The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays ...Lackington and Company and J. Mawman, 1817 - Conduct of life |
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... genius concerned in the same studies , and turns the spirit of emulation into the gall of acrimony . Above all things let it be his inviolable maxim to distinguish strongly and pointedly in his attentions between men of virtuous morals ...
... genius concerned in the same studies , and turns the spirit of emulation into the gall of acrimony . Above all things let it be his inviolable maxim to distinguish strongly and pointedly in his attentions between men of virtuous morals ...
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... genius , wisdom , wit ? Ah no ! the elements are not in fault ; Nature is still the same : " Tis not the blast From Afric's burning sands , it is the breath Of Spain's despotic master lays thee low ; " Tis not alone the quaking earth ...
... genius , wisdom , wit ? Ah no ! the elements are not in fault ; Nature is still the same : " Tis not the blast From Afric's burning sands , it is the breath Of Spain's despotic master lays thee low ; " Tis not alone the quaking earth ...
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... genius , he took a certain method to make work for the muses : accordingly , we find the chaste Calliope herself , the eldest of the sisterhood , and who should have set a better example to the family , could not hold out against this ...
... genius , he took a certain method to make work for the muses : accordingly , we find the chaste Calliope herself , the eldest of the sisterhood , and who should have set a better example to the family , could not hold out against this ...
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... genius ; they dart from earth to heaven ; there is no following them in their flights ; we stand gazing with surprise , their boldness awes us , their brevity confounds us ; their sudden transitions and ellipses escape our apprehen ...
... genius ; they dart from earth to heaven ; there is no following them in their flights ; we stand gazing with surprise , their boldness awes us , their brevity confounds us ; their sudden transitions and ellipses escape our apprehen ...
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... steals Close as his shadow at the Spendthrift's heels ; And Cares , that clinging to the Miser's breast , Forbid his sordid soul to taste of rest . The productions of the human genius will bor- row their 114 N ° 68 . OBSERVER .
... steals Close as his shadow at the Spendthrift's heels ; And Cares , that clinging to the Miser's breast , Forbid his sordid soul to taste of rest . The productions of the human genius will bor- row their 114 N ° 68 . OBSERVER .
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Page 119 - I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature...
Page 100 - And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Page 86 - And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph...
Page 128 - I am settled, and bend up Each corporal agent to this terrible feat. Away, and mock the time with fairest show : False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
Page 99 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Page 118 - Cannot be ill, cannot be good : if ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion...
Page 94 - And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon : and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves ; for the time of figs was not yet.
Page 134 - His cloister'd flight; ere to black Hecate's summons The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums Hath rung night's yawning peal, there shall be done A deed of dreadful note.
Page 111 - I may define it to be that faculty of the soul which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure and the imperfections with dislike.
Page 157 - Witch. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake : Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue...