The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The SpectatorE. Sargeant, and M. & W. Ward; and Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston., 1810 |
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Pagina 15
... virtue and eloquence . I shall not dwell upon it any further , but only transcribe out of a little tract , called the Christian Hero , published in 1701 , what I find there in ho- nour of the renowned hero , William III . who rescued ...
... virtue and eloquence . I shall not dwell upon it any further , but only transcribe out of a little tract , called the Christian Hero , published in 1701 , what I find there in ho- nour of the renowned hero , William III . who rescued ...
Pagina 16
... virtues , but really be master of none ; he is to be liberal , merciful , and just , only as they serve his interests ; while , with the noble art of hypocrisy , empire would be to ... virtue , and gild his vice at 16 No. 516 . SPECTATOR .
... virtues , but really be master of none ; he is to be liberal , merciful , and just , only as they serve his interests ; while , with the noble art of hypocrisy , empire would be to ... virtue , and gild his vice at 16 No. 516 . SPECTATOR .
Pagina 17
Alexander Chalmers. they flatter his virtue , and gild his vice at so high a rate , that he , without scorn of the one , or love of the other , would alternately and occasion- ally use both ; so that his bounty should support him in his ...
Alexander Chalmers. they flatter his virtue , and gild his vice at so high a rate , that he , without scorn of the one , or love of the other , would alternately and occasion- ally use both ; so that his bounty should support him in his ...
Pagina 36
... virtue , to me . ' I curb myself , and will not tell you that this kindness cut my heart in twain , when I expected an accusation for some passionate starts of mine in some parts of our time together , to say nothing but thank me for ...
... virtue , to me . ' I curb myself , and will not tell you that this kindness cut my heart in twain , when I expected an accusation for some passionate starts of mine in some parts of our time together , to say nothing but thank me for ...
Pagina 37
... virtue in the hour of affliction . I sat down with a design to put you upon giving us rules how to overcome such griefs as these , but I should rather advise you to teach men to be capable of them . ' You men of letters have what you ...
... virtue in the hour of affliction . I sat down with a design to put you upon giving us rules how to overcome such griefs as these , but I should rather advise you to teach men to be capable of them . ' You men of letters have what you ...
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Pagina 249 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Pagina 131 - tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream; ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life...
Pagina 130 - This is the state of man : To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost; And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Pagina 33 - Thou art my father; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister.
Pagina 20 - KNOWING that you was my old master's good friend, I could not forbear sending you the melancholy news of his death, which has afflicted the whole country, as well as his poor servants, who loved him, I may say, better than we did our lives. I am afraid he caught his death the last county...
Pagina 22 - ... good use of it, and to pay the several legacies, and the gifts of charity, which he told him he had left as quit-rents upon the estate. The captain truly seems a courteous man, though he says but little. He makes much of those whom my master loved, and shows great kindness to the old house-dog, that you know my poor master was so fond of.
Pagina 244 - ... that passed through it. The galaxy appeared in its most beautiful white. To complete the scene, the full moon rose at length in that clouded majesty, which Milton takes notice of, and opened to the eye a new picture of nature, which was more finely shaded, and disposed among softer lights, than that which the sun had before discovered to us.
Pagina 248 - ... being, whether material or immaterial, and as intimately present to it as that being is to itself. It would be an imperfection in him...
Pagina 222 - ... with it contentedly, being very well pleased that he had not been left to his own choice, as to the kind of evils which fell to his lot.
Pagina 249 - ... omniscience every uncomfortable thought vanishes. He cannot but regard every thing that has being, especially such of his creatures who fear they are not regarded by him. He is privy to all their thoughts, and to that anxiety of heart in particular, which is apt to trouble them on this occasion : for, as it is impossible he should overlook any of his creatures, so we may be confident...