The British Essayists, Volume 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 - English essays |
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... expected from him ; but on the contrary , if they fall any thing below the opinion that is con- ceived of him , though they might raise the reputa- tion of another , they are a diminution to his . One would think there should be ...
... expected from him ; but on the contrary , if they fall any thing below the opinion that is con- ceived of him , though they might raise the reputa- tion of another , they are a diminution to his . One would think there should be ...
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... expected it ? Nay , how often is he morti- fied with the very praises he receives , if they do not rise so high as he thinks they ought ; which they seldom do , unless increased by flattery , since few men have so good an opinion of us ...
... expected it ? Nay , how often is he morti- fied with the very praises he receives , if they do not rise so high as he thinks they ought ; which they seldom do , unless increased by flattery , since few men have so good an opinion of us ...
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... expected will arrive to us by contemning others , but through the utmost diligence recommending ourselves . T. We are , SIR , Your most humble servants , THOMAS CLAYTON , NICOLINO HAYM , CHARLES DIEU PART , " N ° 259. THURSDAY ...
... expected will arrive to us by contemning others , but through the utmost diligence recommending ourselves . T. We are , SIR , Your most humble servants , THOMAS CLAYTON , NICOLINO HAYM , CHARLES DIEU PART , " N ° 259. THURSDAY ...
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... expected , or indeed could hope . When I broke loose from that great body of writ- ers who have employed their wit and parts in pro- pagating vice and irreligion , I did not question but I should be treated as an odd kind of fellow that ...
... expected , or indeed could hope . When I broke loose from that great body of writ- ers who have employed their wit and parts in pro- pagating vice and irreligion , I did not question but I should be treated as an odd kind of fellow that ...
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... expected from his father , when he himself was in a state of dependance , this one reflec- tion would preserve men from being dissolute or rigid in these several capacities . The power and subjection between them , when broken , make ...
... expected from his father , when he himself was in a state of dependance , this one reflec- tion would preserve men from being dissolute or rigid in these several capacities . The power and subjection between them , when broken , make ...
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Page 238 - 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.
Page 275 - 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. Thither, if but to pry, shall be perhaps Our first eruption — thither, or elsewhere; For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial Spirits in bondage, nor th' Abyss Long under darkness cover.
Page 237 - In billows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever...
Page 242 - A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air...
Page 238 - 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!
Page 123 - For joy of offer'd peace : but I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
Page 237 - Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood Under amazement of their hideous change. He call'd so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded.
Page 151 - But first, whom shall we send In search of this new world ? whom shall we find Sufficient ? who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark, unbottom'd, infinite abyss, And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way...
Page 240 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Page 238 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...