acrimonious and indecent manner . The poet , who , there is every reason to believe , was ...
... written some very severe animadversions on his conduct in the Grub - street Journal , abused that gentleman in one of his Bees in the most acrimonious and indecent manner . The poet , who , there is every reason to believe , was ...
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... written on a slip of paper , and intended as a vindication of the rash action which he was about to commit : What Cato did , and Addison approved , Cannot be wrong . a conclusion totally unfounded , and indica- tive either of extreme ...
... written on a slip of paper , and intended as a vindication of the rash action which he was about to commit : What Cato did , and Addison approved , Cannot be wrong . a conclusion totally unfounded , and indica- tive either of extreme ...
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... written in Arabic characters , that the time approached when the Spanish nation should be destroyed ; and that it would not be long before the warriors , whose images were placed there , should arrive in Spain * . " However erroneous or ...
... written in Arabic characters , that the time approached when the Spanish nation should be destroyed ; and that it would not be long before the warriors , whose images were placed there , should arrive in Spain * . " However erroneous or ...
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Seite 67 - Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Seite 66 - In happy climes, where from the genial sun And virgin earth such scenes ensue, The force of Art by Nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true : In happy climes, the seat of innocence...
Seite 88 - Or o'er the glebe distil the kindly rain; Others on earth o'er human race preside, Watch all their ways, and all their actions guide: Of these the chief the care of nations own, And guard with arms divine the British throne. 'Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing, though less glorious care; To save the powder from too rude a gale, Nor let th...
Seite 381 - It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven to inhabit among Men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-tables, and in Coffee-houses.
Seite 88 - Some to the sun their insect-wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms, too fine for mortal sight, Their fluid bodies half...
Seite 104 - Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, 410 Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death, Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky!
Seite 297 - That mingles all my brown with sober gray, Revere the man, whose pilgrim marks the road, And guides the progress of the soul to God.
Seite 227 - O'er which were shadowy cast elysian gleams, That played, in waving lights, from place to place ; And shed a roseate smile on nature's face.
Seite 342 - The whole examination was summed up with one short question, namely, whether he was prepared for death ? The boy, who had been bred up by honest parents, was frighted out of his wits at the solemnity of the proceeding, and by the last dreadful interrogatory ; so that upon making his escape out of this house of mourning, he could never be brought a second time to the examination, as not being able to go through the terrors of it.
Seite 381 - Since I have raised to myself so great an Audience, I shall spare no Pains to make their Instruction agreeable, and their Diversion useful. For which Reasons I shall endeavour to enliven Morality with Wit, and to temper Wit with Morality, that my Readers may, if possible, both Ways find their Account in the Speculation of the Day.